Fill out form. Using the food pyramid helps you eat a variety of healthy foods. When you eat different foods, you get the vitamins and minerals you need. Eat different foods from each group each day. See how to do this in the example below.
Starches are bread, grains, cereal, pasta, or starchy vegetables.
Eat some starches at each meal. People might tell you not to eat many starches, but that is no longer correct advice. Eating starches is healthy for everyone, including people with diabetes. Your diabetes treatment plan. Starches give your body energy, vitamins and minerals, and fiber.