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A healthy diet, including these superfoods in reasonable
portions, may help prevent diabetes complications, such as
heart disease and stroke.
here’s no such thing as a perfect food. But, if you have diabetes, there are 10 foods that come close.
The American Diabetes Association dubs them diabetes superfoods, and they’re a delicious way to
meet your dietary needs. They have plenty of vitamins and nutrients, such as calcium, potassium and
fiber. Plus, each has a low glycemic index (GI).
GI is the measure of how much a food with carbo-
hydrates raises blood glucose (sugar). For most people, counting carbohydrates is key to managing
blood glucose. In addition, paying attention to a food’s GI can help fine-tune your control.
Even
better: A healthy diet, including these superfoods in reasonable portions, may help prevent diabetes
complications, such as heart disease and stroke.
Here’s a close look at these don’t-miss foods.
superfoods
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