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These are some of the highest carb fruits. IF you absolutely have to have fruit (and a person can survive an entire lifetime without any fruit at all -- it's not part of an essential diet) then stick to berries in small quantities.
I will second that thought. In his book (Diabetes Solution) Dr. Bernstein (a Type I diabetic since 1948) who advocated a very low carb diet before it became popular, noted that he (now age 80 or so) had not eaten any fruit for over 40 years.
Examples of fruits which are recommended to Diabetics include:
• Bananas
• Apples
• Fruit Juices
• Strawberries
• Raisins
• Oranges
• Mango
• Guava
• Papaya
I agree with the other posters--berries are the best for me. Sometimes I dress up my serving with real whipped cream, chopped nuts and even a sprinkling of dark cocoa or very dark chocolate (I need the calories).
I would only eat a banana, orange or drink fruit juice if I was having a low blood sugar episode. My endo told me to eat half a small apple and a handful of nuts before driving (just in case of a low). I used to but I rarely have lows now that I take only Metformin. I don't know about the other fruits mentioned but I do know dried fruits are higher in sugar and that includes raisins. Sometimes my protein bars or protein cookies contain raisins but I watch the total or net carb count of the item itself.
I might as well eat cotton candy if I were to eat a whole banana alone - the effect on my blood sugar is the same. Any fruit other than berries raises my sugar very quickly. So if I do occasionally eat berries, I make sure they are with Greek yogurt or in a protein smoothie to lessen the blood sugar spike. And, like Dr. Bernstein mentioned above, I do not eat fruit often at all.
Diabetics can eat anything they want but they have to account for it in their daily food consumption.
There is no blanket statement that applies to everyone in regards to how their body responds to each fruit or any food consumed, everyone is different.
The only way to know how your body responds to each food is to test often and write down your blood sugar numbers after each meal to give yourself a base line and proceed from there, keeping track of everything you eat, when you eat, the amount you eat, what time you test, and what the specific number was for that test.
Get a good book about Diabetes and testing and study it until you know it by heart and test often and keep track (write down) everything.
I agree with the other posters--berries are the best for me. Sometimes I dress up my serving with real whipped cream, chopped nuts and even a sprinkling of dark cocoa or very dark chocolate (I need the calories).
I would only eat a banana, orange or drink fruit juice if I was having a low blood sugar episode. My endo told me to eat half a small apple and a handful of nuts before driving (just in case of a low). I used to but I rarely have lows now that I take only Metformin. I don't know about the other fruits mentioned but I do know dried fruits are higher in sugar and that includes raisins. Sometimes my protein bars or protein cookies contain raisins but I watch the total or net carb count of the item itself.
The biggest problem with fruit is the fact that most fruit, if you buy single fruit and not bagged, is HUGE! and is two servings, at least as explained by my diabetes educator. So when I buy bananas, I go for the smallest ones I can find. I eat organic fruit a lot, because often, organic is much smaller. Those huge apples are beautiful... but are way too big.
Add to that cheese or peanut butter or nuts and a couple of triscuits (never ever store brand!) and I'm set. (always peanut butter with bananas!)
The biggest problem with fruit is the fact that most fruit, if you buy single fruit and not bagged, is HUGE! and is two servings, at least as explained by my diabetes educator. So when I buy bananas, I go for the smallest ones I can find. I eat organic fruit a lot, because often, organic is much smaller. Those huge apples are beautiful... but are way too big.
Add to that cheese or peanut butter or nuts and a couple of triscuits (never ever store brand!) and I'm set. (always peanut butter with bananas!)
Some varieties of apple are smaller than others and that's usually what I buy. I only eat a half at a time. Same with bananas. I eat them before they're very ripe and only one half. I find it much easier to deal with a tangerine or a clementine than an orange. I can peel it, put it in a container in the refrigerator and pull off a segment at a time.
I try to eat fruit as part of a meal, but I don't always want it then. If I'd really like a little fruit, like you, I'll eat some cheese, nuts or some nut butter.
These are some of the highest carb fruits. IF you absolutely have to have fruit (and a person can survive an entire lifetime without any fruit at all -- it's not part of an essential diet) then stick to berries in small quantities.
jamuns, starfruits are good for diabics.
Guava controls diabetes and it is good for constipation.
papaya is good for diabetics because they are rich in vitamin and other minerals.
Orange can be consumed on a daily basis by diabetics, as they are rich in vitamin C.
I don't see the problem with eating any fruit EXCEPT when you are doing a low carb diet. Berries are the among the fruits with the lowest carbs. Pineapple and banana would be the highest with everything else in between. I personally love watermelon and even though I am on a LCHF diet I do indulge myself every now and then.
My mom is a type II diabetic patient since 2007, she is also a heart patient but doc advised her to take all the fruits in limited quantity. Doc also advised us to take apple and fruits with citric acid once a week only. He told the same about the mangoes. I must mention here she is eating tasteless chapati of pearl millet once a day, and it really resulted in low level of blood glucose.
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