We moved away from the food pyramid and to the my plate long ago. This shows you to get lots of non-starchy vegetables some proteins source and a very small helping of some starch say rice and beans. Make sure to get helpings of fruit but not a lot if you’re diabetic and a little dairy. people complain about foods being too expensive that are healthy so I say just eat less and that would actually save you money. It’s totally free to get out there and walk and exercise so the excuses that people come up with are annoying. And I literally tell people that if they would lose weight through healthier food choices and exercise that they could probably come off all of their medicines for type Ii diabetes. Type I is a completely different animal.