When I go to the clinic, there are always diabetic patients who say they can’t eat porridge and fruits. They say “porridge and fruit are too high in calories, so I can’t eat them”. Is the calorie content of congee and fruit too high or not? Just take a look at the table below. The calories of congee and fruits are much lower than those of rice, steamed buns and noodles, so patients with good blood sugar control or those with small fluctuations in blood sugar can eat congee and fruits. However, patients with high blood sugar or large fluctuations are generally not recommended to eat congee and fruits, why? The food we generally eat are large molecules of omnivorous food, which need to go through the extrusion of multiple organs such as the mouth, stomach and intestines and a variety of enzymes to digest and absorb, and it takes about 4-6 hours to metabolize completely. The sugars in fruits are mostly small molecules such as fructose, glucose and sucrose, which are digested and absorbed more quickly. Porridge is equivalent to primary processing after boiling outside the body, and the longer the boiling time, the finer the particles are digested and absorbed faster. It takes time for the pancreas to secrete insulin, if the digestion and absorption speed is too fast, the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas may not be enough to quickly degrade the absorbed sugar, which will lead to an increase in blood sugar after meals. So whether diabetics can eat porridge and fruit cannot be generalized. If you are not sure whether you can eat porridge and fruit or not, we suggest you consult a hospital nutritionist with your lab results.