Nutrition and eating healthily.

However, moderate portions and careful choices can help you make restaurant meals part of your overall plan for diabetes nutrition.

Best Choices	Worst Choices
Whole-grain flours, such as whole wheat flour	White flour
Whole grains, such as brown rice	Processed grains, such as white rice
Cereals containing whole-grain ingredients and little added sugar	Cereals with little whole grain and lots of sugar
Whole-grain bread	White bread
Baked potato or baked steak fries	French fries
Whole-grain flour or corn tortillas	Fried white-flour tortillas

Fresh vegetables, eaten raw or lightly steamed, roasted, or grilledFrozen vegetables, lightly steamed	Canned vegetables with lots of added sodiumVegetables cooked with lots of added butter, cheese, or sauce
Fresh cucumbers	Pickles (only if you need to limit sodium; otherwise, pickles are a good choice)