Top Ten Diabetes-Friendly Snack Substitutions

This is a more in depth discussion of day eight of the "30 Day Diabetes Cure" plan. Please note, that besides being good for diabetics, this post will be beneficial for anyone who wishes to lose weight or eat healthy.

Day Eight: 

• Clear all damaging snacks from your pantry and replace them with better alternatives.

Instead of...                   choose...
                    
1.                   Chips                      Air-popped popcorn (with a little olive oil and Parmesan cheese)
                     
2.                   Soda                      1/2 cup 100% pomegranate juice and 1/2 cup   sparkling water.
               
3.                   Cookies                  Apple slices and 5 walnut halves.

4.                   Candy Bar              Four prunes and four almonds.

5.                   Ice Cream              Yogurt with berries, chopped nuts and cinnamon.

6.                  Granola bar            Table spoon peanut butter, plus raisins on
                                                    whole-grain slice of bread.      

7.                   Nachos                  Potato skins with diced spinach or broccoli slices onion and a bit of cheese.

8.                   Milk Shake            Smoothie with plain yogurt, berries, and flaxseed.

9                    Popsicle                10 tart fresh cherries. 

10.                 Energy bar             Greek salad


other Useful tips:

• Avoid HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) at all costs.
• Don't be fooled by "energy" bars.
• Snack on nuts.
• Eat high fiber snacks
• Eat high protein snacks 
• Try Hummus and other dips.

Simple yet powerful!