Im diabetic what food and fruits do I stay away from?!
Question: Im diabetic what food and fruits do I stay away from.?
Im confused what kinds of food and fruit do I stay away from and what kinds of foods are good for me everyone tell me different answers even my doc..Health Question & Answer
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Fruits provide us with health-enhancing vitamins and phytochemicals as well as fiber, all important components of our diets, and there is no reason why people with diabetes should forego these benefits. However, you may have to be careful about the fruits you choose, how often you eat them and when you eat them. If you take a look at the glycemic index (GI), a measure of how fast carbohydrate foods (which include fruits) are converted in the body to blood glucose, you'll see that there are big differences between fruits. I recommend choosing fruits that rank low on the glycemic index. Low rankings are those that score below 55, intermediate-GI foods score between 55 and 70 and high GI foods score above 70.
For example, some good fruit choices would include an average-sized apple that scores 38; cherries, which score 22; grapefruit (25); an average-sized orange (44); an average-sized pear (38); a plum (39). Intermediate GI fruits include banana (55); cantaloupe (65); mango (55); papaya (58); pineapple (66). High GI fruits include dried dates (103); and canned fruit cocktail (79). How quickly fruit will raise your blood sugar depends on such considerations as whether you eat the fruit after a high-fat meal or drink it as a glass of fruit juice on an empty stomach. You'll also want to consider what your blood-sugar level is when you eat the fruit. If you're monitoring your blood glucose, you should be able to figure out how it responds to eating fruit. It is also important to pay attention to the size of the fruit you eat - choose a small or medium-sized apple over a large one (or eat only half of the large one). A quick and easy measure of the right serving size of fruit is the amount that can comfortably fit in the palm of your hand. Anything bigger than that is too large.
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For example, some good fruit choices would include an average-sized apple that scores 38; cherries, which score 22; grapefruit (25); an average-sized orange (44); an average-sized pear (38); a plum (39). Intermediate GI fruits include banana (55); cantaloupe (65); mango (55); papaya (58); pineapple (66). High GI fruits include dried dates (103); and canned fruit cocktail (79). How quickly fruit will raise your blood sugar depends on such considerations as whether you eat the fruit after a high-fat meal or drink it as a glass of fruit juice on an empty stomach. You'll also want to consider what your blood-sugar level is when you eat the fruit. If you're monitoring your blood glucose, you should be able to figure out how it responds to eating fruit. It is also important to pay attention to the size of the fruit you eat - choose a small or medium-sized apple over a large one (or eat only half of the large one). A quick and easy measure of the right serving size of fruit is the amount that can comfortably fit in the palm of your hand. Anything bigger than that is too large.
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The foods that you should stay away from are processed carbohydrates. That would include pastries, pastas, glucose beverages, drink sweetened with process sugars especially corn sugars, etc. Processed carbohydrates absorbs faster in the blood system, than natural foods. Processed sugars absorbs faster because the breaking down process has already started in the factory, while for whole foods, your system does all the work, which take a little longer and creates a gradual absorption rather than a rapid rush of sugar in the system.
In addition processed foods except for whole wheat products do not carry fiber which is very important for the absorption and elimination of sugars in the digestive system. The draw back with whole wheat pastries is that they are in most cases if not all, usually sweetened and are made from processed carbohydrates which carries higher calories than yam, potatoes or even bammy (cassava cake).
Even though fibers are indigestible by human, high fiber foods along with water are very important in the diet for the purpose of elimination. The water will work to dissolve toxins and sugar, which in turn is absorbed by the soluble fiber in the digestive system. These fibers become swollen creating bulk which moves though the intestinal tract taking along whatever there is in its way (inclusive of sugars, cholesterol, toxins etc.) and at the same time lubricating the intestine.
These fibers are only found in natural foods - fruits, nuts, seed, vegetables, tubers etc. All natural foods are packed with fiber. It is not just fibers that these foods are packed with, but also good nutrition that is very important for the proper functioning of your organs, inclusive of your pancreas.
Bananas for example is rich in potassium. Potassium is very important for electrochemical signals (for each cell or organ to know what function to carry out, they have to receive electrochemical signals). Potassium is also important for the proper functioning of most organs including the pancreas. It stimulates insulin production. Banana is also rich in water soluble fiber. Yet banana is very sweet. So should you eat banana.? The answer is yes. How else would you benefit from the nutritional value of bananas.? Banana is tasting sweet because of the kind of sugar (fructose) that it has and not so much because a banana carries so much sugar that it would cause harm. Hence eating a banana per day would provide more benefit to you than causing harm. Like banana, you also gain nutritional value from other fresh raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds even amid the sweet taste of some of these foods.
To get the most from your foods, you should be eating everything that is natural. You need to ensure that you benefit from the 4 main food groups - fats (which include saturated and unsaturated fats), carbohydrates (which includes sugars, starches and fibers), proteins (which include plant proteins, meats, milk and other dairy products, sea fish and other sea foods, nuts, seeds, peas, beans, legumes etc.) and pure water.
There is no need to eliminate any kind of fruits, vegetable or tubers from your diet. Eat a very wide variety of foods. Vary your meals. For example you will not have yam at every meal. You might not even have it every day since at other meals you can use other starches such as pumpkin, potato, breadfruits, green banana, dasheen, coco, etc. And the same goes for other types of foods and meats.
