Summer is here, and it is the season of fruit abundance, another critical time for some special groups of people to consider their will. I am often asked by some kidney and sugar lovers if they can say fruit. The vast majority of people have a natural taste for sweetness and depriving them of enjoying a treat is indeed not humane enough. Recommend to you an article to tell you, especially the sugar lovers if you choose fruits.
First, which diabetic patients can eat fruits?
Only patients with stable disease and good blood sugar control (fasting blood sugar control below 7.0 mmol/l, 2 hours after meal blood sugar control below 10 mmol/l, glycosylated hemoglobin below 7.5%) can consume fruits in limited quantity.
Second, is the sweeter the fruit, the more to stay away from?
Not necessarily! Fruits contain sucrose, glucose and fructose, of which fructose is the sweetest (2 times sweeter than glucose and 1.8 times sweeter than sucrose) and has the greatest solubility. Watermelon has a higher fructose content, so it is sweeter to eat compared to other fruits, although the sugar content is comparable or less. The absorption and metabolism of fructose does not need the help of insulin and has less impact on blood sugar, so it is okay to eat some in moderation.
Third, when is the best time to eat fruit?
Eating fruit is usually chosen between meals, after hunger or physical activity, as a supplement of energy and nutrients. Due to individual differences, some people may have a rapid increase in blood sugar even if they eat fruits with low sugar content. Therefore, it is recommended that patients should test their blood sugar 2 hours before and 2 hours after eating fruits to see if eating fruits has any effect on their blood sugar and to find the right fruits for them.
People are naturally fond of sweet food, and fruit is one of the representatives. The taste of fruit varies, but many of them are inseparable from the word “sweet”, so can diabetics eat fruit?
People are naturally fond of sweet food, and fruit is one of the representatives. The taste of fruit varies, but a lot of it is inseparable from the word “sweet”. The answer is yes, but only patients with stable condition and good blood sugar control (fasting blood sugar control below 7.0 mmol/l, 2 hours after meal blood sugar control below 10 mmol/l, glycosylated hemoglobin below 7.5%) can eat fruits in limited quantity. In order to control blood glucose, diabetic patients should choose fruits with low sugar content as much as possible, in addition to the speed of raising blood glucose, so as to determine what fruits to eat and how much to eat.
There is a misconception to choose according to sweetness
Many patients judge the sugar content of fruits according to their own subjective intuition. They think that fruits that are sweet to eat have high sugar content, and those that are not so sweet can be eaten. This idea has some truth, but it is not entirely correct. For example, watermelon is one of the summer seasonal fruits, has the effect of heat, but many diabetic patients think that watermelon is very sweet afraid to eat, in fact, watermelon in the fruit is considered low-sugar fruit, suitable for sugar lovers to choose. Check the food composition table, each 100 grams of watermelon flesh contains an average of 5.8 grams of carbohydrates, of course, there are slightly higher sugar content of watermelon varieties. In addition, the sugar content of different parts of the watermelon is different, the flesh of the central part of the melon has a higher sugar content, and the part near the skin has a lower sugar content. There are also some fruits that are not too sweet to eat, but the sugar content is not low, you should pay attention to, for example, many diabetics like to eat dragon fruit, although it is not too sweet to eat, but each 100 grams of dragon fruit flesh contains 13.3 grams of carbohydrates.
Why does a watermelon that is not too high in sugar content taste so sweet? Because there are three kinds of soluble sugars in the fruit, namely sucrose, glucose and fructose, of which fructose is the sweetest (2 times sweeter than glucose and 1.8 times more soluble than sucrose) and has the largest solubility. Watermelon has a higher fructose content, so watermelon is sweeter to eat compared to other fruits, although the sugar content is comparable or a little less. The absorption and metabolism of fructose does not require the help of insulin, which has a small impact on blood sugar. Watermelon contains many essential vitamins and mineral elements, so it is okay to eat in moderation.
Pay attention to the differences between different kinds of fruits
Sometimes you can’t simply say that a class of fruit contains high or low sugar, just like a big family of brothers and sisters look, temperament and so on different, different varieties of fruit between the nutrient content also have differences. Take the pear, the lowest sugar content in the food composition table for the sour pear produced in Gansu (9.8 grams / 100 grams edible part), the highest sugar content for the snow pear produced in Qinghai (20.2 grams / 100 grams edible part), the highest and lowest compared to the sugar content difference of twice. Of course the fruit origin is different, the ripeness is different, the length of storage time will affect the sugar content. If you eat pear, you can choose snow pear (sugar content 10.6%), duck pear (sugar content 11.1%) and other common varieties. Generally, the higher the ripeness of the fruit, the faster the rate of sugar, relatively raw fruits have less impact on blood sugar, so you’d better choose the fruit that is not too ripe to eat.
Choose fruits with a good idea
Finally, I will classify some common fruits and list the carbohydrate content of these fruits per 100 grams of edible parts, so that you can have the amount in mind and eat with confidence.
Fruits with less than 15% sugar.
Watermelon (5.8%), melon (6.2%), strawberries (7.1%), cherries (10.2%), apples (13.5%), snow pears (10.6%), citrus (11.9%), grapefruit (9.5%), peaches (12.2%), plums (8.7%), apricots (9.1%), cantaloupe (7.9%), kiwi (14.5%), pineapple ( 10.8%), etc., may be used in moderation.
Fruits with a sugar content of 15% to 25%.
Litchi (16.6%), Sydney (20.2%), pomegranate (18.7%), fresh cinnamon (16.6%), persimmon (18.5%), fresh hawthorn (25.1%), banana (22%), etc., should be carefully selected, it is best to eat less or not, if diabetic patients are eager to eat this type of fruit, a small piece to taste on it.
Fresh fruits with a sugar content higher than 25%.
Pineapple honey (25.7%), fresh dates (30.5%), golden dates (76.7%), black dates (57.7%), etc. as well as dried and preserved fruits are not suitable for diabetics.
Eating fruit is generally chosen between meals, after hunger or physical activity, as a supplement to energy and nutrients. Due to individual differences, some people may have a rapid increase in blood sugar even if they eat fruits with low sugar content. Therefore, it is still recommended that patients test their own blood sugar 2 hours before and 2 hours after eating fruits to see if eating fruits has any effect on their blood sugar and to find the right fruit for them.