Diabetes snack tips for children

As mentioned earlier, snacking is important for kids or children with diabetes to maintain their blood glucose level other than their diets. But overboard of snacks can be dangerous for kids also. Therefore, following are some healthy snack tips for diabetic child.

1. Limit children snacks to lower calories as possible. Parents must make sure that their kids are really hungry and not just bored or too stressed to crave on chocolates because it is dangerous if snacks become extra meals if children go overboard. And then mother can limit their kid’s snacks to 100-150 calories or less.
   
2. Watch out for low-fat snacks. There are studies indicate that child tend to eat more snacks when they are stated low-fat because they think they are having lower calories. But normally, low-fat snacks will have about 11% lesser calories compared to the full-fats one. Therefore, do not let your kids eat too much on snacks; keep to the amount they needed.
   
3. Have a few whole-grain crackers with peanut butter. Parents should let their children to eat more protein and lesser carbohydrates and the kid’s blood sugar will not raise so much. Moreover, whole grain crackers have more nutrition than other normal crackers.
   
4. Plate your children snacks. Mother can put a small amount or portion on a plate and let her children eat just the snack on the plate. Seal it and put away the snack after putting on to the plate. This is because if parents let their kids to eat straight from the bag, the kids are going to eat more.
   
5. Encourage children to snack more on raw vegetables and fruits. Parents should encourage their children to eat more fruits and vegetables in their diets and meals. But snacks also can be fresh veggies or fruits. Mother can suggest her child to snack on grape tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, and cauliflower. Kids also can choose to eat them plain or plunge them into nonfat yogurt or a light salad dressing which can make the raw vegetables taste better.
   
6. Blend a fruit smoothie. Parents can try combining half of a chopped banana, 3⁄4 cup non-fat or low-fat plain yogurt, and small amount of sugar, and blend until smooth.
   
7. Eat apples with the skin. There are studies showed that an apple with the skin have about 3g of fiber. The skin contains healthy soluble fiber that helps to lower cholesterol, avoid heart disease and also antioxidants that fight free radicals and also lower down the risk of diabetes complications.
   

The above are some recommendations of snacks for diabetic children, but it is important also to do exercise in order to maintain the blood glucose and also keep the body healthy for a kid. Therefore, for a diabetic kid to keep healthy, they should balanced diets, eat foods with nutrition and diet low in sugar, healthy snacks and do more physical activities. All these may help them to decrease further diabetes complications in their future lives.