Diabetic diet snack at night?

Are you following the ADA guidelines? Most of these snacks will come out at the low end of the ADA suggestions. If I am eating lower carbs because of other things through the day, I might just have the cheese, meat or nuts to cut back on the carbs. For example, tonight's chips and guac came to 14g, with 4g of fiber, so 10g net carbs if that is how you are tracking.

Tonight, I had a half serving of Garden of Eatin' Red Hot Blues tortilla chips with a single serving Wholly Guacamole.
Last night, I had an ounce of almonds with an ounce of blueberries.
Over the weekend, I had cured meats (chorizo, one night) with a couple of leafs of lettuce and an ounce of blackberries.
One of my favorites is a single serving of sugar free chocolate jello with half an ounce of crushed nuts.
I also like Think Thin Protein and Fiber bars (I recently had one late at night and had slightly higher FBG the next morning, but I literally ate it in bed).
A serving of nuts with a half serving of dark chocolate chips.
Cheese and veg or fruit. I have recently found parmesan Whisps at Costco, cheese that eats like a chip!
I also have honey roasted nuts and siracha almonds so that I can get lots of flavor with my nuts, although I usually seem to choose the raw almonds or walnuts.
When I just can't be bothered to think or prepare, I weigh out a serving (or half serving, depending on daily calories) of peanut butter and lick it off the spoon. Also delicious with apple slices, but I have only been buying berries lately.

Have you met with a diabetes dietician or educator? If not can you ask for a referral? They should be able to give you such guidelines.

DeanaErnst wrote: »

it is hard to decide what i can have cause i dont want to miss up my diet. but i have read some of your ideals i will give it a try. thank you

Are you following a low carb diet and or Keto by chance? I am a diabetic and follow Low Carb. 50 carb per day. Each day you can decide based on your calories or more likely on your gram counts for carbs, fats, proteins. What you want your night snack to be. For me more often than not I go with string cheese, or nuts. Reason is I do not want my night snack to be very high in carbs. Better for it to be a bit higher in protein or fats, to make sure my morning blood sugar stays where I want it. So is a two prong approach, keeping my blood sugars in great control, and at same time in that calorie deficit to lose weight. Key is to plan at beginning of day so you can have something tasty in the evening.

I’m not sure about a late snack but we buy diabetic jam (low in sugar and calories) and it’s amazing maybe with pb2 and an apple. It’s so good

Cheerios and other sweet cereals probably aren't a good idea for glucose control. Depending on your tolerances, oatmeal can work but I have better luck using steel cut oats, which have a lower glycemic index. It helps if you make it with milk, and add a little nut butter, so there's some protein and fat to slow down the absorption of the carbs.

@4my3gurls Are you on any medication? If you aren't on any medication which lowers your glucose levels, such as insulin or glimeperide, one way to avoid raising your levels over breakfast is to avoid carbs. Eat high protein foods with fat, such as eggs and bacon, cottage cheese. If you don't have time to make that sort of breakfast you can make eggs ahead of time in muffin containers and nuke them for a few seconds in the morning. Count the net carbs (carbs minus fiber) using my fitness pal and test afterwards, to learn how many carbs you can eat and stay in a good range.

I'm not diabetic, but sometimes I have nuts or a cheese stick with turkey pepperoni, or cottage cheese with sliced cucumbers and tomatoes if I'm looking for a not-so-sweet snack.