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Information for patients
NHS Lanarkshire Nutrition and Dietetic Department
PIL.GMIDA4.60988.L
Extra snacks between meals, for example:
- sandwiches
- full cream yoghurts
- ice cream
- full cream milk drinks
- cheese and biscuits
- cakes
Extra cheese:
- with biscuits
- add to scrambled eggs
- grated into soups/sauces or vegetables and potatoes
- added to french toast
Extra butter or margarine on:
- other vegetables and mixed into mashed potatoes
- biscuit
- toast
- scones
2 – 4 tablespoons of dried milk powder can be added to one pint of full cream milk and used in:
- cereals
- sauces
- drinks
- puddings
- jelly
Extra cream or evaporated milk in:
- tinned fruit in syrup
- porridge/cereals
- desserts
- soups
- sauces
Extra sugar over:
- porridge
- cereals
- desserts
- drinks
Extra jam, marmalade or honey on:
- biscuits
- toast
- scones
- in desserts such as rice pudding or in porridge
Further Information
You should be referred to see the diabetes dietitian for further information and individual advice.
Pub. date: April 2022
Review date: April 2024
Issue No: 09
Reference:Â PIL.GMIDA4.60988.L
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