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To maintain healthy blood-glucose levels, meals and snacks should be balanced to provide a mixture of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Because people with diabetes need to eat fairly often to maintain a healthy blood sugar, developing healthy snacking habits is particularly important. Check out these helpful tips and snack ideas that are sure to help keep your blood sugar, and overall health, in check.
Go Nuts For Peanuts
30 g (1 oz) peanuts
Calories: 165
The bargain lover in you will appreciate the dense, filling nutrition you can get from a relatively small serving of peanuts. Full of protein and good fats, the nuts actually appear to help people lose weight. Feel free to substitute peanuts for a palmful of almonds. Nuts are full of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which are good for the heart and also slow the digestion process, helping to stabilize blood-sugar levels.
Be Cheesy
30 g (1 oz) fat-free string cheese
Calories: 80
Whoever invented string cheese was on to something: These portable snacks are tasty and full of protein; and low-fat cheese will make you feel full. If you prefer, you can simply cut your favourite low-fat cheese into small strips and take them with you; cheese can be enjoyed on its own or as part of a veggie-based snack. The calcium and vitamins in cheese are very beneficial for your overall health.
A Call To Grapeness
20 seedless grapes
Calories: 100
Grapes are full of water, which makes them automatically low in calories. Twenty grapes registers in your brain as lots of separate items, and popping them into your mouth one by one makes you feel that you’re getting more food than you really are. Grapes also contain vitamins and antioxidants that zap dangerous free radicals.
