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Dragon fruit is no stranger to everyone, but 10 years ago may be we are not familiar with it, dragon fruit grows in the tropics, need to be transported we can eat delicious tropical food, but now similar to mango, leaves, durian and other tropical fruits have become more common, delicious dragon fruit is not in the picture. We must have this impression of dragon fruit: the flavor is not sweet at all, there is a light sweetness, sufficient moisture, I think it is not any fruit with high sugar content, right?

Dragon fruit in the water content of the richest, 100g in the water content of 83.75g, carbohydrates probably contain 13g, which is mainly glucose, glucose contains about 8g, fructose about 2.83g, from the sugar point of view, dragon fruit instead of belonging to the sugar content is not too low fruit, then why is dragon fruit not too sweet? Because dragon fruit is glucose-based fruit, and fructose content is low, many fruits are rich in fructose, sweet taste, but the sweetness of glucose and fructose compared to the sweetness of glucose, to be about 50 times lower! So even if the dragon fruit is not sweet, but does not mean that it belongs to the low sugar content, low glycemic index of the fruit Oh, and glucose is faster, it is the main factor affecting blood glucose, relatively speaking, fructose belongs to a kind of low glycemic rate of sugar.

So so, can you still eat dragon fruit with diabetes or high blood sugar? Although dragon fruit is glucose-rich fruit, but its total sugar content in the fruit actually does not belong to the front, relative to bananas, durian, pineapple and so on to a lot better, we judge whether the food is suitable for consumption, mainly through the observation of their GI value (Glycemic Index), is a measure of the ability of the food to elevate the blood glucose per unit of time indicator, the lower the GI value, the more suitable for sugar lovers to consume, general The lower the GI value, the more suitable for sugar lovers to eat, generally higher than 55 belongs to the higher glycemic index of the fruit, sugar lovers eat less, lower than 55 belongs to the fruit is also suitable for eating, dragon fruit GI is 56, strictly speaking is not suitable for sugar lovers to eat, but after all, it is also in the edge of the high glycemic, we control the amount of food is also in fact, can be eaten.

Red or white heart dragon fruit nutrient content differences are not great, both are rich in minerals, vitamins, such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and rich in vitamin B, vitamin C, dragon fruit in the small black seeds are its seeds, they also contain part of the unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber is particularly rich in the intake of appropriate dragon fruit can help alleviate constipation, red dragon fruit also contains special ingredients "anthocyanin", anthocyanin is an antioxidant component that can resist free radicals and slow down the aging process. The red heart dragon fruit also contains a special ingredient "anthocyanin", anthocyanin is an antioxidant ingredient, can resist free radicals, delay aging. For sugar lovers, it is recommended that the one-time intake of dragon fruits should be controlled at 100~150g, and 300g a day is preferable.

Talking about this in terms of dosage is just dumb.There are also some health benefits for diabetics who can eat fruits properly with good blood sugar control.

Fruits are categorized by sugar content (per 100 grams of fruit):

Let's take a look at the nutritional content of dragon fruit (data from the United States Department of Agriculture USDA)

Dragon fruit contains many antioxidants

Animal studies have shown that dragon fruit may offer a variety of health benefits.

Red dragon fruit has more sugar

How much is the right amount to eat?

Dragon fruit is one of the common fruits, rich in vitamins, fiber and anthocyanins (especially red dragon fruit has the highest content). "Red" dragon fruit and "white" dragon fruit are basically similar in the content of various components, except that red dragon fruit has more anthocyanins, which have antioxidant effects, in addition, red dragon fruit taste better. The flesh of dragon fruit almost does not contain fructose and sucrose, sugar to glucose-based, so although the taste of dragon fruit is not too sweet, but its level of blood sugar is also "first-class".

Talking about this is really talking about, can you eat fruit with diabetes or not?

In the strictest sense, there is nothing you can't eat with diabetes, you just need to limit the amount, because it's inappropriate to talk about the effect of any food on blood sugar, leaving aside how much it is.

Diabetes is not recommended to eat fruits with additional meals before blood sugar control is stabilized. Because the level of blood glucose and how much to eat and what to eat is closely related, blood glucose control is not stabilized before the random addition of meals to eat fruit, will not only lead to increased blood glucose levels, but also may lead to extreme elevation of blood glucose levels or even the occurrence of acute complications of diabetes mellitus - diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperglycemic hypertonic coma.

But after the blood sugar control is stabilized, you can eat a portion of fruit with not too high sugar content between meals, and the amount must be controlled. Therefore, dragon fruit, diabetics can eat, but only if the blood sugar control is better, and each time you eat a portion must be small, it is best to eat only a small piece.

