Here is Your Diabetic Food List … The Best and Worst Foods for Diabetes …

If you have diabetes, it is important that you choose your food wisely. Your body needs carbs, but a excess of carbohydrates is not good for diabetics. The following is the best diabetic food list that you can follow:

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Cereals: (You must strictly adhere to this List)

• Whole-grain bread. 
• Baked sweet potato or baked white potato or baked steak fries. 
• Whole-grain Flour 
• Corn Tortillas. 
• Corn & popcorn or products made from corn. 
• Whole Wheat Flour 
• Brown rice. 
• Other Cereals containing little added sugar 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Cereals: (You must avoid this list)

• White Bread 
• White Flour 
• Fried white-flour tortillas 
• White Rice 
• Other Cereals with lots of sugar and little whole grains. 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Vegetables: (You must strictly adhere to this List) 

• Canned vegetables low in salt. 
• Beans and legumes 
• Lettuces, kale, spinach, arugula 
• Fresh vegetables (Raw, steamed, roasted, or grilled) 
• Lightly steamed Plain frozen vegetables. 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Vegetables: (You must avoid this list)

• Pickles (if you have high blood pressure) 
• Sauerkraut, (if you have high blood pressure) 
• Canned vegetables with high salt content. (if you have high blood pressure) 
• Vegetables cooked with butter, cheese, or sauce. 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Fruits: (You must strictly adhere to this List) 

• Fresh fruits 
• Plain frozen fruits or fruits canned in fruit juice 
• Sugar-free or low-sugar jams 
• No-sugar-added applesauce 
• 100% fruit juices. 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Fruits: (You must strictly avoid this List)

• Canned fruit with heavy sugar syrup 
• Regular jam & jelly 
• Sweetened applesauce 
• Chewy fruit rolls. 
• Fruit punch, fruit juices containing added sugar. 
• Bananas 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Meat and Other Proteins (You must strictly adhere to this List)

• Baked, broiled, grilled, or stewed meats 
• Low-fat cuts of meat, such as top sirloin 
• Turkey bacon 
• Low-fat cheeses 
• Sea Fish 
• Skinless breast of chicken or turkey 
• Baked, broiled, steamed, or grilled fish 
• Tofu lightly sautéed, steamed, or cooked in soup 
• Beans 
• Eggs 
• Nuts 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Meat and Other Proteins: (You must strictly avoid this List)

• Fried meats 
• Higher-fat cuts of meat, such as ribs 
• Pork bacon 
• Regular cheeses 
• Poultry with skin 
• Fried fish 
• Fried tofu 
• Beans prepared with lard 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Dairy Products (You must strictly adhere to this List)

• Skimed Milk 
• Low-fat yogurt 
• Low-fat cottage cheese 
• Low-fat or nonfat sour cream 
• Frozen low-fat, low-carb yogurt 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Dairy Products: (You must strictly avoid this List)

• Whole milk 
• Regular yogurt 
• Regular cottage cheese 
• Regular sour cream 
• Regular ice cream 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Fats, Oils, and Sweets (You must strictly adhere to this List)

• Baked snacks, such as baked potato chips, baked corn chips, puffed rice, or corn snacks, in small portions 
• Vegetable oils, non-hydrogenated butter spreads, margarine 
• Reduced-fat mayonnaise 
• Light salad dressings 
• Air-popped or calorie-controlled popcorn 
• Condiments (low-sugar if possible) 
• Salsa 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Fats, Oils, and Sweets: (You must strictly avoid this List)

• Snacks fried in fat, such as potato chips, corn chips, pork rinds 
• Lard, hydrogenated vegetable shortening, butter 
• Regular mayonnaise 
• Regular salad dressings 
• Butter-flavored stove-top popcorn 

Best List of Diabetic Food Choices for Beverages (You must strictly adhere to this List)

• Water, unflavored or flavored sparkling water 
• Light beer, small amounts of wine or non-fruity mixed drinks 
• Unsweetened tea (add a slice of lemon) 
• Coffee, black or with added low-fat milk and sugar substitute 
• Plain coffee and hot chocolate 
• Sports drinks in limited quantities 

Worst List of Diabetic Food Choices for Beverages: (You must strictly avoid this List)

• Regular sodas 
• Regular beer, fruity mixed drinks, dessert wines 
• Sweetened tea 
• Coffee with sugar and cream 
• Flavored coffees and chocolate drinks 
• Energy drinks