Diabetes Meal Planning

Encourage patients to have 'starchy' food (e.g. bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, cereals or chapattis) with each meal. Emphasise the importance of high fibre or wholemeal varieties of these foods.

Breakfast

• Porridge or wholegrain breakfast cereal (e.g. Branflakes, Weetabix) and/or
• Wholemeal bread/toast/roll
• Fruit - fresh or tinned without sugar.

Mid-Morning

• Light Meal
• Soup
• Bread/toast/roll/baked potato/chapattis
• Small portion lean meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese or baked beans.
• Large portion salad or vegetables.
• Fruit as main meal.

Mid-Afternoon

• Main Meal
• Soup, for example broth, lentil, vegetable.
• Small portion lean meat, chicken or fish.
• Potatoes, bread, pasta, rice or chapattis.
• Large portion vegetables or salad.
• Fruit - fresh, stewed or tinned without sugar
• or unsweetened milk pudding or diet yoghurt.

Bedtime

If you require a between meal and/or bedtime snack the following are appropriate.

• Fresh fruit,
• diet yoghurt,
• toast,
• crackers,
• two plain biscuits or
• wholemeal scone.