Can people with diabetes eat fruits?

Diabetes is a common disease in the elderly, and poor control can cause some complications. The treatment methods are commonly used in conjunction with diet, exercise, and drugs, and dietary therapy is the basis of all therapies. For light diabetes, the condition can only be controlled with dietary therapy.

The basic principle of diet therapy is based on the patient's weight and activity, it is estimated that the total amount of calories needed, and a reasonable daily diet. Foods with high sugar content are not eaten, foods containing fat and starch are eaten less, and foods like vegetable grains are mainly eaten, together with a certain amount of high-quality protein foods such as lean meat, milk, eggs, and soy products. Fruit contains sugar, so can you eat fruit?

It is not appropriate to completely avoid fruit because fruits contain a lot of vitamins, cellulose and minerals, which are beneficial to people with diabetes. The sugar contained in the fruit is glucose, fructose, and sucrose, and fructose does not require insulin to participate in metabolism. Therefore, diabetics do not generally exclude fruits after blood glucose has been controlled.

In addition, the amount of sugar in fruits varies, so it cannot be regarded as equal. Per 100 grams of food below 10 grams of green plum, watermelon, melon, coconut milk, orange, lemon, grape, peach, plum, apricot, alfalfa, pineapple, strawberry, sugar cane, coconut, cherry, olive, diabetes can Choose. Fruits with a sugar content of 11-20 grams include bananas, pomegranates, pomelos, oranges, apples, pears, lychees, mangoes, etc., and they must be carefully selected; more than 20 grams of dates, red fruits, especially dried dates, candied dates, dried persimmons , raisins, dried apricots, longan, etc., the sugar content is very high, it is forbidden to eat.

Many vegetables can be eaten as fruits, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons. The sugar content per 100 grams of food is less than 5 grams, and it is also rich in vitamins. It can completely replace fruit and is suitable for diabetics. It can be promoted.

In addition, we must also tie in with the amount of food, and do not change it. Watermelon contains 4% sugar, pear 12% sugar, and banana 20%. Watermelon contains less sugar, but eating 500 grams is equivalent to 100 grams of bananas, 170 grams of pears, so the amount of food can not be too much. The method of eating fruit should also be emphasized. Do not eat immediately after eating, and eat before or between meals. It is best to try to eat, that is, to measure urine sugar 2 hours after eating. If the urine sugar is increased, it needs to be reduced; if the urine sugar is still high after the fruit is reduced, the amount of main food should be reduced appropriately.