Our food explained

Every recipe in Diabetic Living is carefully created to help you enjoy a healthy, balanced diet

Our Nutrition Info boxes sit alongside each recipe. Use them to track your nutritional requirements, as well as count carbs, carb exchanges and find out whether a recipe is low-, medium- or high-GI, or gluten-free. Easy!

Serves 2 (as a main) We show you whether a food is designed to be a between-meals snack, breakfast, lunch (a lighter main) or dinner (the main meal of the day). When we say, “as an occasional dish”, it should only be eaten as a treat, such as once a fortnight.

Brand names

We often use product names to make it easier to find nutritionally suitable brands when shopping.

Sugar or sugar substitute

In some dishes, you can use either sugar or a sugar substitute.

In these cases, we give you the nutrition analysis for both.

Granulated sugar substitute

Most sugar substitutes on the market measure spoon for spoon, rather than weight.

For example, if the recipe uses 220g (1 cup) of sugar, you would replace this with 1 cup of granulated sugar substitute.

Optional ingredients Whenever we list an ingredient as optional, it isn’t included in the nutrition analysis and it’s up to you if you want to use it.

Choice of ingredients When we give you

the choice of two different ingredients, we analyse only the first one.

Carb exchanges Using exchanges

makes counting carbs easier: one exchange = 15g of carbs. Aim for 1-2 exchanges in every snack and

1-4 exchanges in each meal.

With this guide, you can create the perfect

eating plan for your needs