Foods You Can Eat With Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes, a condition related to poor eating habits and obesity, is often managed by modifying types and amounts of food consumed. Three to four "carbs" (45g to 60g of carbohydrate) or fewer make a meal's worth.

Foods You Like

• Often, it's not what you eat but how much. It's recommended to eat raw fruits and vegetables and yogurt dips as snacks instead of sugary foods and starches.

Fruits and Vegetables

• Nutrition experts recommend eating at least nine servings a day of colorful fruits and veggies--dark green, red, orange and yellow--to add vitamins and fiber.

Whole-Grain Bread and Cereal

• Whole grains (including sourdough) add fiber, a source of "good carbs"--sugars that that don't metabolize like those in refined flours.

Protein Foods

• Fish, poultry, nuts and beans add low-fat protein--although cooking should be done with unsaturated plant and nut oils.

Calcium Providers

• Milk is a good source of calcium, but tofu, low-fat (white) cheeses, fortified soy milk, beans and vegetables such as collard greens and bok choy provide calcium without the fat.

Forbidden Sweets

• Sweets are not forbidden, just restricted--so the carbohydrate content of desserts and sweets must be included in meal planning. Artificial sweeteners feed the "need for sweet" and must be avoided.