In my ear­lier arti­cles, I cov­ered infor­ma­tion about dia­betes, its symp­toms and how to pre­vent dia­betes. So with­out going into much detail about dia­betes, I will pro­vide what fruits a dia­betic per­son can eat and keep his blood sugar level con­trolled in this article.

Dia­betic patients are always wor­ried about choos­ing what they can eat and what they can­not, as they have to keep their blood sugar level under con­trol. Many patients can not enjoy eat­ing fruits because of their high sugar con­tent. But for­tu­nately, there are many fruits that a per­son suf­fer­ing with dia­betes can enjoy and can keep his blood sugar level con­trolled and to some extent even cure diabetes.

Foods that are rich with fiber are safe for dia­bet­ics to eat because: they lack Glycemic Index (GI) and thus they won’t affect a patient’s blood sugar level as other foods with high GI and help to cure diabetes.

What do fibers do?

In a patient, the fibers slow down the process of sugar get­ting absorbed in the blood stream.

How to rec­og­nize fruits that are rich with fiber?

Fiber rich foods tend to have edi­ble skin and seeds as these parts of the fruits are high­est in fiber.

Fol­low­ing fruits have high fiber and rec­om­mended for dia­betic patients: (fiber con­tent in brackets)

  • Apple (2.3%)
  • Apri­cots (2.1%)
  • Blue­ber­ries (8.4%)
  • Pears (2.1%)
  • Kiwifruit (2.1%)
  • Pome­gran­ates (3.4%)

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Also fruits that have high lev­els of fruc­tose and those with high fruc­tose to glu­cose ratios are said to be ben­e­fi­cial for a dia­betic patient  and can also help to pre­vent dia­betes. Fol­low­ing fruits have high fructose:

  • Pears
  • Apple
  • Guavas
  • Man­goes

All of the above fruits have a fruc­tose to glu­cose ratio of greater than 2, which is con­sid­ered to be very good.

“An apple a day keeps the doc­tor away” is very true when it comes to dia­betes. Apples have added ben­e­fits. Raw apples con­tain high amounts of pectin which has been shown to improve glycemic con­trol in dia­betic patients, reduc­ing insulin require­ments by almost 50% in some cases.

Also, grape­fruit can be ben­e­fi­cial for dia­bet­ics. Grape­fruit can help peo­ple to lose body fat which in turn helps to reduce insulin resistance.

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