Tbh I've been avoiding fruit because of the fructose. It's scaring me a little at the moment, but I have a little here and there.
No need to be scared of fruit - I suspect you've maybe been reading too many T2 posts on the subject! Those can be deeply misleading: T2 biology is different. There's no reason at all why T1s can't enjoy a decent range of fruit in moderation.
Fruit has both glucose and fructose in it. The glucose raises bg and can be dealt with by an appropriate amount of insulin.
The fructose doesn't really raise bg. It gets metabolised in the liver and ends up being stored there as glycogen, a storage form of glucose, and any excess will end up as fat.
Keeping the liver stocked with glycogen is a good thing for T1s. It's used as an energy source between meals and is released in response to glucagon being kicked out by the alpha cells in yr pancreas when hypoing.
T1 isn't really about
avoiding carbs, it's about managing the
absorption rate of them.
For example, if I have fruit as dessert at the end of a meal, the longer chain carbs, and fats and proteins, in the main course will buffer the absorption rate of faster acting carbs in fruit.
For example, the other day I had some Uncle Bens wholegrain Mexican Spiced Rice with some squid rings on top, about 70g, then a Tesco tub of melon, kiwi fruit and strawberries, about 15 to 20g.
Net result was that nothing much happened spike-wise because brown rice is a complex carb which slows down the fruit action.
In the last week, I've eaten kiwi fruit, melon, fresh figs, strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, none of which have had a major effect on bg, all of which have given me a range of nutrients and increased my enjoyment of life.