Previously only ate white dragon fruit, red dragon fruit appeared on the market in recent years, the later came to the forefront, red dragon fruit seems to be more favored, the price is also higher, in fact, from the nutritional composition, the two differences are not great, are rich in B vitamins, vitamin C, dietary fiber, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, the biggest difference between them lies in the color, the white heart of the dragon fruit is almost no chlorophyll, anthocyanin, carotenoids and other pigment components, while the red dragon fruit red purple, the pigment component is called beet red, beet red is very "strong", not afraid of acid and alkali, beet red is very "strong". carotenoids and other pigment components, and red dragon fruit red purple, the pigment component is called beet red pigment, beet red pigment is very "strong", not afraid of acid and alkali, not afraid of ultraviolet irradiation, let you wind and rain, the color is still beautiful, it has a strong antioxidant, the ability to remove free radicals.

Red heart dragon fruit is the fruit of the cactus plant dragon fruit, and cherries, blueberries, mulberries, blackcurrants and other anthocyanin-rich fruits are different, red heart dragon fruit red component is mainly derived from beet red pigment, and red amaranth, beet and other plant pigments are similar to the composition of the red beet red pigment can replace anthocyanins, there must be a unique place, from the point of view of botanical, beet red pigment can attract bees to attract butterflies, transfer light energy, fight against ultraviolet rays, pests. From the botanical point of view, beet can attract bees and butterflies, transmit light energy, fight against ultraviolet rays, resist insect pests. From the medical point of view, beetroot has the effect of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, lowering blood pressure, regulating blood lipids, combating atherosclerosis, improving muscle fatigue, preventing malignant tumors, etc. Betroot red pigment is a kind of safe natural pigment, which is harmless to human body.

Dragon fruit does not feel much sweet to eat, but is the sugar content of 13%, indeed not low, red dragon fruit sweetness is higher than white dragon fruit, its sugar content and calories are slightly higher, but dragon fruit contains a lot of small seeds, indicating that it is rich in dietary fiber, dietary fiber can not be digested and absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, which can increase the sense of satiety, appetite suppression, beet red pigment can inhibit the activity of digestive enzymes, dietary fiber and beet red pigment helps to slow down the digestion and absorption of sugary substances, stabilize blood glucose, and can be consumed in small amounts. Beetroot red pigment helps to slow down the digestion and absorption rate of sugary substances and stabilize blood sugar. The glycemic index of dragon fruit is 56, which belongs to the high-glycemic index food, so sugar lovers can consume a small amount of it, and it is recommended that the amount of food consumed per day should not be more than 200g (about half a day), and the white hearted dragon fruit has a slightly lower sugar content, which makes it a better choice.

In short, dragon fruit is the fruit of the cactus family plant dragon fruit, common white heart dragon fruit and red heart dragon fruit, they have similar nutritional composition, rich in vitamins, dietary fiber and minerals, the difference is that the red heart dragon fruit contains beet red pigment, is the main source of its red color, beet red pigment has a variety of health-promoting effects. Dragon fruit has a high sugar content, but the dietary fiber and beet red pigment help to slow down the rate of digestion and absorption of sugar substances, stabilize blood sugar, dragon fruit glycemic index of 56, belonging to the high glycemic index food, sugar lovers can eat a small amount of sugar lovers, it is recommended that the amount of daily consumption of no more than 200g (about half), white heart dragon fruit has a slightly lower sugar content, more suitable for sugar lovers to eat.

Whether "red heart" or "white heart" dragon fruit, diabetics can eat. And its carbohydrate content is not high, belongs to the low glycemic index fruit, very suitable for sugar lovers to eat.

According to the latest version of the Chinese Diabetes Dietary Guidelines, it is recommended to eat more vegetables and fruits in moderation, with a variety of types and colors. Therefore, "red heart" and "white heart" dragon fruits are recommended to eat. Because different colors of fruits contain different nutrients and have different nutritional value to the body.

The "white heart" dragon fruit: corresponds to the lungs and improves lung energy. Rich in phytonutrients, it helps to stabilize the mood and control the appetite.

Dragon fruit "red heart": rich in beet red pigment, beet red pigment can help regulate the osmotic pressure of the cell, clear all kinds of adversity when the production of excessive free radicals, to protect the plant from strong ultraviolet radiation damage, but also improve the plant's resistance to disease, anti-bacterial ability, and so on. Medical aspect: It has been proved that beet red pigment has the function of antioxidant, lowering inflammatory reaction, anti-hypertension, lowering blood fat, anti-atherosclerosis, preventing tumor, slowing down muscle fatigue and so on.

Moreover, low GI fruit intake was significantly and negatively associated with HbA1c levels in diabetic patients. Clinical studies have shown that consumption of two medium-sized, low-calorie fruits per day reduces fasting glucose, postprandial glucose, and HbA1c levels in diabetic patients compared to consumption of one or no fruit. This may be related to the fact that fruits are rich in antioxidant nutrients.