Drink mainly freshly prepared fruit juices and vegetable juices. These you can avoid sweetening especially if you use a food processor to prepare juices. For the sake of not having long term side effects it would be good to avoid alternative sweeteners. Milk is good without sugar. Hot unsweetened beverages made from herbs such as peppermint is palatable when flavored with ginger and lime or lemon.
You can completely stay away from table sugars, if you eat adequate fruits. Make at least 20% of your daily diet fresh raw fruits. Eat a very wide variety of fruits. Eat all the kinds of fruits that is available to you. Vary your fruit meals. Drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water per day is also very important.
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In addition processed foods except for whole wheat products do not carry fiber which is very important for the absorption and elimination of sugars in the digestive system. The draw back with whole wheat pastries is that they are in most cases if not all, usually sweetened and are made from processed carbohydrates which carries higher calories than yam, potatoes or even bammy (cassava cake).
Even though fibers are indigestible by human, high fiber foods along with water are very important in the diet for the purpose of elimination. The water will work to dissolve toxins and sugar, which in turn is absorbed by the soluble fiber in the digestive system. These fibers become swollen creating bulk which moves though the intestinal tract taking along whatever there is in its way (inclusive of sugars, cholesterol, toxins etc.) and at the same time lubricating the intestine.
These fibers are only found in natural foods - fruits, nuts, seed, vegetables, tubers etc. All natural foods are packed with fiber. It is not just fibers that these foods are packed with, but also good nutrition that is very important for the proper functioning of your organs, inclusive of your pancreas.
Bananas for example is rich in potassium. Potassium is very important for electrochemical signals (for each cell or organ to know what function to carry out, they have to receive electrochemical signals). Potassium is also important for the proper functioning of most organs including the pancreas. It stimulates insulin production. Banana is also rich in water soluble fiber. Yet banana is very sweet. So should you eat banana.? The answer is yes. How else would you benefit from the nutritional value of bananas.? Banana is tasting sweet because of the kind of sugar (fructose) that it has and not so much because a banana carries so much sugar that it would cause harm. Hence eating a banana per day would provide more benefit to you than causing harm. Like banana, you also gain nutritional value from other fresh raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds even amid the sweet taste of some of these foods.
To get the most from your foods, you should be eating everything that is natural. You need to ensure that you benefit from the 4 main food groups - fats (which include saturated and unsaturated fats), carbohydrates (which includes sugars, starches and fibers), proteins (which include plant proteins, meats, milk and other dairy products, sea fish and other sea foods, nuts, seeds, peas, beans, legumes etc.) and pure water.
There is no need to eliminate any kind of fruits, vegetable or tubers from your diet. Eat a very wide variety of foods. Vary your meals. For example you will not have yam at every meal. You might not even have it every day since at other meals you can use other starches such as pumpkin, potato, breadfruits, green banana, dasheen, coco, etc. And the same goes for other types of foods and meats.
Drink mainly freshly prepared fruit juices and vegetable juices. These you can avoid sweetening especially if you use a food processor to prepare juices. For the sake of not having long term side effects it would be good to avoid alternative sweeteners. Milk is good without sugar. Hot unsweetened beverages made from herbs such as peppermint is palatable when flavored with ginger and lime or lemon.
You can completely stay away from table sugars, if you eat adequate fruits. Make at least 20% of your daily diet fresh raw fruits. Eat a very wide variety of fruits. Eat all the kinds of fruits that is available to you. Vary your fruit meals. Drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water per day is also very important.
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Don't stay away from fruit! Yes, fruit has carbs, but it's still a healthy food! You just need to be aware of carbs and take your medication accordingly. The best thing to do instead of getting information from strangers who all have different diabetes treatment regimens is to ask you endocrinologist for a referal to meet with a nutritionist or dietician to discuss how food and diabetes have to be balanced. also, if you are not seeing a endocrinologist for your diabetes, you need to make an appointment. An endocrinologist is far more capable of helping your control your blood sugar than a general practitioner.Health Question & Answer
Ask to speak to a dietitian who will explain more about what foods need to be controlled more. Or contact Diabetic association where you live for more advice. NO food is completely cut out from our diet, you just need to work out what foods raise your blood glucose levels quickly and try to stay away or at least limit them. it is very confusing at first but it does get easier as you get used to it. As a previous person suggested some people do find it helpful to use the GI index to help choose food to eat, but others do not like it. Find a way that suits you and stick with it. Some people do say that bananas and dates can help to control blood sugar levels but I am not sure how true it is. Hope this helps a bit.Health Question & Answer
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The first thing you must realize is that everybody is different. What Works for you may not work for me. So any advice on foods must be generalized. Stick to low carb and low glycemic foods. Any foods with added fructose will probably cause you to spike. (You want to achieve a steady state blood sugar..minimize the ups and downs.) Any protein is good. Shrimp are excellent..all protein , no sugar, no carbs. Complex carbs are digested more slowly so you may have to experiment an bit too see if they spike or not. I spike with regular bread, but don't with bread made of spelt flour or soy flour. It took me at least six months to get my blood sugar under control. Even now I will occasionally spike if I don't portion control or try something different. Don't obsess with the spikes, just take note of what you ate and avoid it the next time. also, being sick or under stress will raise your blood glucose, so bear that in mind.Health Question & Answer
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