What fruits can the diabetes patients eat?😋

Diet is a very important part to patients with diabetes mellitus. That is easy to confusing about what fruits they are able to eat. Today, let's simply go though about the blood glucose influence of fruits.

1. Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL)

Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) are two numbers that can be refer to the food whether be able to eat by the diabetes patients.

GI is a number of increasing blood glucose after eating 50g of carbohydrate foods 2 hours. The range is 0-100. GI>70 is high GI food, the patients should avoid to eat them. GI is 55-70, patients can eat a limit number. And GI<55 is low GI, patients are able to eat.

GI only can show the "quality" of carbohydrate foods. GL can show the "quantity". GL=GI x The amount of carbohydrate per 1g of food. GL>20 is high GL food, GL=10-20 is medium GL food, and GL<10 is low GL food.

2. The GI and GL of some fruits

Name	GI	Carbohydrate	GL
Papaya	25	7.2	1.8
Strawberry	29	7.1	2.1
Lemon	34	6.2	2.1
Cherry	22	10.2	2.2
Peach	28	10.1	2.8
Dragon Fruit	25	13.3	3.3
Citrus	43	10.2	4.4
Orange	43	11.1	4.8
Apple	36	13.7	4.9
Watermelon	72	6.8	4.9
Cantaloupe	70	7.9	5.5
Pineapple	66	10.8	7.1
Mango	55	12.9	7.1
Kiwifruit	52	14.5	7.5
Banana	52	20.8	10.8
Coconut	40	31.3	12.5

Green: Can be eaten in moderation. Yellow: Limited consumption. Red: Not recommended eaten.

👀This above content is only for reference, please consult your doctor for more details.