Ingredient Substitutions For Diabetic

Compiled six lists of basic foods required daily by every diabetic. The lists, somewhat expanded to be more helpful. Remember, any food may be chosen from one list and substituted for another food within the same list in the amount specified.

MILK contains: Carbohydrate –12 grams; Fat –10 grams; Protein –8 grams; Calories -170

Milk, Whole 1 cup (8 oz.) – 240 grams

Milk, Evaporated 1/2 cup – 120 grams

Buttermilk 1 cup – 240 grams

Milk, Skim 1 cup – 240 grams (You may add 2 fat substitutes when you use one cup of skim milk or buttermilk made from skim milk)

Milk, Nonfat Dry Powder 1/4 cup

VEGETABLE: A
You may eat as much of these vegetables raw as you wish, except tomatoes. (Limit to one tomato or 1/2 cup tomato juice at a meal.) If these vegetables are cooked, use as much as 1 cup at a time.

Asparagus
Beet Greens
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard

Chicory
Collard
Cucumber
Dandelion
Escarole
Eggplant
Greens

Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Mustard
Okra
Pepper
Radishes

Sauerkraut
Spinach
String Beans, Young
Summer Squash
Tomatoes
Turnip Greens
Watercress

VEGETABLE: B contains: Carbohydrate –7 grams; Fat –0 grams; Protein –2 grams; Calories -35

Use 1/2 cup:

Beets
Carrots

Onions
Peas, Green
Pumpkin

Kale
Rutabaga
Squash, Winter
Turnips

FRUIT contains: Carbohydrate –10 grams; Fat –0 grams; Protein –0 grams; Calories -40

Fresh, cooked, canned or frozen unsweetened fruits only.

Apple (2” Diameter) 1 small

Applesauce 1/2 cup

Apricots, Fresh 2 medium

Apricots, Dried 4 halves

Banana 1/2 small

Blackberries 1 cup

Blueberries 1/2 cup

Boysenberries 3/4 cup

Cantaloupe (6” Diameter) 1/4

Cherries, Raw, Sweet 10 large

Cherries, Canned, Red Sour 1/2 cup

Cherries, Maraschino 2

Dates 2

Figs, Fresh 2 large

Figs, Dried 1 small

Fruit Cocktail, Canned 1/4 cup

Grapefruit 1/2 small

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Food Recipe for the Soul

If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink; for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you. (Proverbs 25:21-22)

Make me generous, Lord, and give me the grace to share my blessings with everyone, and not just with those I love. Amen.