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Can diabetic patients eat melon?

It's best not to eat a lot of it for diabetics, it's still okay to eat it occasionally. I have a relative who has a melon (not very big) almost every day, and at the end of the month his blood sugar rises a lot, even though he's not diabetic. There is still a lot of sugar in watermelon. Diabetics are supposed to take breaks and watch the amount of fruit they eat.

Some people think that the reason why diabetics can't eat watermelon is because it's too sweet. In fact, it is not.The amount of carbohydrates (i.e., sugars) in a fruit is not measured by its sweetness.There are fruits that are not very sweet but are high in carbohydrates, such as dragon fruit.
Usually, the carbohydrate content of watermelon is about 5%, i.e., each 100g watermelon contains only 5g of carbohydrates; while dragon fruit can reach about 14% (diabetics are also allowed to eat dragon fruit in moderation, more on that later).


Why is this so? It is mainly due to the different types of sugar contained in different fruits. Although watermelon is low in sugar, it contains sucrose and fructose which are high in sweetness; whereas dragon fruit contains a lot of glucose and starch which are low in sweetness, and sucrose and fructose are low in content.
About half of the sugars contained in watermelon are fructose, which is 1.7 times sweeter than sucrose and 3.2 times sweeter than glucose.And the main component of watermelon is water, which is about 93%.This is why watermelon is sweeter, but still a low-sugar fruit.


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