Lovely Fruit oh how I miss it!

[florrieboo48]

Thought I was doing the right thing by ordering my fruit delivered to my door by a new local entrepreneur, each week. Lovely box came last night, but can only really eat the strawberries, and there is only 2 small punnets. It has a lovely yellow melon, bananas - huge ones, pears, apples, grapes. All look so tempting! Might see if they can do veg instead

 

[Arab Horse]

I too really miss fruit, I do eat blueberries, raspberries and strawberries in moderation even though they do increase my BS. I have a grapefruit every morning (as I always did) and that seems OK as I have it just before my breakfast and I do have thge occasional orange.

Can your supplier substitute blueberries and some veg for the fruits you can't eat? Worth asking.

 

[jack412]

fructose is pretty bad for t2's
we convert upto 30% of glucose to fructose that overloads the liver already
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybOPCB2Qd4

 

[Barragirl]

I miss my fruit and I struggle to know what fruit i can eat. Although I am low carbing I feel I am missing out on nutrients etc. I like veg but again not sure apart from the green veg what I can eat. I Take a multi vit with iron vitamin D and omega three fish oil. Florrieboo I am with you on the fruit not easy.

 

[florrieboo48]

@Barragirl, thanks, but I have a huge box of the stuff that I can't eat and is staring at me! .

 

[catherinecherub]

The answer is to test and see.
Temperate fruits are usually better than tropical ones and eaten as part of a meal, rather than a snack, will get the best results. The overall low G.I. of the meal will lessen the impact.

 

[jack412]

fructose does not raise the BG much, which is another trap with it, it's not like glucose.

 

[Spencer67]

I can eat more fruit when i am active as my body requires it as fuel, if i go for my usual 5k run i need the energy, certainly when i have returned my bg has been low so i have a blended banana and apple, spinach smoothie (better than any lucozade) and i'm up back within range. The more active you are the more fruit you can have in your diet, the more sedentary the less fructose a diabetic can tolerate. Staying active in whatever form is the key.

 

[rowan]

My favourite fruits are bananas, mango and grapes

 

[Winnie53]

I miss fruit too. I've been eating 6 blueberries twice a day, and I'm taking nutritional supplements made from whole foods to insure I'm meeting my nutritional needs. My plan is to eventually try to reintroduce some fruit back into my diet, if possible. This article was helpful and includes a chart with each fruits or berries fructose content... http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/09/16/fruit-consumption-diabetes.aspx

 

[plonkish_]

I never saw myself as a fruit fan, preferred veg and salad. But, I liked melon (spikes me), banana (spikes me) and grapes (spikes the worst!) So, now I have an occasional apple and blueberries (I have them with Greek yogurt). I miss grapes the most :-(