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Hi,
I've just been reading that the following fruits are high in sugar and should not be eaten, or eaten in small amounts:
pineapple, bananas and grapes - is this true? (I've been indulging in all of these, especially pineapples.

Thanks,
George
 
Welcome to the forum. We discourage fruit for T2 because the fructose will do you no favours. The liver will thank you if you stick to berries.
 
As with everything the answer is "it depends".

What type of diabetes you have
Whether you want to control by diet or medication if you have T2
Whether you really want NAFLD

Hello and welcome by the way.

If you answer some of the above we can probably be more specific.
 
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Hi,
I've just been reading that the following fruits are high in sugar and should not be eaten, or eaten in small amounts:
pineapple, bananas and grapes - is this true? (I've been indulging in all of these, especially pineapples.

Thanks,
George
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What type of diabetes do you have?
If you have type 1, as long as you know how to adjust your insulin for the carbs in the fruit, it can be eaten.
 
The simple answer is yes. Have non-tropical fruits where you can as the tropical ones you list and others are very high in sugar. Even many T1s may need to be careful as just upping the insulin can cause weight gain unless you have high metabolism
 
2 said:
Hi,
I've just been reading that the following fruits are high in sugar and should not be eaten, or eaten in small amounts:
pineapple, bananas and grapes - is this true? (I've been indulging in all of these, especially pineapples.

Thanks,
George
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Since your name is 2, I'm assuming you're a Type 2 diabetic? The fruits you mention are extremely sugary. https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fruits might help a little to put things into perspective, if you're interested in lowering carbs. I tried to have a couple of grapes little under a year ago. Think I had 4, all in all, as they were part of the garnish that came with my otherwise zero carb mixed grill dinner. Blood sugars shot up. Never again. ;)
 
Also with Xmas approaching remember that dried fruits are worse than the fresh equivalent as the sugar has been concentrated. A large handful of raisins is probably a whole punnet of grapes.
 
As a T2, I no longer eat any fruits very high in sugar, e.g. tropical fruits, bananas, dates, and as @Mr_Pot has said, any highly-sugar-concentrated dried fruits.

I'm happy to eat (in small amounts) low carb berries, black and red currants, rhubarb. I can also tolerate small portions of various other lower carb fruits, and rely on my meter for "advice"!

Regarding fructose, I personally am not concerned about the small quantities I consume in my low carb fruit and vegetables as my liver will cope with these low amounts - it's excessive consumption that's the big issue. So I definitely believe that we should be more concerned about the use of added fructose or high-fructose corn syrup (aka fructose-glucose syrup in the UK) in processed foods and drinks, and avoid consuming these.
 
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