Grapes

[Mark Rawlinson]

Has any one else noticed how much a few grapes and raise your blood glucose
there was me thinking they would be good for you had 5 and bloods raised quite a lot

 

[ianf0ster]

Many people in here call grapes 'sugar bombs'.
If in doubt of the effect on yourself (should always be in doubt the first time), Google the carbs in a food before eating it.
Most fruits hit us quite hard in the blood glucose.

 

[KennyA]

Same goes for me with grapes. Grapes (and almost all fruit) have been off limits with me for years.

The only exception is when they're allowed to ferment. Less sugars when taken that way.

 

[Mark Rawlinson]

Thanks I know mpost fruits contain sugars but I was always under the impression they were not quite the same as Sucrose sugar and caused a lot less harm, I only got them because they were reduced in T***o now a pretty expensive bird food

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Has any one else noticed how much a few grapes and raise your blood glucose
there was me thinking they would be good for you had 5 and bloods raised quite a lot

Member @Antje77 uses the ones that grow in lush abundance by her front door, as hypo-treatment. That should tell you enough.

I thought, how bad can it be, right, when I was served two or three at a meal. And I hadn't had any in years, used to love them... But in no time at all, my heart was racing, knees wobbly, face flushed... My blood glucose shot up like a rocket. There's lots of things in the world that contain things that are good for us. Vitamines especially, in fruits, pulses etc.... But if there's also a lot of sugar/carbs in there, it's just not worth the downside of having higher blood glucose. Plenty of vitamins to be found elsewhere.

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Thanks I know mpost fruits contain sugars but I was always under the impression they were not quite the same as Sucrose sugar and caused a lot less harm, I only got them because they were reduced in T***o now a pretty expensive bird food

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih...uctose-intake-may-trigger-fatty-liver-disease <-- I think you might mean the fructose (fruit sugars)...? Which aren't anywhere near as healthy as we've been led to believe. Sorry.

 

[lessci]

You mean "little bags of mostly sugar" ? Sadly carbs are carbs, doesn't matter if they're brown or white (Complex carbs) Sucrose, Glucose or Fructose they all have the same effect on our malfunctioning endocrine systems

 

[lovinglife]

When I was on Gliclizide 3 grapes would bring me out of a hypo faster than jelly babies

 

[Resurgam]

I had a couple of false hypos as I dropped my carbs from silly amounts of oh so healthy brown stuff rather rapidly. A drink of warm water and 3 grapes stopped the wobbly sensations very quickly - it was mid winter.