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Foods to be taken in moderation

1. Milk
2. Thick soups
3. All fresh or dried fruits
4. Potatoes, peas and baked beans
5. Breads of all kinds
6. Biscuits and crisp bread
7. Breakfast cereals and porridge
8. Macaroni, spaghetti, custard and foods with much flour.
9. Organ meats
10. Eggs
11. Unsaturated fatty acids like refined groundnut oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil etc.
12. Butter, margarine, cheese
13. Cream
14. Lean meats
15. Diabetic foods
16. All cereals and pulses
17. Paneer
18. Fruits like apple papaya, water melon and orange.

Foods to be consumed as desired

1. Water and soda water.
2. Tea and coffee (no sugar) with milk
3. Energy-free aerated drinks
4. Diabetic fruit drinks
5. Clear soups or meat extracts
6. Herbs, seasonings and spices
7. Saccharine and asparmate preparations for sweetening
8. The following fruits and vegetables contain only a small quantity of carbohydrates and can be consumed without being counted in the diet.

All green leafy vegetables, brinjal, asparagus, beetroot, banana stem and inflorescence, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, cluster beans, broad beans, French beans, lima beans, small portions fresh or frozen garden peas, bitter gourds, turnips, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, radish, peppers, white pumpkin.

Black berries, goose berries, lemons, black currants, white currant and rhubarb.

Foods under column III are only for mild diabetics who are not obese. However, a controlled diabetic with ideal body weight is allowed to have limited amounts of sugar in a nutritionally balanced and high fibre content meal, which blunts the effect of sugar.