So.We still recommend diabetic patients to consume low glycemic index fruits with a variety of colors appropriately with stable blood glucose control, and it is recommended to limit it to about 200 grams per day.

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Red heart and white heart dragon fruit in the nutritional composition of subtle differences, but not a world of difference, red heart dragon fruit in the fruit flesh is rich in beet red pigment, a lot of information that is said to be anthocyanins, in fact, is not so, but beet red pigment, beet red pigment also has some antioxidant effects, there is a potential lowering of blood pressure, to promote the flow of blood effect, but in the sugar content of the two in fact, the difference is not very big. 100g of dragon fruit contains about 14.2g of carbohydrates, in all fruits is almost in the upper middle level, although sugar lovers are not unable to eat, but not recommended to eat more. There may be a lot of friends before that dragon fruit should be very suitable for diabetes consumption of a fruit, because the flavor of dragon fruit is light, sometimes even can not eat any sweetness, once considered to be lower sugar content, "light" fruit.

In fact, the reason why dragon fruit is not sweet because it contains fructose accounted for a relatively low, while sucrose, glucose is higher, about 2 times as much as fructose, most of the fruits are richer in fructose, fructose sweetness than sucrose and glucose is higher than 2 to 3 times, but fructose metabolism does not affect the blood sugar process, also known as the "diabetes health sugar ", compared to other fructose-rich fruits, dragon fruit naturally eat not much sweetness, but by no means means that it contains low sugar, slow glycemic rate. Generally we use the glycemic index to measure the speed of the impact of food on blood sugar, also known as the GI value, GI value of less than 55 belongs to the low glycemic fruits, more suitable for sugar lovers to eat, 55 ~ 70 belongs to the higher glycemic index of food, sugar lovers need to control the amount of or less to eat, the GI of the dragon fruit is about 56, although it does not belong to the very high glycemic speed of the fruits, but still has been into the higher glycemic index of the fruits in the ranks of the sugar friends, so the sugar friends can eat dragon fruit, but can not eat more, also can not say that dragon fruit is very suitable for sugar lovers to eat fruit.

In contrast, there are many fruits belonging to the fructose accounted for a relatively high proportion of sweet flavor, but the glycemic index is not high, such fruits may be more suitable for sugar lovers to eat, such as apples, oranges, tangerines, strawberries, cherries, kiwifruit, grapefruit, peaches, grapes. The most surprising estimates are grapes, oranges and tangerines, grapes glycemic index of about 50, tangerines, oranges, glycemic index is only about 32, is properly low glycemic fruits, including people feel that you can not eat sugar orange, they are rich in fructose, sweet taste, but does not mean that they are very fast glycemic rate. There is also a class of fruits, fructose content is rich, glycemic index is not high, but their total sugar content is too high, is not suitable for more food, typically bananas, 100g bananas containing up to 23g of sugar, but the glycemic index of bananas is only 52.

Another category belongs to the glycemic index is very high, but the "glycemic load" of the lower fruit, they are in fact a small amount of sugar lovers can eat the fruit, typically watermelon, watermelon glycemic index as high as 72, look at the number of people scared to death, but the watermelon is particularly rich in water content, the volume is also large, the glycemic load is low, the glycemic load can be viewed as a unit volume Glycemic load can be regarded as the amount of "glycemic factor" per unit volume of food, we need to eat about two pounds of watermelon to achieve the effect of glycemic index of 72, so as long as a small amount of watermelon consumption is also appropriate, similar to the pumpkin.

Red heart and white heart dragon fruit total sugar content or glycemic index of the difference to not much, they are only in the plant pigment content is different, red heart dragon fruit is rich in beet red pigment, the color of purple red, but on blood sugar does not have a great impact. Many friends of the impression of dragon fruit should be a very light fruit, and even many friends even sweetness can not feel, so we all think that dragon fruit sugar is not high, should be quite suitable for sugar lovers to eat, but in fact, may be different from everyone imagined Oh!

In fact, whether the fruit is sweet or sour or not much flavor can not judge how much sugar it contains, nor can we judge the extent of its impact on blood sugar, there are many fruits tend to make us misunderstand. Dragon fruit is a typical one, light and tasteless, but the rate of glycemic can not be ignored and the sugar content is not low. We mostly use the "glycemic index (GI value)" to measure the speed of the impact of food per unit of time on the blood glucose index, the general glycemic index of 55 ~ 70 belongs to the high glycemic index of the food for sugar lovers should not eat more, more than 70 need to be careful to eat, eat less or do not eat. Dragon fruit GI value is 56, although not very high, but also properly in the high glycemic index fruit, do not look at it as if the flavor is light and not sweet, but also can not be eaten Oh, dragon fruit sugar content is not to be underestimated, 100g of dragon fruit contains about 27g carbohydrates, in the fruit is one of the best! Therefore, sugar lovers need to pay attention to eat dragon fruit, recommended one-time not more than 100g, not more than 300g a day, do not eat more.

