Introduction.

Goals of dietary management:

• To maintain blood glucose as near normal as possible

• To reduce your cholesterol level
• To prevent complications of diabetes

There are 3 food groups:

• Group 1 : Food to be avoided

• Group 2 : Food to be taken in restricted amounts
• Group 3: Food which can be taken without limits

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Group 1: Food to be avoided

• All types of sugar e.g. white sugar, brown sugar ,gula melaka ,rock sugar, honey
• Sweetened beverages e.g. carbonated drink , cordial, syrup
• Spreads e.g. Jam , Kaya , Marmalade
• Confectionery e.g. sweets , candy , sweet kuih , cake , chocolate ,
• Sweetened dairy product e.g. ice - cream , sweetened condensed milk , sweetened yogurts
, sweetened lassi
• Dessert e.g. sweetened dessert , tinned fruits in syrup , jelly , agar - agar

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Group 2 : Food to be taken in restricted amounts

Food Item
Cereal and grain product

• Rice
• Bread / Biscuit / unsweetened kuih
• Pasta / macaroni / spaghetti
• Mee / Mee Hoon/ Kuew Teow / Laksa
• Chapatti / Roti Canai / Tosei

• Potato / Tapioca /Sweet Potato / Yam

Legumes and Lentils

• Ground Nuts ,Green Bean , Red Bean , dhal , Soya

Milk and dairy product
 • Fresh milk
• Evaporated milk
• Full Cream Milk
• Low Fat Milk
• Skim Milk
• Low Fat Yogurt

• Cheese
Fruits

• Apple / orange / lai / pear

• Banana
• Mango / starfruit
• Langsat / Longan / grape
• Rambutan / Lychee
• Papaya /Pineapple /Watermelon

• Nangka / Cempedak
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Group 3: Food which can be taken without limits

• All types of vegetables eg : mustard , spinach , parsley , kale , cabbage , brinjal , long
bean , tomato , cucumber etc .Vegetables like carrot , radish , pumpkin can be consumed
but in smaller amount.
• All liquid and beverages without sugar

eg : Plain soup , Chinese tea , plain water , barley without sugar , coffee / tea without
sugar etc

• Herbs and spices

eg ;chilly powder , curry powder , cinnamon , clove , coriander seed, ginger , lemon grass
, cumin seed , pepper , tamarind , tumeric

• All lean meat , chicken without skin and fat , taufu , egg (2-3 /week ) , fish , anchovy
without head . These foods do not increase your blood sugar but because they contain
cholesterol and protein do not take excessively)