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Grapes and apples are high sugar, which someone with "serious diabetes" would need to either avoid, or only under monitoring.
Nuts, hummus, and avocado are high in fat.
Low fat and low cal and low sugar is going to be tough; really the only things left are proteins (such as beef jerky), carbs (such as bread/pretzels/crackers), and low fat dairy (such as cottage cheese).
Full sized meals would probably be easier to figure out than snacks, with that criteria. If he is able to have limited sugars, strawberries might be a good choice; they have plenty of nutrition, and 4 whole medium strawberries have only 16 calories, no fat, and less than 3 grams of sugar.
My brother-in-law has serious diabetes--Can anyone suggest low fat/low cal snacks to maintain proper insulin levels?
Peanut butter is your friend if you're a diabetic. So look for snacks such as PB crackers , or spoonful of PB or anything in the nut family to snack on safely.
Again, nuts are high in fat, and smooth-style peanutbutter has a whopping 16-17 grams (25% of the daily maximum recommended fat intake) for only 2 tablespoons of it. It also has between 160 and 190 calories - and you haven't put the peanutbutter on anything yet. Definitely -not- a good choice for a snack, with the criteria of the OP: low fat, low calorie, suitable for diabetics.
It's good for diabetics, but not good for low fat or low calorie.
Peanut butter is your friend if you're a diabetic. So look for snacks such as PB crackers , or spoonful of PB or anything in the nut family to snack on safely.
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Originally Posted by AnonChick
Again, nuts are high in fat, and smooth-style peanutbutter has a whopping 16-17 grams (25% of the daily maximum recommended fat intake) for only 2 tablespoons of it. It also has between 160 and 190 calories - and you haven't put the peanutbutter on anything yet. Definitely -not- a good choice for a snack, with the criteria of the OP: low fat, low calorie, suitable for diabetics.
It's good for diabetics, but not good for low fat or low calorie.
The fats and high calories is why nuts are so good for diabetics.
Lots of food value in a small package that is very, very easy to digest. Nuts also turn off hunger in a flash!!
Chicken, pork loin, lettuce, tomato, cheese, beef that is not too high in fat content, fish, diet drinks, of course water, ....just go NO sugar, almost no carbs(!), limit your potassium intake, quit fruit juices. Minimize bread, potatoes, pasta. That's a good start.
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