What are the Nigerian foods for Diabetics? What should a Nigerian diabetic eat? What Nigerian foods should diabetes milletus patients avoid? Are there low sugar Nigerian diets for diabetics?  What is the meal plan for diabetes patients?

Being diabetic is not easy especially in Nigeria.  The main problem of being diabetic is knowing the right food combinations. For a Nigerian diabetic or an African diabetic, our diets contain a lot of sugar or starch. Our quest for Nigerian foods without sugar or low sugar could be arduous or at best confusing. Nobody including health care providers have been able to successfully draft up a comprehensive Nigerian food timetable for diabetic patients.  Also during consultions, Endocrinologists, because of their work load, almost always do not have time to sit with their patients for long in order to discuss a diabetic food plan.

Nigerian diabetics  end up resorting to the internet for guidance and counselling on low sugar diet as evidenced by the following google searches  below which I will try as much as possible to answer.

“Nigerian food timetable for diabetic patients”

“Nigerian foods  without Sugar”

“Managing diabetics in Nigeria”

“African food for diabetes patient”

“List of foods for diabetic patients”

“Food recipes for diabetic patients”

“Best Nigerian foods for diabetic patients”

“List of Nigerian foods for diabetics”

“is fufu good for diabetes?”

“non starchy foods in nigeria”

“is wheat good for diabetics?”

“what are good carbs for a diabetic to eat”

Now to answer these queries,  the underlying principles of diet management in diabetes is to: avoid sugary or starchy foods (low carbs diet),  avoid fatty meals, eat plenty vegetables,  eat fruits,  run away from alcohol, flee from smoking, and drink plenty of water.


This list contain African or Nigerian  foods that a diabetic should eat or avoid for better glycemic or sugar control.

Bitter leaf soup is good for diabetic patients and helps reduce body sugar

Water leaf soup contains low sugar

Afang soup is very good for sugar control.

Ewedu soup should be in your food plan
Avoid yam or pounded yam.  It contains too much sugar. Yam or pounded yam is not ideal for diabetes
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