Type 2 Full fat / diet juice

[claire2587]

Hi im type 2 diabetic am i best to drink full fat juice or diet

 

[bulkbiker]

juice as in fruit juice? neither.

 

[Resurgam]

full fat juice? You'll have to explain that one.
As a type 2 I'd recommend that you should eat a low carbohydrate diet - I do Atkins and have got on very well with little effort but much effect.

 

[daisyduck]

If you mean fruit juice , then avoid it as, it's high fructose.. read sugar .. content and little fibre from the fruit so spikes your BG levels very quickly.

 

[Daibell]

I agree with the other posts i.e. avoid fruit juice other than perhaps a berry juice such as cranberry with no added sugar and sensible quantities.

 

[walnut_face]

Ah the demonization of fat There is no full fat juice or coke. soda etc. Why does fat get the blame? It is FULL SUGAR coke or whatever. If you must, have the 'diet' variety

 

[Resurgam]

Oh - does it mean full sugar? My husband and I laughed at the instruction to avoid full fat jams which was on his diet advice sheet - we thought it was a mistake.

 

[bulkbiker]

Oh - does it mean full sugar? My husband and I laughed at the instruction to avoid full fat jams which was on his diet advice sheet - we thought it was a mistake.

We always call regular coke "full-fat" although avoid it these days..

 

[BarbaraG]

Some people find artificial sweeteners spike their BG as well - and they definitely cause an insulin spike. High insulin levels (to which your body does not respond) are the basic problem in T2.

IMO, the best cold drink for people with T2 is water.

 

[jonbvn]

Some people find artificial sweeteners spike their BG as well - and they definitely cause an insulin spike. High insulin levels (to which your body does not respond) are the basic problem in T2.

IMO, the best cold drink for people with T2 is water.

I drink a lot of coke zero and my BG levels do not move at all. Anecdotal I know, but I have yet to see convincing evidence either way.

 

[malky39]

Do we ha a fellow Scot, when you call it juice, being type 1 I would stay well away from so called full fat juice because of the sugar in it and stick to the diet stuff, I imagine its the same for if not more important for type 2 as you would not be taking insulin for the full fat stuff, But as people have said it can affect people in differnet ways

 

[BarbaraG]

I drink a lot of coke zero and my BG levels do not move at all. Anecdotal I know, but I have yet to see convincing evidence either way.

I did say *some* people find that artificial sweeteners spike their BG. You're one of the others, who don't find that. However, it's not only about BG: artificial sweeteners are also implicated in insulin resistance (though not sure whether that effect is in all or only some). Study here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748014