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Hi,
I'm type 2 diabetes and confused.
I have been wearing a CGM to get an idea about how mu body responds to food.
I have noticed that if I have fruit eg banana, apple or strawberries, particularly with breakfast, my glucose spikes by at least 3-4 points more than the same breakfast without fruit
As I'm trying to reduce my blood sugar levels, should I stop eating fruit? But this seems so against the general healthy eating advice of more fruit and veg thats drilled into us.
Any opinions gratefully recieved.
 
hall said:
Hi,
I'm type 2 diabetes and confused.
I have been wearing a CGM to get an idea about how mu body responds to food.
I have noticed that if I have fruit eg banana, apple or strawberries, particularly with breakfast, my glucose spikes by at least 3-4 points more than the same breakfast without fruit
As I'm trying to reduce my blood sugar levels, should I stop eating fruit? But this seems so against the general healthy eating advice of more fruit and veg thats drilled into us.
Any opinions gratefully recieved.
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Many find that they cannot cope with bananas as they are very high carb, apples are a bit lower but berries are generally a low lower carb except blueberries which are a bit higher carb but it may also depend on what you have them with. May find having berries with full fat Greek yoghurt and seeds or nuts or with a very small portion i.e. a scattering of a low sugar granola or All Bran is tolerated but a full portion of breakfast cereal is just too many carbs.
The message is choose your fruit carefully.
 
Hi @hall ,

welcome to the forum! I'm sure some experienced members will soon share this with you, but I've seen quite a few prefer to have fresh or frozen berries with their breakfast, instead of other fruit such as apples or bananas. Everyone's experience is quite different, so you might need to monitor what works best for you, but here's some information from our Website on fruit and specifically different portion sizes that you might find helpful: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-t...-with-diabetes/food-groups/fruit-and-diabetes
 
Hello @hall and welcome.
There is no scientific basis for the advice to eat fruit and veges - so there is no reason to think it is essential to have 'five a day' in the first place.
Personally I limit fruit to a few servings a week at most - if not thinking botanically - there are quite a few things which are actually fruits which are probably in the vegetable aisle.
Many fruits have been bred to have few or no seeds, to have higher sugar content, and that isn't really a good thing.
 
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