Whole wheat pasta is better, in small portion, I was told in my Diabetic class.
Yes you can have a whole apple
You can take some almonds with you on the go in a plastic baggie, and an apple that's what I did.
Or some baby carrots and a small container of low fat dip this also can be a snack in the evening
Drink 1% milk if you drink milk or skim milk.
Yogurt I eat Activa vanilla
You can have whole wheat toast with peanut butter for a snack
For rice eat whole wheat with diced up onions in it or mushrooms sprinkle some garlic powder in the rice while cooking gives better flavour. Not garlic salt to salty.
I eat a Subway sandwich for lunch, whole wheat bun I ask them to take some of the bread out, and I have spinach,tomatoes , cucumbers and black olives and onions with light mayo on it, and a Diet Pepsi. And my A1c's has been good please don't fret to much like I did and ended up on antidepressants and anti anxiety meds, I was a mess when diagnosed in 2012.
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That's more or less exactly the way I ate before my own recent diagnosis - fairly "healthy, or so I thought. Obviously didn't do me much good, and I am sure many others share that view. The information put out in these "diabetic classes" or courses is extremely outdated in many instances and advocates Low fat and lots of carbs, notably "good" carbs like wholewheat bread and pasta and brown rice - actually, they are in reality no different to white bread or pasta or rice as far as diabetes goes.
In fact, no carbs are good, wholewheat or not, low GI or not, and low fat yoghurt is packed with sugar.....I was shocked to see a small fruity "low fat" yoghurt with over 20g carbs in the supermarket yesterday!! So the very worst possible yoghurt I could personally ever eat.........however nice it might taste!
Apples can spike many diabetics BG, occasional one may be ok, I would check BG before and 2 hours after eating one though, to check the effect.
I am eating to my meter, as so many other people are, and finding my blood sugar very much improved, much more stable, few spikes plus a weight loss of over 6kg since diagnosis 5 weeks ago.
I ditched the carbs and won't be taking any advice involving using Eatwell Plates, "good" carbs, lots of fruit or anything like it........whatever Diabetic nurses or anyone else may preach.
We all do what we feel is best for us, so good luck with your T2 and I wish you good health.