Points to Remember About Eating and Diabetes

• What, when, and how much you eat all affect your blood glucose level.
  
  
• You can keep your blood glucose at a healthy level if you
  • Eat about the same amount of food each day.
  • Eat at about the same times each day.
  • Take your medicines at the same times each day.
  • Exercise at the same times each day.
  
  
• Every day, choose foods from these food groups: starches, vegetables, fruit, meat and meat substitutes, and milk and yogurt. How much of each depends on how many calories you need a day.
  
  
• Limit the amounts of fats and sweets you eat each day.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/eating_ez/index.htm