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Type 2 What fruits should people with diabetes eat?

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mummsie1960

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Can you please tell me the good and bad fruit that I can eat. Been T2 for 15 years now. Not apples or pears. I know grapes aren't that good for you. I love water melon but not sure if it contains alot of sugar. Over the years it's changed so much of what you can or can't eat. Gets very confusing at times.
 
@mummsie1960 , I think I have read that watermelon is rather high in sugar, alas. And yes, like 4ratbags, berries are the only fruit low enough in carbs that I eat some at least every day in season.

But different diabetic bodies deal with fruit, and different fruit - differently! Best thing is to try it, and test your blood glucose level one hour, two hours, and three hours after with your blood glucose meter. One hour is usually the spike, two hours your body is dealing with it, and by three hours if your body can deal with it it would have done it by now. . I keep a journal, and put the BG readings and track the food in there.

I personally don't want to live in a world where I can't eat fruit, at least in small, sometimes very small portions. But, on the other hand - I don't get the really healthy blood glucose levels that diabetics who go really low-carb can get. I know I have to experiment by taking fruit out entirely of my diet for a month to see what happens (which is a good way to check the affect on food on you - and use your blood glucose meter to see if and what the effect is.) But I am avoiding it, just in case the difference is noteworthy! Then I will live in a sad fruitless world indeed . I just ate a mandarin, mmmm, and will check my BG level soon.

What I usually find is I do indeed get a spike, but my BG level will not only return to normal pretty quickly, but even be a bit lower, after fruit. I'm prepared to live with that in order to eat it. But time will tell if I can continue doing so or not.
 
 
I generally eat berries, but in the summer I can manage other in season UK fruits in small quantities without much of a glucose spike. I make sure that I usually eat less than 100g (in weight) and mainly combine with cream, yoghurt, or low carb crumble topping, and preferably eat as a second course with my main meal.

But the best way to find out what is OK for you is to use a meter and check before and 1 and 2 hours after eating to see what various fruits do to your glucose levels.

Robbity
 
I only eat a small amount of berries, never in the mornings, and never on their own. I eat them as part of a meal with either double cream or full fat yogurt, and providing I stick to this my levels are fine. Because I am currently using a Freestyle Libre continuous sensor (gives you readings every 15 minutes), I tried a small plum after my lunch the other day. I was horrified at what it did to me. The birds got the rest of the punnet.

Even my lovely nurse warned me not to eat a piece of fruit as a snack but eat small amounts with a meal.
 
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I was told by the practise nurse that any of the tropical fruits are high in sugar and can have an effect on a diabetic. She told me to stick more to what naturally grows in the UK and to eat in moderation. Saying that I have a banana every morning with my breakfast and it doesnt do me too much harm. For snacks then I stick to apples, pears, plums, and berries but you have to eat things like strawberries only a few at a time
 
JohnEGreen said:
It says it was definitely a mistake one I shall not repeat in a hurry,
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Why not try one next time and not 2 or even a few segments only. I like to have a few segments with yoghurt. That way the fat holds the sugars back... Being creative means you can sometimes tolerate things that otherwise on their own you couldn't.
 
Yes will try that tomorrow trouble is where there concerned I am a little on the greedy side.
 
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