DIABETES-FRIENDLY MEAL PLANNING
What you eat is essential in a type 2 diabetes diet, but how much you eat is just as important. The Plate Method is an easy way to help you portion out your meals—it shows you how much of each food group you should eat at each meal.
Franklin Becker
CELEBRITY CHEF
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Download this card and keep it in your kitchen. Use it as a reference to help you eat a variety of the right foods and manage your portions based on a 9-inch dinner plate.
This is a recommendation. Talk to your doctor about what nutrition plan is right for you.
Drink water, tea, or coffee (with little or no sugar).
Limit milk/dairy (1-2 servings/day) and juice (1 small glass/day). Avoid sugary drinks.
NUTRITIOUS CARBOHYDRATE
Fill one-quarter with foods like brown rice, lavash, peas, or corn
FRESH VEGETABLES
Half your plate should be filled with non-starchy vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli,
asparagus, peppers, or yellow squash
PROTEIN
One-quarter should be filled with protein, such as chicken, fish, lean meat, or eggs
You should also try to eat a piece of fruit
with each meal and a few teaspoons
of a healthy fat
FRESH FRUIT
HEALTHY FATS
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