What Fruit To Eat When You Are Diabetic

Diabetes is considered a serious condition that may cause heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. It’s even said that there are more deaths on this kind of disease than breast and prostate cancer combined.

There are about 90 percent of people that has type 2 diabetes, which leads to obesity. Eight out of ten people are overweight and are suffering from obesity at the time they were detected to be diabetic.

It’s quite depressing, isn’t it? But the good news is, people can actually take action now and avoid becoming obese. Just follow a balanced diet and lead an active lifestyle then you’ll definitely reduce the risk of developing diabetes, and all the unhealthy complications that comes with it.

Diet is very important in lowering your cholesterol. The foods that you consume are an important factor in lowering your cholesterol level. Fruits are very low in saturated fat and total fat, and they have no cholesterol. They say that you should be eating at least 5 servings of fruits each day.

A diet that’s high in fruit will help to improve cholesterol levels for those with heart diseases. So, fruits are great substitutes for foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol that may cause someone to become diabetic.

However, not all fruits are actually recommended for a good diet. There are some fruits, which are high in sugar, so these fruits should be avoided. If you’re diabetic, your body cannot use the sugar for energy, so it just floats around. That is why those people with diabetes have high sugar in their blood.

Here is a list of high sugar fruits and low sugar fruits:

Fruits High in Sugar:

Tangerines
Cherries
Grapes
Pomegranates
Mangoes
Figs
Bananas

Fruits Low in Sugar:

Small Amounts of Lemon or Lime
Rhubarb
Raspberries (more about berries on low carb diets)
Blackberries
Cranberries

Furthermore, these fruits that are low in sugar have high nutritional value, including antioxidants and other phytonutrients.

The Glycemic Index (GI) refers to the way your body’s sugar level reacts to certain foods. Foods are given a rating from 0 -100 by the Glycemic index with glucose in the highest position. Foods that are high in Glycemic Index (such as simple carbohydrates) will increase the body’s sugar level rapidly while low glycemic index foods will slowly increase the sugar level.

Having diabetes does not equate to following that disciplined diabetic diet that most diabetics stick to. It just means that the diabetic will need to moderate his intake of food and make sure to eat on time. Make meals healthy and not skip them is 1 way to manage diabetes. So everything in moderation and then eating on time are key factors.

Fruit Chicken Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

2 c cooked chicken (or turkey); cut in cubes
2 Tbsp soy sauce
4 Tbsp of milk (skim)
1 c of apples; diced
1 c of orange; cut in sections
6 Tbsps Yogurt (Low Fat)
1/2 c of grapes (green and cut in half)
2 c of celery; chopped
Lettuce leaves
5 Tbsps Mayonaise (Low Calorie)
2 packets sweetener (Equal)
1/4 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Instructions:

Mix chicken (or turkey) and soy sauce then let it stand for about fifteen minutes. Add apples, oranges, and celery and mix well. Allow to chill in the refrigerator.

For the dressing, mix yogurt, mayonaise, milk, sweeteners and spice in a food processor and blend until smooth. Put mixed fruits and chicken (or turkey) on a lettuce leaf and top with prepared dressing.

>> Fruit Chicken Salad Recipe

Oatmeal With Fruit & Nuts – low calorie Recipe

Ingredients:

3 c of water (at room temperature)
1/4 tsp of salt
2 Tbsps of almonds; sliced
1 pc of apple (small); chopped
2-2/3 c of milk (skim)
1/2 tsp of cinnamon (ground)
1-1/3 c of rolled oats (regular)
1/4 c of dates (whole); snipped, pitted
1 Tbsps of sugar (brown)

Instructions:

Combine cinnamon, salt, and water inside a saucepan; let it boil. Add oats; stir well and cook them for five mins, while stirring frequently. Cover and let it stand till you get the consistency you desired.

Divide the oatmeal equally among four bowls and top with dates, apples, sugar, and almonds. Divide the milk too.

>> Oatmeal With Fruit & Nuts – low calorie Recipe

Low Calory Choose-A-Fruit Ice Recipe

Ingredients:

1.5 c of fresh sections of orange
1.5 c of fresh strawberries or raspberries
1/3 c of sugar
2 Tbsps juice from a lemon
1 c of warmed water

Instructions:

Stir sugar in warmed water ’til well dissolved. Combine fruits, juice and sugar mix in blender. Cover then blend ’til mixture becomes smooth.

You poor the mixture into 9×5x3-inch loaf-shaped pan. Have it covered and place in the freezer for 4-5 hrs ’til firm.

You transfer frozen mix into large bowl that have been chilled. Beat using your mixer set on mid-speed for about 2 mins ’til fluffy.

You return the fruit-mix into loaf-shaped pan. Have it covered and frozen for about 6 hrs.

Let your frozen fruits stand for 20 mins at room-temp before you serve. You use an icecream scoop in scraping fruits. Garnish w/ berries or sprigs as desired.

>> Low Calory Choose-A-Fruit Ice Recipe