Diet For Diabetic

Diet For Diabetic! Just because you're diabetic, does not imply you can't have fruit in your diet. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) says fruits contain vitamins, nutrients, and fiber and should be part of your diabetic diet. But are some fruits better for your diabetic diet than the others? Ideally, you need to choose fruits that:

-Are low in carbohydrates. The ADA recommends a single serving of fruit be 15 grams of carbohydrates

-Have a decreased glycemic index (less affect on blood sugar levels and insulin levels.) Most fruits do have a decreased glycemic index. Some exceptions include watermelon and dates.

-Are loaded with vitamins, nutrients, and fiber.

With this in mind, here are several of the best fruits for your diabetic diet. (Nutrition information based on a fruit serving size of 100g)

Citrus fruits for any diabetic diet

Grapefruit-Grapefruits have 8g of carbohydrates, contain 34.4 mg of Vitamin C, and 1.1g of fiber.

Orange-This lemon or lime made the ADA's superfoods list. Oranges contain 11.75g of carbohydrates, 53.2mg of Vitamin C, and 2.4g of fiber

Non-citrus fruits for any diabetic diet

Apple-An apple contains 14g of carbohydrates and two.4g of fiber.

Apricot-Not only are apricots lower in carbohydrates (11g) and decent on fiber content (2g), but they're full of a whopping 259mg of potassium!

Peach-Peaches only have 9.5g of carbohydrates, but they'll present you with 1.5g of fiber and 190mg of potassium.

Plum-Plums have 11.42g of carbohydrates, 1.4g of fiber, and 157mg of potassium.

Berries for the diabetic diet

Blueberry-An ADA superfood, blueberries contain 2.4g of fiber, only 14.5g of carbohydrates, and so are rich in antioxidants, which can be good for your heart.

Cranberry-This ADA superfood will offer you 4.6g of fiber, 13.3mg of Vitamin C, and only 12.2g of carbohydrates.

Strawberry-Another ADA superfood, strawberries contain only 7.68g of carbohydrates, 2g of fiber, 58.8mg of Vitamin C, and 153mg of potassium.

Melons for a diabetic diet

Cantaloupe-This melon contains 8.6g of carbohydrates, 32mg of Vitamin C, and 267mg of potassium.

Examples fruit servings with 15g of carbohydrates

?? cup orange or grapefruit

1 small fruit (apple, orange, plum, tangerine)

1 cup melon or berries

Sources:

Food and Fitness: Fruits, Diabetes Superfoods American Diabetes Association website

Diabetes: Exchange list: Fruits, Mayo Clinic website

Food and nutrition: What's within the foods you eat? Search Tool, 3.0 USDA website