Does Eating Fruit Affect Blood Sugar Levels?
Many diabetic people wonder, because of their condition, whether it is acceptable to eat fruit. The sweetness of fruits is derived from their fructose content, fructose is a simple form of sugar, the very cause of a diabetic’s problems.
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For anyone who does not know, diabetics are people who have been diagnosed as having the disease called diabetes, a serious disease in which higher than normal blood sugar levels exist in the bodies of diabetics due to their inability to properly process the sugars obtained from the foods they eat. The higher than normal blood sugar levels can lead to additional health problems if not treated.
Recommendations of diabetes authorities
Without answering the question on whether eating fruit raises blood sugar levels, and it obviously does, in their published material, the American Diabetes Association (ADA for short) gives an emphatic “Yes!” to including fruit in the daily diabetic menu — with the reminder to make sure it is counted as a carbohydrate part of any meal plan. The ADA emphasizes that fruits contain plenty of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, and a piece of fruit is a good way to enjoy a snack while getting the extra nutrition that fruit provides.
The Mayo Clinic, a reliable source for medical information, also recommends the inclusion of fruit in a balanced diabetic menu and points out that it is the total amount of carbohydrates that have an affect on blood sugar levels more than the particular source, whether that be fruit of or any other carbohydrate food. The fructose in fruit, being a sugar, is like all forms of sugar, a carbohydrate.
The Canadian Diabetes Association also recommends the inclusion of fruit as a suitable snack food at 3 to 4 servings per day.
How much fruit equals a snack and a serving?
For people with diabetes, a single serving is usually considered to be any food containing 15 grams of carbohydrate. And in those terms, a snack is expected to be one serving, which means that some whole fruits, such as a large banana or a large apple, would need to be cut into two halves and only one-half eaten for a snack.
To give a rough idea of the amount of a carbohydrate serving of fruit, the following are a few examples of fruits in 15-gram quantities of carbohydrates:
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Apple – small size, of about 2-inch diameter or half of large size, about 4 ounces
Banana – half, medium size, about 4 ounces
Peach – 1 of medium size, about 6 ounces
Pear – half, of large size, about 4 ounces
Plums – 2 small, about 6 ounces
Raspberries – 1 cup-full
Strawberries – 1and 1/4 cups
Watermelon – cut up to 1and 1/4 cups, about 14 ounces
But people differ in their ability to control blood sugar levels and to know how they react to eating fruit, some diabetics may need to test their levels after eating a serving to measure the effect and the length of time it takes to return their sugar levels to within a normal range. A way to do that would be, on a few separate occasions, to take a blood test with their glucose-monitoring device before eating a fruit only and then again at 2 hours after eating and then at intervals until their normal levels have been reached.
This is another instance in which the management and control of blood sugar levels is the responsibility of the individual diabetic.