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Diabetes nutrition: Eating out when you have diabetes
Watch the extras
Ask for what you want
Watch what you drink
Eat on time
Remember the ground rules
Content
Plan ahead
Keep portion sizes in check
Make substitutions
Extras add up
Drinks matter, too
Alcohol and diabetes
Staying on schedule
Save room for dessert
Don't forget nutrition ground rules
Movement helps, too
Watch the extras
Bacon bits, croutons, cheeses and other add-ons can sabotage diabetes nutrition goals by quickly increasing a meal's calories and carbohydrates.
Even lighter additions — including fat-free salad dressing, barbecue sauce and fat-free mayonnaise — have calories. But you can enjoy small servings of these without adjusting your meal plan. Ask for them on the side to further control how much of them you eat.
