Even diabetics get hungry between meals. You should have some sort of snack food available so you can snack on it; good use of snacks can actually prevent spikes.
If you are on a closed-carbohydrate diet (where you are limited to 60-80 grams of carbs per meal), you can game your diet a little. In other words, you can eat the minimum amount of carbs and use those for snacks. As such, try to limit your snacks to 20 grams of carbs and you should be fine.
Avoid bars of any type (protein, fitness, energy, fruit, etc.). They may use fruits and sugar alcohols as sweeteners, but they act act on your body as if they had 150% the carbs. This means that a bar with 20 grams of carbs is going to act as 30 grams.
Gluten-free snacks will be your best friends. They have fewer carbs than other snacks and thus are better for you; they will fill you faster with less chance of a spike. This does not apply to apply to bars for some reason.
Fruit and cheese may be great snacks for most, but you need to keep careful check on how much of them you eat. Half-portions may be the way to go.
If you are on a closed-carbohydrate diet (where you are limited to 60-80 grams of carbs per meal), you can game your diet a little. In other words, you can eat the minimum amount of carbs and use those for snacks. As such, try to limit your snacks to 20 grams of carbs and you should be fine.
Avoid bars of any type (protein, fitness, energy, fruit, etc.). They may use fruits and sugar alcohols as sweeteners, but they act act on your body as if they had 150% the carbs. This means that a bar with 20 grams of carbs is going to act as 30 grams.
Gluten-free snacks will be your best friends. They have fewer carbs than other snacks and thus are better for you; they will fill you faster with less chance of a spike. This does not apply to apply to bars for some reason.
Fruit and cheese may be great snacks for most, but you need to keep careful check on how much of them you eat. Half-portions may be the way to go.
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