Fruit

[Catwomansue]

Hi, I'm Sue and have just been diagnosed wit type 11 diabetes. Can anyone please tell me what fruit I shouldn't eat? Thanks.

 

[Northerner]

Hi, I'm Sue and have just been diagnosed wit type 11 diabetes. Can anyone please tell me what fruit I shouldn't eat? Thanks.

Hi Sue, welcome to the forum 🙂 Some fruits are better than others - berries tend to be the best, but grapes are generally not very good as they contain a lot of sugar. Fruit is best eaten as part of a main meal, as the other food will tend to slow the digestion and reduce the impact on your blood sugar (as long as the meal is also suitable!). I'd suggest reading up on the GL (Glycaemic Load) diet, which describes an approach to selecting and combining foods so that they have a slow, steady impact on blood glucose levels - The GL Diet for Dummies is a very good introduction.

How did your diagnosis come about, and have you been given any medication? I would suggest reading Maggie Davey's letter and Jennifer's Advice - they will give you a good idea of what it is all about and how you can go about tailoring your diet so that it is good for your blood sugar levels, but retain the maximum flexibility in what you eat. I'd also recommend getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker, which is an excellent guide to these early months for you 🙂

By far and away the best method of learning how well (or otherwise) you tolerate different things is to test using a blood glucose meter. It's worth asking your GP for one, and a prescription for test strips if they haven't already given you one (they can be reluctant, and often restrict their issue based on short-term cost savings, but this is really a false economy). Have a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S to understand how testing can help you understand your diabetes better and make wise choices about your food 🙂 If your nurse of GP won't prescribe strips, it's worth funding your own whilst you get to know your own individual tolerances for things - people can vary enormously in reactions, so you don't want to be removing things you enjoy from your diet unnecessarily, but nor do you want to continue to eat things that cause you problems. The cheapest option we have come across is the SD Codefree Meter which has test strips at around £8 for 50 (High St brands can charge up to £30 for 50 test strips 😱)

Please let us know if you have any questions and we will be more than happy to help! 🙂 It's never great to get a diagnosis of diabetes, but the good news is that it can be managed very well, and often people find that the modifications they make to their diet and activity levels (regular exercise will really reap benefits!) leave them feeling happier and healthier than they have for some time, so hopefully you will find that too! 🙂

 

[grovesy]

Welcome.

 

[Steff]

Hi and a warm welcome sue .
I avoid berries such as rasp and blue and now grapes as I was in denial with them and kept saying there were ok but were not. I tolerate satsumas really well personally

 

[Catwomansue]

Thank you for welcoming me and the information. I have been given Metformin 500mg. I have to take one with my breakfast for the first week then increase it to another one with my evening meal. The Dr did not mention me testing my blood levels but is sending me for blood tests in 3 months time. My level was 86 instead of 41!

 

[Ditto]

Hello and welcome to the forum Sue. 🙂 I like strawberries with cream.

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-did-you-eat-yesterday.30349/page-83

 

[Barbara W]

Hello Sue welcome to the forum.

 

[Bill Stewardson]

Welcome to Sue.