If you have diabetes don't worry still you have chance to eat fresh fruits,read more to know why?
Fresh fruits are very important to every one.Diabetic patients also may eat fresh fruits.Besides sugar,fruits provide vitamins,minerals and fibre,all of which are essential for optimum health.
Diabetics should not avoid fresh fruits which contain sugar and starch.Most fresh fruits especially the juicy ones,contain a lot of water and very few fruits contain more than 10-15 percent carbohydrates.Nearly 50 percent of what ever little sugar is present in fruits consists of glucose and nearly the same propotion consists of fructose.The caloric value of both glucose and fructose has an additional advantage as it does not need insulin for its metabolism and is well tolerated.Diabetics can there fore eat fruits like any normal healthy person.The normal serving is two fruits a day.One serving means 100-115 g of chopped raw fruits or one medium fruit or 170 ml of fruit juice.
Besides sugar,fruits provide vitamins,minerals and fibre,all which are essential for optimujm health.Various vitamins contained in fruits,especially vitamin C help to ward off disease.Citrus fruits contain manganese,an important ingredient
