Dealing with Diabetes2 and remembering Goldi Community Group
A support group for individuals with Type2 diabetes. Encouragement, empathy, advice, and personal experiences from members dealing with the illness. A friendly environment with compassion and support as our main objective.
Dr Michael Hutch
Type 2 diabetes Nutrition
Is fruit juice on the menu of a Diabetes Diet? The answer is yes. Most every food on the plant is still on the menu if you have diabetes. Nevertheless, fruit juices require a bit of thinking before ingesting. Recent studies show that ingesting fruit juices gives you the same vitamins and nutrients that a whole piece of fruit does. However, juice has a couple of major deficiencies that make whole fruit a better choice most of the time: high calories/carbohydrates per serving and a lack of fiber. Those deficiencies make whole fruit a better choice most of the time.
The first major deficiency of fruit juice is the amount of calories and carbohydrates that a single serving packs. A single cup of fresh orange juice has 112 calories. It packs 26 grams of carbohydrates though. Most people don’t drink fresh orange juice. They opt for the orange juice that comes in a convenient carton. That orange juice comes with 110 calories and 25 grams of carbohydrates. Apple juice loads 114 calories and 28 grams of carbohydrates. These figures come from data on an 8-ounce glass of juice. Most people don’t stop with an 8-ounce glass. It is common to see people using a 12- or 16-ounce glass. That means you consume 1.5 to 2 times those calories and carbohydrates in a single glass. That is not a good thing to do if you have type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes Nutrition
Is fruit juice on the menu of a Diabetes Diet? The answer is yes. Most every food on the plant is still on the menu if you have diabetes. Nevertheless, fruit juices require a bit of thinking before ingesting. Recent studies show that ingesting fruit juices gives you the same vitamins and nutrients that a whole piece of fruit does. However, juice has a couple of major deficiencies that make whole fruit a better choice most of the time: high calories/carbohydrates per serving and a lack of fiber. Those deficiencies make whole fruit a better choice most of the time.
The first major deficiency of fruit juice is the amount of calories and carbohydrates that a single serving packs. A single cup of fresh orange juice has 112 calories. It packs 26 grams of carbohydrates though. Most people don’t drink fresh orange juice. They opt for the orange juice that comes in a convenient carton. That orange juice comes with 110 calories and 25 grams of carbohydrates. Apple juice loads 114 calories and 28 grams of carbohydrates. These figures come from data on an 8-ounce glass of juice. Most people don’t stop with an 8-ounce glass. It is common to see people using a 12- or 16-ounce glass. That means you consume 1.5 to 2 times those calories and carbohydrates in a single glass. That is not a good thing to do if you have type 2 diabetes.
I know he says he orders barrel loads of Grape juice of cranberry juice in from Walmart
So go easy when making up jug-loads of the stuff especially the kind with added sugar