If you use a diabetic exchange list for meal planning, it can make figuring out your daily nutritional needs easier. Most everyday foods can be found on a diabetic exchange list. But what about foods commonly eating on special occasions? There are times when you'd like to celebrate with everyone else.
Can you splurge and have a piece of birthday cake or a dish of ice cream? Yes -- when you count exchanges. Use this chart to figure out exchanges for foods commonly found at celebrations.
Sources:
Dudek, Susan G. (1993). Nutrition Handbook for Nursing Practice. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott.
| Food Exchange List for Special Occasions | ||
| Food | Serving | Exchange |
| Angel food cake | 1/12 cake | 2 starch |
| Cake (any) no icing | 1/12 cake or 3" square | 2 starch, 2 fat |
| Cookies | 2 small (1-3/4") | 1 starch, 2 fat |
| Frozen fruit yogurt | 1/3 cup | 1 starch |
| Gingersnaps | 3 | 1 starch |
| Granola | 1/4 cup | 1 starch, 1 fat |
| Granola bars | 1 small | 1 starch, 1 fat |
| Ice cream, any flavor | 1/2 cup | 1 starch, 2 fat |
| Ice milk, any flavor | 1/2 cup | 1 starch, 1 fat |
| Sherbet, any flavor | 1/4 cup | 1 starch |
| Snack chips, all varieties | 1 oz. | 1 starch, 1 fat |
| Vanilla wafers | 6 small | 1 starch, 1 fat |
