Foods to Be Consumed As Desired

There is no restriction on these foods that how much is to be taken. It all depends on patient's will.

1. Water and soda water
2. Tea and coffee (no sugar) with milk
3. Energy-free aerated drinks
4. Diabetic fruit drinks
5. Clear soups or meat extracts
6. Herbs, seasonings and spices
7. Saccharine and asparmate preparations for sweetening
8. The following fruits and vegetables contain only a small quantity of carbohydrates and can be consumed without being counted in the diet.

All green leafy vegetables, brinjal, asparagus, beetroot, banana stem and inflorescence, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, cluster beans, broad beans, French beans, lima beans, small portions fresh or frozen garden peas, bitter gourds, turnips, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, radish, peppers, white pumpkin.

Black berries, goose berries, lemons, black currants, white currant and rhubarb.

Foods under third column are only for mild diabetics who are not obese. However, a controlled diabetic with ideal body weight is allowed to have limited amounts of sugar in a nutritionally balanced and high fiber content meal which blunts the effect of sugar.