diabetic diet - help...?

Question

My husband has recently been diagnosed as Diabetic, so he is on a low carb diet. He has always had a healthy appetite so the small amounts of food are leaving him hungry. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what he can eat in between meals as a "snack" that is low in carbs and sugar??? Thanks a bunch - any information would be appreciated!!

Answer 1

Your husband sounds like where I was when I was diagnosed. I really didn't eat all that often although when I did eat it was very large portions. Once of the things I have found is that you must eat smaller meals more often. In other words, eat because its time to eat, not eat because you're starving. This also helps to keep your blood sugar on a more even plain as opposed to spiking high and dropping low.

There are so many low carb snacks but here are a few to get you started.

3 cups air-popped popcorn (no butter, very little salt)
Celery with peanut butter
Celery with tuna salad
Hard boiled eggs
Deviled eggs
Dill pickles and cheddar cheese (no kidding, it’s a great combo)
¼ cup berries with 1/3 cup cottage cheese
Nuts (keep raw ones in the freezer if you think you’ll overeat them)
Sunflower seeds (get them in the shell so it will take longer to eat them)
Other seeds such as Pumpkin Seeds
Low Carb Trail Mix
Jerky (beef, turkey, etc.) (try to find low sugar varieties)
Low carb shakes
Cheese sticks, such as string cheese
Sugar free jello, alone or with cottage cheese and a sprinkling of nuts
Cheese with a few apple slices
4 oz plain or sugar-free yogurt with berries and flax seed meal
Smoked salmon and cream cheese on cucumber slices
Lettuce Roll ups – roll luncheon meat, egg salad, tuna, etc.
and veggies in lettuce leaves
Lunch Meat Roll-ups – roll cheese, veggies, etc, in lunch meat (read the labels for carbs on the lunch meat)
Roll the lunch meat or the lettuce around bean dip, spinach dip, or other low carb dip or spread.
Raw veggies and spinach dip, or other low carb dip
Ricotta cheese with fruit and/or nuts and/or flax seed meal
Mushrooms with cheese spread inside (or other spreads or dips)
Low carb snack bars (watch out for sugar alcohols, especially maltitol)
Garlic Parmesan Flax Seed Crackers

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Answer 5

I am not a dietitician-but a professional eater.

Try almonds, hard boiled eggs, celery with hummus, pork rinds for a snack, fruit, anything protein (cheese,meat, eggs).

He should be eating 6 small meals a day. That should take the edge off.

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Answer 6

He can eat as much protein as he likes.
A whole chicken, a pound of shrimp, half a cow.

Also veggies are good with a dip in between meals.

Answer 7

He should have a list of 'free' foods. Vegetables are big on that list. I like to have different veggies with fat free dip.

Answer 8

String cheese...easy to take with him anywhere, and tasty, too. It will provide a good bit of protein, which will help him feel full.

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