Choose healthier carbohydrates

All carbs affect blood glucose levels so it’s important to know which foods contain carbohydrates. Choose the healthier foods that contain carbs and be aware of your portion sizes.

Here are some healthy sources of carbohydrate:

• whole grains like brown rice, buckwheat and whole oats
• fruit
• vegetables
• pulses such as chickpeas, beans and lentils
• dairy like unsweetened yoghurt and milk.

At the same time, it’s also important to cut down on foods low in fibre such as white bread, white rice and highly-processed cereals. You can check food labels when you’re looking for foods high in fibre if you’re unsure.

So, for this week, just try to choose as many as possible options from our list of sources of carbohydrate. To be continued..

Source: diabetes.org.uk