is there any diabetics who eat from the exchange list system

fightininggirl
fightininggirl Posts: 792 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I need to create a one day meal plan of a diabetic who eats between 1,700-1,900 calories and between 230g-270 grams of carbs for my homework assignment due in 5 days. if anyone who eats this amount and can help me I would appreciate it a lot.

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I used to follow the exchange plan for 1200-1500. But here's one for 1800 online http://www2.massgeneral.org/bmg/diabetes/1800 meal plan.pdf

    Question: was it recommended for you to spread out your starches and proteins over the whole day?
    Question 2: How many meals per day did the doctor tell you to eat?

    I think that makes a big difference in your meal plan if you have to eat even exchanges morning, lunch, and evening. How many of each exchange did your doctor give you? There's 15g of carbs in every carb, fruit & dairy exchange (if I recall correctly). So if you eat 4 meals per day, you'd want about 4 carb and/or fruit and/or dairy exchanges per meal, depending on how many exchanges the doctor gave you.

    Edit to add: dairy

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