A healthy diet for diabetes is a diet, controlled in carbohydrates, salt, calories, fat, and sugar. A healthy diabetic diet is also one, which controls your blood sugar and is good for everyone.

The amounts of fat, carbohydrate and protein that you eat impacts your blood sugar levels, so ensure normal blood sugar levels by using the following four keys.!

• Make healthy food choices,

• Eat regularly without skipping meals,

• Exercise regularly, and

• Take the medicines your doctor prescribes.
A Good Diabetes Meal Plan
• Keep portions reasonable.

• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables,

• Keep fat and sugar consumption down,
Additional guidelines to remember:
• The best way to ensure that you are eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean meats, nuts and other forms of protein such as low fat dairy products, and whole grains/cereals is to have a colorful spread.

• Choose foods high in fiber such as fruit, cereal and whole grain breads,. You need 20 to 40 grams of fiber per day.

• If you are overweight, losing 5%-10% of your body weight could help improve your health. Maintaining a healthy weight is very much essential.

Watch out your portions.

• Eat about the same amount of food each day. Eat only the amount of food in your meal plan.

• Do not skip meals.

• Distribute meals three to five hours apart.

• Eat meals and snacks at regular times every day.

• If you are taking a diabetes medicine, eat your meals and take your medicine at the same times each day.