Diabetes Food Pyramid: Fruits
Suggestions for this level of the
Diabetes Food Pyramid include:
- Choose whole fruits more often than juices. They have more fiber.
- Choose fruits and fruit juices without added sweeteners or syrups.
- Choose citrus fruit such as oranges, grapefruit, or tangerines.
A serving can be:
- 1 small fresh fruit
- 1/2 cup canned fruit
- 1/4 cup dried fruit
- 1/2 cup fruit juice.
Diabetes Food Pyramid: Milk
Suggestions for this level of the Diabetes Food Pyramid include:
- Choose low-fat or nonfat milk or yogurt.
- Yogurt has natural sugar in it. It can also have added sugar or artificial sweeteners. Yogurt with artificial sweeteners has fewer calories than yogurt with added sugar.
A serving can be:
Diabetes Food Pyramid: Meat and Meat Substitutes
Suggestions for this level of the Diabetes Food Pyramid include:
- Choose fish and poultry more often. Remove the skin from chicken and turkey.
- Select lean cuts of beef, veal, pork, or wild game.
- Trim all visible fat from meat.
- Bake, roast, broil, grill, or boil instead of frying or adding fat.
A serving can be:
- 2 to 3 ounces cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup tuna or cottage cheese
- 2 to 3 ounces cheese
- 1 egg*
- 2 Tbsp. peanut butter*
- 4 ounces tofu*.
* equivalent to 1 ounce of meat