my hubby got into this for a while, when he first went thru heart surgery, and other issues, he was doing all the quick fixes...I tried some to support him, but it is very expensive buying the machine, the veggies and fruits. You are still getting the sugars in this, but fruits and veggies are good for you and have a high glycemic so numbers will come down quickly. Plus another thing to take into control a serving of say carrots cooked or raw is not the same as juicing since you will be using several servings to get the glass of juice, Carrots have a lot of sugar in them also

but many swear by this but I didn't notice a difference in how I felt and yes my numbers shot up since I would do a glass full of the carrot and fruit juices

thanks for your reply!

Recipe from Pinterest. Haven't tried it yet, but I intend to:
The Green Smoothie that doesn't taste green
1 cup frozen fruit (ex mangoes, bananas)
1 c almond milk1 scoop protein powder (vanilla)
2 BIG handfuls of baby spinach

I read one site that said to put the spinach in the blender first. Blend this for a few minutes.

I make a frozen smoothie with 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup soy milk, 1 tsp. cocoa, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 scoop protein powder, 3 Tbsp. toasted oatmeal (broil for just a couple of minutes on foil to toast it, 2 Swt N Lows and 5 - 10 almonds . . It is great and filling for hours. I need to make more changes to my diet and lose weight, but I do much better if I have this, because I'm not hungry for a good part of the day.

If anyone tries either, would like to know what you think.

I'm a little confused now. If a food has a high glucose index, I thought we should avoid it, even if it is a healthy food. So if, say carrot juice, makes our sugars shoot up, but then as long as it comes down quickly, is it okay?

I would love to be able to juice veggies. I love, for instance, V-8 juice. I'm really going to have to get a nutritionist. I keep forgetting to ask my doctor.

I would like to know that too. I want to starte juicing carrots and an apple together (Ive heard the health benifits are great) but was wondering if that would make my sugar go up. Ive also heard that when your sugar it affects your cholesterol too.

now i am royally confused

okay, i am going to answer some of these questions as well as I can. Diabetics CAN have fruit juices but recognize that they will tend to let your blood sugars spike upwards and then come back down. Carrots naturally have quite a bit of sugars in them and will also cause blood sugar spikes as well. The big trick is to have your juice along with some protein to allow the sugars to release in a controlled manner.

Gayle was right on when she said that the fruits and veggies are good for you but as she said, it takes a LOT of carrots to make a full glass. Depending on the juicer you are using, most do not handle tomatoes well. You will be amazed and how little of the standard looking tomato juice that you get. The reason being is that the filters on the juicers do not like the particles from the tomato and the filter screen will plug up very quickly, what goes into the juice chute is more like a tomato water! Commercially, they make tomato juice by pureeing the whole tomatoes.

If you do decide to go towards juicing, the machines can be really expensive. You will find yourself going through loads and loads of fruit and veggies. You should make sure that you put some spinach into all of your juices and about half of a raw potato. Someone explained it to me once but I can't remember the reason why now!

I hope that removed some of the confusion

lary

OK, are you confusing hi glycemic with high glucose? high glucose is just that - high amounts of sugar - carbs in a carrot is 7 grams for only 100gr portion,

you need to think in carbs which are sugars (simple and complex) they are the nemisis....

Now foods are rated hi or low glycemic which means the sugars in them either raise the blood sugars quickly or slowly. Food is given a glycemic rating. an apple has 12 carbs and rated low (being it will raise the numbers slowly over a longer period of time before it starts to come down) The carrot has 7 carbs but is rated hi glycemic which means it will spike quickly but will come down sooner. When you juice, it is important of course to mix the high glycemic with the lows in order to basically even things out

Mzizgayle and Lary are both correct, but another thing you might to consider is fiber, which will also slow down the absorption of the sugars. I have always been told that eating the whole fruit or vegetable is preferable to just drinking the juice, and that makes sense to me. If carrots and apples are so good (and they are) for you, then it stands to reason that the whole carrot or apple would have more of the "components" that make them good: fiber; vitamins; nutrients, etc. If, however, you just want a quick swallow of something to take your meds with, then go ahead.I use low sodium V8 to get my pills down and it makes me feel so virtuous! Also, the V8 is not a substitute for veggies, rather a small addition, quite small. I take meds 2x/day and use 1/2 cup total to have with them. So, try if you want to, just be careful to figure out how many carbs you're getting and adjust your total intake accordingly, see how it works for you and if it seems like it's worth the effort. Let me know how it works if you decide to give it a go, and I hope it works for you.

thanks you all i do eat fuji apple once in a while , it is funny my morning fasting numbers average now about 115 to 125 .i am not sure if it is good or bad

I guess I will try juicing, but maybe drink it along with my oatbran muffin.

Ray, that is not too bad numberwise, you probably have the dawn effect and you can't beat a dead horse as they say so relax and face your diabetes head on, you take control and don't look for quick fixes

i can tolerate juices if i add a little fat, usually a tablespoon or 2 of olive oil

never heard of that one ashling lol

LOW glycemic is good for diabetes, not high.