DIEBETIC DIET REGIMEN
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I. FOODS TO BE AVOIDED ALTOGETHER
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1. Sugar, glucose, jam, marmalade, honey, syrup, treacle, tinned fruits, sweets, chocolate, lemonade, glucose drinks, ovaltine, horlicks, bengers food and similar foods which are sweetened with sugar.
2. Cakes, sweet biscuits, chocolate biscuits, pies, puddings, thick sauces.
3. Alcoholic drinks unless permission has been given by the doctor.

II. FOODS TO BE EATEN IN MODERATION ONLY
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1. Breads of all kinds (including so-called slimming and starch-reduced breads, brown or white, plain or toasted).
2. Rolls, scones, biscuits and crispbreads.
3. Potatoes, peas and baked beans.
4. Breakfast cereals and porridge.
5. All fresh or dried fruits.
6. Macaroni, spaghetti, custard and foods with much flour.
7. Thick soups.
8. Diebetic foods.
9. Milk.

III. FOODS TO BE EATEN AS DESIRED.
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1. All meats, fish, eggs.
2. Cheese.
3. Clear soups, meat extracts, tomato or lemon juice.
4. Tea or coffee.
5. Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, turnip, runner or French beans, onions, leeks or mushrooms. Lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, spring onions, radishes, mustard and cress, asparagus, parsley, rhubarb.
6. Herbs, spicse, salt, pepper and mustard.
7. Saccharine or Saxin for sweetening.

For overweight diabetics butter, margarine, fatty and dried foods must be restricted.


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