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Diabetes is a lifestyle disease which can be controlled, if not cure with changes of lifestyle. If controlled, there is nothing to worry about having diabetes, but if not controlled, it can lead to many life threatening diseases. A diabetes diet chart can ensure proper food in time, enough rest, regular exercise, are all that can help to control diabetes in a great way. 1200 Calorie diabetes diet chart is a sample plan on how you could control your calorie intake while not really avoiding food completely.
Many doctors and dietitians advises diabetics to be in the right weight frame to avoid complications. These are very simple steps which can be adopted into the lifestyle to have a healthy life while diagnosed with diabetes. Controlling diabetes is the best way to avoid complications and avoid many diseases and diabetes diet chart can help in this endeavor a lot. Below is the diet chart which you can follow easily.
| Food Item | Amount | Protein(g) | Calories (kcal) |
| EARLY MORNING | |||
| Fenugreek seeds with 1 cup of water | – | – | – |
| Tea (without sugar) | 1 cup | 4 | 35 |
| Marie Biscuits | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| Breakfast | |||
| Stuffed methi/palak /lauki paratha | 2 small | 7 | 200 |
| Curd | 50 gm (1 cup) | 3 | 30 |
| Egg white / Paneer Bhurji | 1 medium bowl | 6 | 130 |
| Plain roti (no oil ) | 2 small | 3 | 150 |
| Vegetable poha/upama/oats/daliya | 1 soup bowl | 4.5 | 230 |
| MID MORNING | |||
| Apple /guava/orange | 1 | – | 40 |
| LUNCH | |||
| Salad (10 mins before lunch) | 1 Medium bowl | 1 | 30 |
| Capsicum + gobhi veg | 1 medium bowl | 1 | 85 |
| Dal | 1 soup bowl | 6 | 130 |
| Phulka (no ghee) | 2 | 6 | 175 |
| EVENING | |||
| Milk / green tea / herbal tea / lemon water | 1 cup | 2 | 35 |
| Roasted chana + Muri | 1 cup | 5 | 85 |
| DINNER | |||
| Salad (10 mins before dinner) | |||
| Phulka (no ghee | 2 | 4.5 | 150 |
| Lauki veg | 1 cup | 2 | 85 |
| Curd | 1 cup | 3 | 30 |
| LATE NIGHT | |||
| Skim Milk (no sugar) | 1 glass | 4 | 120 |
| Total | – | 49.5 | 1286 |
By Premji
