Everything you've heard about the importance of breakfast is even more true if you have diabetes. Eating the right type of breakfast can help you control your blood sugar and can reduce your risk of heart disease and possibly cancer and other chronic diseases. Why is breakfast so important? Because morning is the time when many people experience the highest blood sugar levels and the right type of breakfast can help control them.
Monday
Cheerios and milk1 cup strawberries
1 hard-boiled egg
Tuesday
Turkey and low fat cheese on a bun1 tablespoon mayonnaise
10 grapes
Wednesday
1 cup fruit-flavored yogurt3 graham cracker squares with peanut butter
Thursday
one-half tuna sandwich with tomato4 ounces mixed fruit, in juice
1 cup milk
Friday
one-half cup cottage cheese with one half cup diced pineapple1 small bran muffin
1 teaspoon margarine