This is tragic, even the dragon fruit, which is not too sweet at all, is so powerful, so there are still fruits that can be eaten by sugar lovers?

Don't worry, although dragon fruit seems to be less suitable for sugar lovers to eat, but in fact, many fruits are sugar lovers can choose and suitable, which includes the sweet off the teeth of the papaya and mango, oranges and tangerines, as well as sweet and sour apples, grapes, strawberries, cherries, peach, kiwi, pomelo and so on, which the sugar lovers may be puzzled, so sweet fruits we can eat it? Really can eat, the glycemic index of papaya is only 37, the glycemic index of mango is 49, oranges and tangerines are also around 40, apples are only 32, grapes are about 42, strawberries, cherries, kiwi, grapefruit is also hovering around 35, they are all properly low glycemic index fruits, in fact, most of the fruits are rich in "fructose". Fructose is a sweet sugar, than glucose, sucrose, 2 to 3 times sweeter, fructose on the blood sugar impact is minimal, so fructose-rich fruits their glycemic index is not high, and very sweet, rather than go to eat dragon fruit ah, rather than choosing these sweet and blood sugar friendly fruits.

What about watermelon? What about bananas? They are also delicious fruits, sugar lovers appropriate? In fact, watermelon sugar lovers can eat, although its glycemic index is as high as 72, but its "glycemic load" is relatively low, about 4, only to say a little easier to understand the words 100g watermelon in only 6g carbohydrates, at least to eat on the 2 pounds or so of watermelon, only to achieve the effect of the 72 glycemic effect of blood glucose has a relatively large impact, so the sugar lovers eat a little less watermelon is no problem; banana is not too high, 56, but bananas are also delicious fruits suitable? Sugar lovers eat less watermelon is no problem; banana glycemic index is actually not too high, is 56, but the total sugar content of bananas is actually higher, the glycemic load is also higher, so if you want to eat, only a little bit of recommended to eat, try to eat less. Of course there are some sweet and glycemic fast fruits are not recommended for sugar lovers, such as lychee, pineapple, cinnamon, durian, fresh dates, and some organic acid content is rich in organic acids, masking their sweetness of fruits, such as hawthorn, the glycemic index is actually very high.

Fire Dragon is perfect for diabetics.

Dragon fruit can be described as a very high dietary fiber fruit, and are soluble fiber, can be very good in the intestinal tract to promote fecal bulk, and can wrap and adsorption of intestinal toxins out of the body in a timely manner.

In addition, dragon fruit is a very green fruit because it is rich in a variety of phytochemicals, so there is no need to use insecticides and pesticides in the growing process.

It also slows down blood sugar for diabetics.

Relatively speaking, the sweetness of white heart dragon fruit is a little lower than red heart dragon fruit. More suitable for diabetics, but the red heart dragon fruit, although sweeter, but contains very rich anthocyanins, it can better promote the body antioxidant, for the human body has great benefits, diabetics can also eat. Just relative attention than the white heart to reduce the amount can be.

I'm a food literate LAB.

Generally, red heart dragon fruit taste a little sweet, white heart dragon fruit sugar content is not as high as red heart, sweetness will be relatively weak. Diabetics can eat white heart dragon fruit in moderation.

There is no sweet fruit will be suitable for diabetics to eat, regardless of whether it is red or white heart, just as no matter what color milk tea you will think that red milk tea can be eaten white milk tea can not be eaten, so the reason why people in some things will have this feeling of error is that they think that a phenomenon will be what is essentially different, the fact is that diabetic is the sugar problem rather than the problem of pigmentation, so what color color is not relevant to the color. is irrelevant, it's the sugar that's relevant.

So the rise of blood sugar is the rise of glucose, all kinds of sugar can be decomposed and degraded into glucose, and all kinds of fruits are what color is not related, so the pigmentation of this performance, and the sugar of this performance of his external image and the essence is not related, so the diabetes mellitus is the absolute and relative insufficiency of insulin caused by a phenomenon, it is necessary to pay attention to the sugar and sugary food a quantity, so the amount of diet is fixed. The amount of sugar and sugary foods should be taken care of, so the diet should be fixed, and the manifestation of hypoglycemic crisis should be taken into account at the same time.

So the home should be prepared with milk, should be prepared with glucose powder and sugar cubes these, in the event of hypoglycemia to supplement sugar in time, in normal times is to reduce the amount of these diets, so no matter whether it is red or white heart this is a pigmentation problem is not a problem of sugar, diabetes is to look at the amount of sugar does not look at the pigmentation of the.