What are the Proper Fruits for Diabetes Patients

Diabetes patients can eat fruits, but not every kind of fruit is suitable for them. What are the proper fruits for them? It should depend on their specific illness condition and in the premise of well controlled blood sugar and those that are rich in water and low in sugar should be preferred.

There are some tips on how to eat fruits properly.

1. The premise of eating fruits. The blood sugar must be under well control (fasting sugar is less than 8mmol and postprandial blood glucose is less than 10mmol and the HbA1c is below 8%).

2. The proper time for eating fruits. Fruits should be taken between meals while on an empty stomach (10:00-10:30 in the morning, around 4:00 in the afternoon and 9:00-10:00 in the evening).

3. The proper amount of fruits. The amount should not be too much and generally speaking, every 100-200g fruit is equivalent to 25g grains.

4. The proper varieties of fruits for diabetes. It mainly depends on the content of sugar and starch in the fruits. Fruits that are low in sugar include cucumber, watermelon, grapefruit, lemon, peach, plum, apricot, loquat, pineapple, Chinese gooseberry, etc. Fruits that are high in sugar include banana, pomegranates, oranges, apples, pears, litchi, mango, red dates, persimmon, crabapple, etc.

Diabetes patients can have fruits that are appropriate for them through monitoring blood sugar level and consulting the physicians.

Besides, diabetes patients can have potato and cucumber to replace fruits if the blood sugar is not ideally controlled. Tomato and cucumber are vegetables and fruits and they are conducive for diabetes.

If there is diabetes in the family, purple ganoderma lucidum can be boiled to drink the water. Ganoderma lucidum not only has direct effect on lowering blood sugar, but also can strength the effects of anti-glucose medicines and help prevent and alleviate its complications. What is more, ganoderma lucidum has the functions of protecting the liver and improve the immunity.

One more thing needs to be noted, ceramic wares is recommended while boiling the ganoderma lucidum because ceram is stable in chemical properties and it will not have reaction with the medicines so as to maintain the efficacy to the maximum.