Dietary Exchange List Pdf

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Dietary exchange list pdf. Avoid or restrict foodstuffs high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Each exchange list contains foods that are alike. Bake roast boil or steam instead of frying food. In the amounts given all choices on each list are equal.

The official pocket guide to diabetic food choices 4th edition american diabetes association 2015 isbn. Each serving of a food has approximately the same amount of macronu trients and calories as the other foods on the same list. Each food choice on a list contains about the same amount of carbohydrate protein fat and calories as the other choices on that list. The information i m sharing today can help you no matter which specific food plan you re following the exchange system got a little makeover in the summer of 2014 and the word exchange has actually been replaced with the word choice you may use the.

Carbohydrates protein and fat. The lists are grouped into three main. Vegetables mentioned under the list 8 vegetable exchange have negligible calories and may be used whenever desirable. Starches fruits and fruit juices milk yogurt and dairy like foods non starchy vegetables sweets desserts and other carbohydrates meats and meat substitutes fats.

With both eating well with anada s food guide and the exchange system. You can use the american dietetic association food exchange lists to check out serving sizes for each group of foods and to see what other food choices are available for each group of foods. This exchange list contains three main groups of food based on the macronutrients. Any food on the list can be exchanged or traded for any other food on the list.

Avoid sweet foods jams chocolates cakes sweet cream which increase triglyceride levels. An exchange has about the same amount of carbohydrates protein fat and calories as a serving of every other food in that same group. The following pages separate foods into these seven groups. Foods on each list have about the same amount of carbohydrate protein fat and calories.

The exchange lists group foods together because they are alike. Because foods are so different each food is measured or weighed so that the amounts of carbohydrate protein fat and calories are the same in each choice. N foods on. Sometimes nutrient figures may seem to vary a bit from list to list due to.

978 1 58040 598 0 c cup t tablespoon tsp teaspoon oz ounce fl oz fluid ounce lb pound page 1 of 12 updated 7 5 2016 using exchange lists to plan meals the american diabetes association ada developed exchange lists with the academy of nutrition and. Vegetables fat free and very low fat milk very lean protein fruits. As you read the exchange lists you will notice that one choice is often a larger amount of food than another choice from the same list.