Any thoughts on this one...APPLES

[MissMac]

Hey,
well I know apples (fruit in general) are not exactly diabetic friendly but according to this article I have just been e-mailed we should be eating them! Any thoughts from those who are really into their research and up on their knowledge?
https://authoritynutrition.com/apples-and-diabetes/

 

[Indy51]

Only way to know is to test. I can tolerate them OK, but others can't. I find it useful to buy the "kid" size apple (and other fruit) packs so that I'm not pushing the amount too high.

 

[Pinkorchid]

I have one sometimes but as Indy51 says I have the fun size. . As we have always heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away and that is not just a myth apples are very nutricious

 

[phil1966]

I eat a small apple every day and it doesn't affect my blood sugar, but everyone is different and as others have said, the only way to know for sure is to test it yourself.

 

[MikeTurin]

As we have always heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away and that is not just a myth apples are very nutricious

You should have a good aim for this
Anyway I found that if bought at the armers' market you could buy the smaller ones at a discount because they're deemed second choice. Anyway an apple seems to me that shouldn't be a big problem, especially if excanged with starchy foods.

 

[bulkbiker]

Hey,
well I know apples (fruit in general) are not exactly diabetic friendly but according to this article I have just been e-mailed we should be eating them! Any thoughts from those who are really into their research and up on their knowledge?
https://authoritynutrition.com/apples-and-diabetes/

Eat and test.. is the only thing I can recommend.. for me its a no.. never liked them anyway and bad for your teeth I don't miss them one bit.

 

[Serena51]

Same old ......... eat to your meter

 

[therower]

Has highlighted previously by myself, I find apples do not have much impact on blood sugar but do make me feel more hungrier after eating.
Not sure why this happens but it happens to me.

 

[Pinkorchid]

Apples are our native fruit

You should have a good aim for this
Anyway I found that if bought at the armers' market you could buy the smaller ones at a discount because they're deemed second choice. Anyway an apple seems to me that shouldn't be a big problem, especially if excanged with starchy foods.

Unfortunately we do not have any farmers markets near me. I used to buy fruit and veg at my local farm shop just down the road from where I live until the shop was made bigger and better and now most of what it sells is not local produce anymore but stuff from abroad all packaged up and the same as we can buy in the supermarket but more expensive so I do not go there anymore

 

[Robbity]

Just eat and test - no-one can predict how your body will react to any food.

I eat apples occasionally - generally about half at a time, and preferably in conjunction with other (and some fatty) food. So one half might go in with a chicken drumstick, celery, walnuts, chives, lemon and sour cream, and the other half be gently cooked in butter and cinnamon to mix with some blackberries and a bit of low carb crumble and cream or yoghurt to eat the next day.

At the moment my husband occasionally brings home a few lovely small crunchy apples that fall off a tree near the edge of the local playing field where he often takes the dogs.

Robbity

 

[Emg23]

I'm ok with most fresh fruits including apples fortunately, bananas are the only fruit I've noticed that increase my blood sugar slightly. Em

 

[MissMac]

Just eat and test - no-one can predict how your body will react to any food.

I eat apples occasionally - generally about half at a time, and preferably in conjunction with other (and some fatty) food. So one half might go in with a chicken drumstick, celery, walnuts, chives, lemon and sour cream, and the other half be gently cooked in butter and cinnamon to mix with some blackberries and a bit of low carb crumble and cream or yoghurt to eat the next day.

At the moment my husband occasionally brings home a few lovely small crunchy apples that fall off a tree near the edge of the local playing field where he often takes the dogs.

Robbity

Can I come to your house? I LOVE apple crumble and not found a low carb version yet!! xx

 

[asparagusp]

'I'm ok with most fresh fruits including apples fortunately, bananas are the only fruit I've noticed that increase my blood sugar slightly. Em'

So no problem then!

 

[bulkbiker]

Can I come to your house? I LOVE apple crumble and not found a low carb version yet!! xx

I know there just had to be one somewhere here....
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-crumble-and-custard.46904/

 

[phil1966]

I know there just had to be one somewhere here....
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-crumble-and-custard.46904/

I got super excited when I saw this, then I saw the recipe - I'm massively allergic to tree nuts so will have to pass on it

 

[MissMac]

I know there just had to be one somewhere here....
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-crumble-and-custard.46904/

Well you could just be my new hero though with the carb count I won't be eating anything else for a week!! xx

 

[Indy51]

There's a few recipes out there. This is the first one that came up in Google for me:
http://www.jmcphee.com/2015/04/19/low-carb-apple-crumble/

 

[JohnEGreen]

I remember watching a program about people who restrict calories to extremely low levels I think because they believe it slows ageing one of them used to peal an apple eat the skin and discard the rest as he said the apple flesh was just a load of sugar and little else could be he was correct and most of the good things in an apple are in the skin.

I like apples and do have the occasional one without too much of a spike..

 

[SWUSA_]

I love apples. I eat one almost every good diet day. I will usually only eat half at a time and give the other half to the person I care for. I eat them raw, by themselves or in a salad.They do not seem to give me overly high readings. The fiber helps slow down the digestion of the sugar in the apple. I always eat the skin. The variety matters. I like Fuji, Macintosh, Pink lady, Granny Smith, Jonathan and Jon-golds. I do not like Red Delicious-they taste metallic and mealy to me. What varieties are available where you live?

 

[Robbity]

Can I come to your house? I LOVE apple crumble and not found a low carb version yet!! xx

I have a basic mix of ground almonds (or sometimes DIY ground hazelnuts and cocoa powder), butter, and Sukrin Gold (a demerera/brown sugar alternative) which will make me crumble or shortcake, or with eggs added make microwave muffins. Have a check in our low carb recipes thread as I did a long post on these and other variations there!

Robbity