Carb Counting - Fruit Salad

[jacobglass]

Hello all,

I've had type 1 diabetes for over 12 years now, injecting 4 times daily - x3 novorapid, x1 glargine.

I'm pretty good with my overall carbohydrate counting, eating an extremely good diet. However, one problem I struggle with is breakfast, a fruit salad and counting the correct carbs.... It's a fresh fruit salad consisting of a few pieces of apple, grapes, banana, melon, pineapple and grapefruit.

It might be a case of trial and error but my sugar levels after breakfast are either 11+ or 3-... I just can't seem to get it spot on.

Anyone know of any reliable carbohydrate counting websites or have the same problem?

Thanks!

 

[Sid Bonkers]

Hi Jacobglass and welcome to the forum, I think the only way to work it out accurately would be to weigh each fruit ingredient individually as they all have different carb values per 100g

Apple (Granny Smiths) 11.9g average
Grapes (Green) 15.2g average
Banana (Flesh Only) 20.9g average
Melon (Cantaloupe Flesh Only) 4.2g average
Pineapple (Flesh Only) 11.6g average
Grapefruit (Flesh Only) 4.8g average

Quite a complicated sum to get your insulin right, plus these are average carbs per 100g (source Calorie Carb & Fat Bible) generally the riper the fruit the more sugar/fructose will be present.

 

[noblehead]

Hi Jacob and welcome!

As Sid says the only way to get this right is to weight your fruit before dicing it up, to lower the overall carb content you could include low-carb berries such as blueberries and strawberry's, adding natural yogurt will help delay the spike due to the fat content of the yogurt.

The only time I'll eat a fruit salad is when dining out when others are indulging in delights from the sweet trolley, I find this is the best time to eat FS as my previous meal delays the impact of the sugars in the fruit.

Hope you get round your problem! :thumbup: