DIABETES OR SLIMMING DIET - 1500 Calories

Breakfast:
Fresh or stewed fruit. Stewed fruit can be sweetened with saccharine;
Egg, meat, fish or cheese;
1 Slice bread spread lightly with butter or cup (125ml) juice.
Morning Tea:
Tea or coffee with a little milk, no sugar;
Slice bread or 1 Cream Cracker.
Lunch:
Meat, fish, liver or poultry;
1 Medium potato or a small serving rice;
1 Green vegetable: Cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, baby marrow, gem squash, green beans,
as desired;
1 Other vegetable: Carrots, turnips, beetroot, peas, parsnips, pumpkin, just a small serving;
Salad: Tomato, lettuce, cucumber, radishes;
Fruit: Fresh or stewed;
Tea or coffee, if desired, with a little milk and no sugar.
Afternoon Tea:
Tea or coffee with a little milk, no sugar;
Slice bread or 1 Cream Cracker or 1 small rusk.
Supper:
Meat, fish, liver or poultry;
Salad or green vegetables;
1 Slices of bread lightly spread with butter;
Fruit: Fresh or stewed;
Tea or coffee, if desired, with a little milk and no sugar.
9 O'clock at Night:
Tea or coffee with a little milk, no sugar;
1 Slice bread or 2 Cream Crackers.

USE THE FOLLOWING:

As much as you need of:LEAN MEAT: This includes liver, ham, poultry, and sausage.
FISH: All white fish, kippers, smoked haddock - it can be roasted, baked, steamed or
boiled.
EGGS: Boiled, poached or scrambled.
VEGETABLES: Green or yellow - see diet list.
SALAD: Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, celery, onions.
FRUIT: Fresh or stewed, sweetened with saccharine if desired.
SOUP: Thin soup, thin vegetable soup, meat extract, green vegetable water with marmite.
MILK: 2 Cups per day (250ml/16 fluid ounces).
BUTTER: Ounce per day.
MISCELLANEOUS: Tea, coffee, soda-water, Worcester sauce, vinegar, pepper, mustard,
sauce, pickles (in vinegar).
AVOID THE FOLLOWING: Fried food, salad sauces, oil, cream, fat.
Sugar, glucose, jam, marmalade, honey, syrup.
Chocolate, sweets, ice cream, jelly, nuts.
Cocoa, ovaltine, horlicks.
Cake, pies, tarts, deserts, porridge or other cereals.
NOTE:
1. This diet is well balanced and is calculated to satisfy all energy requirements and to
maintain strength. Do not leave anything out or add anything.
2. Do not skip a meal.
3. White or whole wheat bread may be used and it may be toasted.
4. Sugar may not be used. Use saccharine if necessary.
5. Lunch and supper may be switched.
OTHER POINTS TO REMEMBER:
Eat about the same amount of food each day.
Eat at about the same times each day.
Take your medicines at the same times each day.
Exercise at the same times each day.
Every day, choose foods from these food groups: starches, vegetables, fruit, meat and
meat substitutes, and milk and yoghurt. How much of each depends on how many
calories you need a day.
Limit the amounts of fats and sweets you eat each day.