Controlling the consumption of carbohydrate

Carbohydrate causes blood glucose to increase. How should you adjust your eating habits to control the consumption of carbohydrate?

After diabetes patient consume carbohydrate containing food/beverage, blood sugar level will increase. Therefore, they need to check the total carbohydrate intake in a meal and exchange accordingly.

For instance, if you are advised to have 3 servings of carbohydrate at breakfast, you should choose 3 items from the exchange list.

Each serving of carbohydrate = 15g of carbohydrate

	Grain / Starchy Fruits and Vegetables
	White / Red / Brown rice (Cooked)
White / Red / Brown rice (Cooked)	1.5 tablespoons
	Soft rice / Chiu-Chow congee
Soft rice / Chiu-Chow congee	1/2 bowl
	Spaghetti / Macaroni / Noodle (Cooked)
Spaghetti / Macaroni / Noodle (Cooked)	1/2 bowl
	Rice Noodle (Cooked) / Flat noodle (Ho Fan) / Shanghai noodle / Udon
Rice Noodle (Cooked) / Flat noodle (Ho Fan) / Shanghai noodle / Udon	1/3 bowl
	Egg noodle (Small size)
Egg noodle (Small size)	1/2 pc
	Mung Bean Vermicelli (Cooked)
Mung Bean Vermicelli (Cooked)	3/4 bowl
	Congee / Cooked oatmeal
Congee / Cooked oatmeal	1/2 bowl
	Dried oatmeal
Dried oatmeal	3 table spoons
	Crispy rice / Cornflake
Crispy rice / Cornflake	Bit less than 1/2 bowl
	All bran
All bran	4.5 tablespoons
	Weetabix
Weetabix	1.5pcs
	Low fat Digestive biscuits
Low fat Digestive biscuits	1.5pcs
	Cream cracker / Saltine cracker
Cream cracker / Saltine cracker	3pcs
	High fiber wholewheat biscuits
High fiber wholewheat biscuits	3pcs
	Marie biscuits (Small)
Marie biscuits (Small)	4.5pcs
	White / Red / Brown bread (8 pcs per pound without crust)
White / Red / Brown bread (8 pcs per pound without crust)	Bit more than ½ pc
	White / Red / Brown bread (Small without crust)
White / Red / Brown bread (Small without crust)	1.5pcs
	Plain bun / Raisin bun
Plain bun / Raisin bun	1/2pc
	Steam Chinese bun (Medium)
Steam Chinese bun (Medium)	3/4pc
	Potato / Sweet potato / Taro (Cooked)
Potato / Sweet potato / Taro (Cooked)	1.5 egg size pcs
	Mash potato
Mash potato	1/2 bowl
	Lotus root / Yam bean
Lotus root / Yam bean	3 egg size pcs
	Carrot / Green turnip / White turnip
Carrot / Green turnip / White turnip	3 egg size pcs
	Chest nut (Large)
Chest nut (Large)	3pcs
	Corn kernel (Raw)
Corn kernel (Raw)	4.5 tablespoons
	Corn cob (Medium)
Corn cob (Medium)	1/2pc
	Potato / Sweet potato / Taro (Cooked)
Potato / Sweet potato / Taro (Cooked)	1.5 egg size pcs
	Water chestnut (Large)
Water chestnut (Large)	6pcs
	Beans (Cooked) (Red bean / Mungbean / Black bean / Black eye peas / Split pea / Dried lotus seed / Green pea / Canned ketchup soybean
Beans (Cooked) (Red bean / Mungbean / Black bean / Black eye peas / Split pea / Dried lotus seed / Green pea / Canned ketchup soybean	6 tablespoons
	Barleys
Barleys	1.5 tablespoons
	Quinoa (Cooked)
Quinoa (Cooked)	Bit Less than 1/2 bowl

	Vegetable (Each Serving: 1 bowl raw veg / ½ bowl cooked)
	1 bowl of uncooked vegetable
1 bowl of uncooked vegetable	E.g. Lettuce, Red cabbage
	1/2 bowl of cooked vegetable, mungbean sprout, gourd, beans or mushrooms
1/2 bowl of cooked vegetable, mungbean sprout, gourd, beans or mushrooms	E.g. choi sum, Chinese Kale, spinach, mung bean sprout pak choy, eggplant, carrot, snow peas, Enoki mushroom
	3/4 cup (180ml) fresh vegetable juice without added sugar
3/4 cup (180ml) fresh vegetable juice without added sugar	E.g. fresh tomato juice

	Fruit
	2 small fruits
2 small fruits	E.g. plum and kiwi
	1 medium fruit
1 medium fruit	E.g. orange, apple
	1/2 large fruit
1/2 large fruit	E.g. banana, grapefruit, starfruit
	1/2 bowl diced fruit
1/2 bowl diced fruit	E.g. watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon
	1/2 bowl granular fruit
1/2 bowl granular fruit	E.g. grape, lychee, cherry, strawberry
	1 tablespoon no added sugar or salt dried fruit
1 tablespoon no added sugar or salt dried fruit	E.g. raisin, dried prune
	3/4 cup fruit juice without added sugar
3/4 cup fruit juice without added sugar	E.g. fresh fruit juice with pulps

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