Snacking ideas for Diabetics under 50 Cal. & 10g Carb

Snacks under 50 calories

• 1 small apple: 38 calories
• 2 satsumas: 50 calories
• 4 heaped tbsp blueberries: 44 calories
• 1 handful of grapes: 45 calories
• 1 kiwi fruit: 42 calories
• 1 peach: 30 calories
• 3 rings pineapple: 50 calories
• 1 light cheese triangle (25 calories) and 8 cherry tomatoes (24 calories): 49 calories
• 30g ready-to-eat partially rehydrated prunes: 48 calories
• 1 rice cake (27 calories) and 1 teaspoon (10g) pure fruit spread (22 calories): 49 calories
• 1 x 14g mini box of raisins: 45 calories
• 1 lighter cheese slice (34 calories) with ¼ cucumber (11 calories): 45 calories
• 1 x 115g pot sugar-free jelly: 8 calories 

Snacks under 10g carbs

If you have Type 1 diabetes, you will know that you don’t have to take insulin to cover snacks with less than 10g of carbs. (If you’re on an insulin pump, you will probably still be covering it with a bolus.)

For people with Type 2 diabetes, who are trying to limit their carbs, these low-carb snack ideas are also useful.

• 115g pot of sugar-free jelly: 1.2g carbs and 8 calories
• 25g toasted seed mix: 3.8g carbs and 132 calories
• 25g almonds: 1.7g carbs and 153 calories (If you are watching your weight, bear in mind this is fairly high in calories)
• ¼ pot (50g) reduced-fat hummus (5.7g carbs and 120 caloires) and ½ packet (75g) fresh sliced peppers (3.6g carbs and 22 calories): 9.3g carbs and 140 calories
• 1 chopped boiled egg (1.7g carbs and 63 calories) and 100g carrot batons (7.7g carbs and 42 calories): 9.4g carbs and 107 calories
• 25g root veg crisps: 10g carbs and 129 calories
• ½ an avocado (80g): 1.5g carbs and 158 calories (Although high in calories, they are calories from good fats)
• 1 kiwi fruit: 8.5g carbs and 44 calories
• source www.diabetes.org.uk