As the hot summer is approaching, can diabetic patients eat fruits in the face of the full range of colors, aromas and flavors? Fruits are rich in essential nutrients such as gum, vitamins, inorganic salts and dietary fiber, in addition to organic acids, aromatic substances and pigments, and are therefore very popular among people. However, eating fruit will make blood sugar rise, so diabetic patients often avoid it; even to the extent of talking about fruit, most patients have “ family members eat watermelon I eat the skin of the experience. How should the correct treatment of fruit? It can be said for sure that diabetic patients can eat fruit, the key to the problem is to grasp the good blood sugar control situation, to determine whether you should eat fruit and eat fruit time, variety and quantity. Conditions for eating fruits: Not all diabetic patients can eat fruits, only those with ideal blood sugar control, generally speaking, fasting blood sugar below 7.8mmol/L, 2 hours after meal blood sugar below 10mmol/L, and glycated hemoglobin below 7.5%, blood sugar does not have large fluctuations, can completely choose fruits with low sugar content and sweet and sour taste. Those patients with high blood sugar and unstable condition can only use vegetables and fruits with sugar content below 5%, such as tomatoes and cucumbers. The kind of fruit to choose: it is advisable to choose to eat fruits with relatively low sugar content, such as watermelon, strawberries and melon with sugar content of 4% to 7%; duck pear, plum, cherry, peach and pineapple with sugar content of 5% to 10%; apple, apricot and grapefruit with sugar content of 9% to 13%. The time to eat fruit: the best choice between two meals, hunger or after physical activity, as energy and nutrients to supplement. Usually chosen at about 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. or one hour before bedtime. It is not advocated to eat fruit before or immediately after meals to avoid excessive carbohydrate intake at once, resulting in high blood sugar after meals and increasing the burden on the pancreas. The number of fruits to eat: generally can not eat more than 1 exchange unit per day. Apple, pear, peach 200g or watermelon 500g is about 1 exchange unit. In other words, if you eat 1 exchange unit of fruit, such as 200g of apple, you should subtract 1 exchange unit of staple food, such as 25g of rice, which will not affect your blood glucose, but also replenish the useful substances in fruit that your body needs. Strengthen blood sugar monitoring: monitor blood sugar before eating fruits and 2 hours after eating fruits, if it rises too high, the amount of fruits eaten should be reduced, if there is no obvious rise also try to eat more.