Fruit. Thoughts please..

[PaulJ150265]

I take to work 3 pieces of fruit a day. Banana Satsuma and an apple. Is this doing me good or making things worse. Thanks all

 

[bulkbiker]

Are you testing your blood glucose levels after eating them?

I doubt they are helping much..

 

[jaywak]

We tend to think fruit and veg is good for us but the down side is if you are diabetic it will spike your blood sugar which if you are controlling it well is not such a bad thing , if you test and you're around the 4 mark having a banana might take you up to 7-8 and then drop , but if you're already at 8 and eat the said banana it might take you up 12-14 which you don't really want to do . We are all different so the only answer is to test and see how it affects you but in answer to your original question yes it will raise your blood sugar .

 

[Jo123]

I'd test and see.
I was only prediabetic, now normal hba1c's but all that fruit would put me to about 12.
I eat a couple of strawberries to keep my blood sugar normal.

 

[PaulJ150265]

Thanks. This is what I am thinking. I eat fruit during the week and I’m higher than weekends.
I think I’m going to reduce the intake and take from there.

 

[Lainie71]

Strawberries are good just not too many- I can have them in the mornings but not pm for some reason.

 

[HSSS]

Not only do most fruits have a fair whack of glucose but they also have fructose. Fructose won’t show on a blood glucose meter but it can only be processed in small amounts by the liver. Any excess gets stored as fats, mostly around the liver and is a significant contributing factor to non alcoholic fatty liver. NAFL is part and parcel of the metabolic mess that is type 2 and makes us “more” diabetic and resistant to insulin thus adding to our problems. Veg can have the same nutritional benefits without the fructose. Stick to berries, cucumber, peppers etc or possibly carrots (test them on a meter some of us have issues with the starch in them)

 

[Zhnyaka]

Sometimes I eat a banana to relive hypoglycemia. It's a fruit with higth glycemic index. Be careful

 

[TriciaWs]

I found raspberries the best for me, followed by some of the other berries. The same apparent amount of carbs in strawberries raised my level more than raspberries so I'd have fewer of those.
Dr Unwin said bananas are the fruit of the devil for diabetics.
https://phcuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Fruits-21.05.2020.jpg

 

[Lainie71]

I am ditching the strawberries then as at the moment my fasting is in the 7s. I know dp plays a part but I have been eating more strawberries than normal and that could explain why my sugars have been stubborn recently. I have given up cream and most dairy now apart from butter and occasional bit of cottage cheese.

 

[PaulJ150265]

Thank you for all your interesting thoughts on eating Fruit. This may be my biggest problem. So instead of fruit , what is a good alternative to taking fruit to work. ?

 

[Hotpepper20000]

Thank you for all your interesting thoughts on eating Fruit. This may be my biggest problem. So instead of fruit , what is a good alternative to taking fruit to work. ?

Roasted meats, cheese, pepperoni sticks, olives are a few ideas

 

[PaulJ150265]

Are you testing your blood glucose levels after eating them?

I doubt they are helping much..

Yes. My readings are actually higher during the week when I have the fruit.

 

[bulkbiker]

Yes. My readings are actually higher during the week when I have the fruit.

There's your answer.. ditch it for your health.

 

[Deleted member 543160]

I can eat a number of low carb fruit in very small quantities without any real issue - my meter says OK. So: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, red & black currants, cranberries, occasionally a few cherries or a fig. Apples and oranges I can manage a little bit of if I split them over several helpings, e.g. 4 portions of blackberries and an apple or rhubarb with an orange. I'll also sometimes have slightly higher carb fruit in season.

I also believe that such small amounts of natural fructose are not an issue - it's things like high-fructose corn syrup or sneakily added fructose to food ingredients that are the real problem, IMO.

Diet Doctor has some useful information and charts regarding low carbs and fruit: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fruits but your meter should be your actual guide.

 

[Daibell]

Avoid tropical fruit such as bananas

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

I eat "small portions" of most of the local fruit that is grown in the area I live in the Wide Bay, the only fruit I steer clear of is bananas.

My hba1c is good enough to be classed as in remission although I prefer the word recovery, for the last couple of years.

Someone said a long time ago to "suck it and see", it works for me, it may work for you if you test your bgl before and after eating it to see what results are.

 

[PaulJ150265]

Thank you. So misleading that GP surgery nurses give you leaflets to eat more fresh fruit.

 

[Resurgam]

Thank you. So misleading that GP surgery nurses give you leaflets to eat more fresh fruit.

Not misleading - downright dangerous.
At the 'education' meetings I attended we were told similar dangerous things. I should have protested more. I saw one of my fellow participants at the supermarket a while later - minus a foot and the other one all swathed in dressings in a rubber 'shoe'.

 

[Outlier]

I loved fruit. But I love myself more. There are lots of things we T2s can still eat, so I don't dwell on what I can't eat. Might work for others - worth a try.