But eating small amounts of high-fat food will help you lose weight, keep your blood sugar and blood fats under control, and lower your blood pressure. Fill out form. You find the sugary foods and sweets section at the tip of the pyramid. This tells you to eat small amounts of sugary foods. Sugary foods have calories and do not have much nutrition.
Sugary foods have lots of calories.
They also may contain saturated fats and cholesterol. Sugary foods and sweets are tempting. But eating small amounts of sugary foods will help you lose weight, keep your blood sugar under control, control your blood fats, and lower your blood pressure. Talk to your diabetes teacher about how to fit sugary foods into your meal plan. Eat them as part of your meal plan.