In October, fruits are rich in carotene, vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and other inorganic salts and trace elements and fiber, which can meet the nutrition requirements of the human body and play a special role in maintaining human health. In order to supplement the nutrition required by the human body, diabetic patients can also eat the right amount of fruit, the key should do the following points: Jinan City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine endocrine specialist Wei Jing
1. What can be eaten under the circumstances.
Diabetic patients in a stable condition, blood sugar control is more ideal, namely fasting blood sugar 7mmol / l, 2 hours after meals blood sugar 11.1mmol / l, glycosylated hemoglobin 7%, basically have the prerequisites to enjoy fruit. Because fruits are rich in sugars and are rapidly absorbed in the body, which can easily cause blood sugar to rise, so it is better not to eat fruits first when blood sugar is not yet controlled and stable.
2. what time can eat.
Diabetic patients are best to eat fruit in the hour before the meal (such as 10:00 am to 11:00 am or 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm), it is generally not recommended to add fruit after the meal, so as not to cause high blood sugar. In addition, if the patient eats less at dinner, a small amount of fruit can also be eaten 1 hour before bedtime to avoid hypoglycemia at night.
3. What fruits can be eaten.
The sugar in fruits is fructose, sucrose and glucose, and the sugar content of different fruits is very different, diabetic patients can choose relatively low sugar content (refers to the sugar content of 15% or less), and relatively slow to raise blood sugar rate of the fruit to eat. Such as duck pear, strawberry, pineapple, loquat, sugar content of less than 10%, grapefruit, peach, apricot, citrus, apple, persimmon, pomegranate sugar content between 10% to 15%, these can choose to eat. Bananas, red fruit, fresh dates contain high sugar, more than 15%, should be eaten less or not, dried dates contain higher sugar, up to 75%, diabetic patients should not eat. Watermelon is rich in water, the sugar content is only 4%, so diabetics can be used to get rid of the heat. 4.
4. how much to eat is appropriate.
Although diabetics can eat fruit, but how much to eat the specific impact on blood sugar is very important. Generally speaking, diabetics eat 50 to 100 grams of fruit every day is possible, but at the same time should reduce the main food of the day about 25 grams, so that the total daily calorie intake remains unchanged, will not cause too big fluctuations in blood sugar.
Of course, diabetic patients should also take into account their own specific situation, the conditions can monitor the changes in blood glucose when applying fruit, so that its impact on blood glucose can be further understood. In short, as long as the diabetic patients master the above aspects, you can enjoy the delicious fruit at the same time, have nutrition and health.