1. Choosing the Right Snacks for Your Diabetic Diet Thanks to newer diabetes medications that don't provoke low blood glucose, snacking is often a matter of preference. Although snacks can help control hunger, they can also lead to excess calorie intake. Here are some healthy options for clients to try!

2. Snacking Tips Why is this important? If you are going to give helpful dietary suggestions you will want to know what foods pair well together for a diabetic so that they cab maintain proper blood sugar levels.

3. Satisfying Snacking Tips keep snacks between 100 and 200 calories each keep snacks between 100 and 200 calories each To help slow the rise in your blood sugar and satisfy hunger longer, pair a protein-rich food with a nutritious complex- carbohydrate choice To help slow the rise in your blood sugar and satisfy hunger longer, pair a protein-rich food with a nutritious complex- carbohydrate choice Carb Choice + ProteinChoice = Satisfying Snack

4. Pears & Cheese Carb: pear Protein: Light Brie Cheese

5. Easy Veggies Carb: raw kohlrabi sticks Proein: edamame

6. Raisins & Seeds Carb: 1 mini box Raisins Protein: 2 tablespoons Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

7. Quick & Easy Quesadilla Carb: Extra Thin Yellow Corn Tortillas Protein: reduced fat cheddar cheese Salsa – counts as a free food ~ under 20 kcals ~ less than 5 g CHO

8. Open-Face Bagel Melt Carb: Whole Wheat Bagel Thin, toasted Protein: reduced-fat swiss cheese + oven roasted turkey breast

9. Cheese Toast Carb: Whole Grain Toast Protein: low-fat ricotta cheese garnished with fresh black pepper

10. Apples & Peanut Butter Carb: small apple, cut into wedges Protein: Peanut Butter

11. Rice Thins with Sunflower Seed Butter Carb: Whole Grain Rice Thins Protein: Sunflower Seed Butter Sunflower seed butter is a super source of the antioxidant vitamin E.

12. Cottage Cheese & Carrots Carb: raw carrot chips Protein: Small Curd Low fat Cottage Cheese Get 100 percent of your daily vitamin A in one serving of carrot chips.

13. Crackers & Cheese Carb: Reduced-Fat Wheat Thins crackers Protein: Weight Watchers Natural Reduced-Fat Cheddar Cheese Snacks

14. Mini Tuna Sandwich Carb: 100% Whole Grain Cocktail Rye Protein: canned light tuna in water Add: Cherry tomatoes & cucumbers to get different flavors and textures without the calories

15. Fruit & Nuts Carb: Brothers-All-Natural Fuji Apple Fruit Crisps Protein: dry-roasted pistachios

16. Strawberries & Yogurt Carb: sliced strawberries Protein: Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt

17. Mini Pizza Carb: 100% Whole Wheat Thin Bun – sliced veggies – pizza sauce Protein: shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

18. The biggest culprits of added sugars: regular sodas Fruit drinks Sports drinks Coffees Sweetened tea Pastries Sweets On average adults consume an extra 22 teaspoons of sugar a day! Instead, get your carb grams from nutrition- loaded sources: vegetables fruits whole grains low-fat dairy foods.