EXCHANGES FOR DIABETIC
Protien Starches Fruit/Vegetable Milk Fat Sugar
PROTIEN is meats
1 serving is 1 oz
Poultry, ham, roast meat, fish, chicken peice (1), lunchmeat (1 slice), sardines (6), canned fish (1/2 cup), hamburg pattie (1), hotdog (1) Stewing or grounded meat (1/2cup cooked), steak (small), chop (medium)
1 egg is 1 serving
cheese (lowfat) 1 serving is 1.5 oz
Peanut butter 1 serving is 1 tablespoon
Cottage Cheese (1/2 cup)
FRUIT/VEG serving differs with each and with size
two of each is a serving - plums, apricots, prunes, dates one of each is a serving - orange, tangerine, peach,
1/2 of each is a serving - apple,banana, grapefruit, pear,
1/4 of each is a serving - cantelope, honey dew
1/2 cup is a serving - orange or grapfruit juice, cut up fruits, berries, grapes, cherries
1 cup is a serving - strawberries, watermelon, tomato juice, canned tomatoes
1/2 cup cooked is a serving - carrots, yellow or winter squash, yellow or white turnip, green peas, mixed veg, beets, spagetti sauce
STARCH portion differs
1 is a serving - bread, shredded wheat, sm plain muffin or roll, crackers (8), cookies plain (2)
1/2 is a serving - hamburger bun, hotdog bun, potato, corn on the cob
1/2 cup is a serving - hot cereal, cold cereal (read box some differ), mashed potatoes, rice, wheat, barley, other grains, dried beans, and peas, spaghetti, pasta, kernal corn 3 cups is a serving - popcorn plain
MILK portions differ
1/2 cup is a serving - milk, plain yogurt
canned milk(4 tablespoons),
powdered milk(2 tablespoons)
cheese & crackers 3 of each is one milk
FATS
1 teaspoon is a serving - salad oil, margine, butter, mayonnaise, lard or shortening
1 slice of bacon is a serving
calories wise dressings 2 tablespoons is a serving
calorie wise dressings (creamy kinds) 1 tablespoons is a serving
FREE within limits
cabbage, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, zucchini, marrow squash, cauliflower, celery, rhubarb,yellow or green beans, bean sprouts, spinach, greens, radishes, red or green peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, asparagus, mushrooms, parsley, onions,
Jello Light (1/4cup), leomon (real or concentrate), minute maid diet,
vinegar, spices, herbs, clear broth, coffee, tea, salt, pepper, sugar twin etc, mustard, ketchup, rellish (1 tsp)
cystal light, wylers light, kool aid sugar free, club soda, diet pops (sugar free 2 a day), diet tonic water
SUGAR stay away from these
sugar, honey, jam, syrup, molasses, cake with icing, sunday with syrup, donut with icing, chocolates and candies, 2x2x2 plain cake = 1 bread choice (only occasionaly) 1/2 cup of icecream = 1 fruit 1 fat (only occasionaly)