Snack Ideas for Those with Diabetes

With diabetes, snacks can be vital to maintaining proper blood sugar levels. For anyone who is taking glucose-lowering diabetes medications or insulin, they also may use snacks to keep blood sugar levels close to normal to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Today we’ve come up with a list of snacks that you can use to help decrease your chances of low blood sugar.

Snack Ideas When You Have Diabetes

Snacks containing less than five grams of carbohydrates (helpful when you are looking for a low-carbohydrate choice):

• 1 hard-boiled egg
• 1 stick string cheese
• ½ c. sugar-free Jello
• ½ c. sugar-free pudding
• 6 T Newman’s salsa with cut up peppers, broccoli, celery
• 15 Goldfish crackers
• 3 oz. sliced turkey wrapped in a lettuce leaf

Snacks containing about 15 grams of carbohydrates:

• 3 graham crackers with 1 T peanut butter
• 1 c. carrots or cucumbers with ¼ c. hummus
• 2 rice cakes with 1 T peanut butter
• 2 plums
• ½ c. sugar free ice cream
• ½ c. oatmeal with ¼ cup of chopped nuts
• ¼ c. low fat cottage cheese with ½ cup peaches, lite and drained
• 3 Lindt chocolates