This page is about portion proportions — how much of each macro belongs on a blood-sugar-friendly plate. Not the order you eat them in (that's a separate strategy covered in our food-sequencing guide). For glucose stability, the standard MyPlate recommendation needs modification: shift toward roughly half non-starchy vegetables, one-third protein and healthy fat, and a smaller one-sixth portion of complex carbohydrates. Continuous glucose monitor data from people who made this single shift consistently shows 20–30% smaller post-meal spikes — without changing what kinds of food they eat or the order in which they eat them.