• Choose non-starchy vegetables. Go for broccoli, spinach, and green beans.

• Limit refined sugars and foods that release sugars, such as bread and fruits.

• Instead of refined grains, choose whole-grain foods such as brown rice and oatmeal. The fiber in whole-grains slows the breakdown of starches into sugar.

• Minimize fat intake and choose healthy fats found in vegetable oils such as corn oil and soybean oil, nuts and seeds such as sunflower and flax seeds and walnuts, and fish such as salmon and mackerel.  

• If you choose to drink alcohol, limit it to less than 2 drinks per day, and not on an empty stomach.

Drinking a diabetes-specific meal replacement shake twice a day was associated with lower blood glucose responses in those with type 2 diabetes.

• Abbott’s pilot study pinpoints a link between diabetes-specific nutritional shakes and improved glucose balance after meals.

• This study highlights the importance of daily breakfast and snack decisions on diabetes management.

• Drinking a Glucerna® Ready-to-Drink was associated with a 47% reduction in post-meal peak glucose after breakfast compared to not using Glucerna®.