Health News Desk, Diabetic patients have to take great care of their food and drink. If this precaution is not taken, the sugar level becomes high. Most of the diabetes patients do not know which fruits to eat and what not to eat. They live in fear of consuming more sugar from fruits. That’s why they stop eating some fruits. Of course there is no need to be afraid. Consumption of some fruits in diabetes is considered healthy. The natural sugar in fruits is quite different from normal sugar. Talking about banana, it can be consumed by diabetic patients (banana in diabetes). Of course, paying attention to some things can be more beneficial.
What are the benefits of eating bananas for diabetics?
While some people do not eat bananas due to high sugar levels, some also believe that eating raw bananas and not ripe bananas is healthier in diabetes. In this regard, Bajpai, a dietician at Asian Hospital, Faridabad, says that diabetics can eat ripe bananas as a snack and raw bananas as a vegetable. The consistency and use of both are different. Depending on the sugar level, a diabetic patient can eat a ripe banana.
Bananas have a high glycemic index. At what time are you eating bananas? Do you eat bananas as a snack, with food or as a meal? This fact should be taken into consideration.” Dietician Vibha Bajpai says that if you have breakfast at 8:30 am, then you can eat bananas at 11 am, but it is not advisable to eat bananas with pona, upma for breakfast. Up to 100 grams of bananas can be eaten for breakfast.
Bananas have a high glycemic index and high levels of carbohydrates, which can lead to high sugar levels. You can eat bananas as a snack between meals, but bananas should not be eaten with snacks, lunch and dinner at all. You can consume only 100 grams of banana in the interval between two meals. If sugar is under control, then you can eat a medium-sized banana as a snack. Your daily diet (breakfast, lunch, dinner) contains enough carbohydrates, energy, protein. So if you eat bananas together, then all these things will be extra, due to which there is a possibility of increasing sugar.
If the sugar level is high, stay away from bananas- If the sugar level is very high then you should avoid eating ripe bananas until it is under control. Eat only after the sugar is normal. When a disease is serious, it should be controlled and medicines should be taken by dipping it in the food at the appropriate time. When you have diabetes, do not eat sweets like jaggery or sugar directly. Sugar can be taken in fruits. Sugar directly increases the sugar level, so sugar is contraindicated for diabetics. Bananas contain fiber, soluble fiber, vitamins, minerals. So that banana can be eaten. Whereas sugar contains only calories. There are no other nutrients. Therefore it is important that diabetics stay away from it.
How can patients eat banana? – Bananas contain soluble fiber, vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, carbohydrates, energy, fructose sugar etc. All this is healthy for diabetics, but do not take bananas with any food, take it as a snack and its quantity should not exceed 100 grams. If the child has type-1 diabetes and is dependent on insulin, then banana shake can be given without adding sugar. You can make a shake with double donut milk and half a banana. To make it rich in protein, you can also add some almonds, walnuts to it. Adding protein to any item reduces the glycemic load. In such a situation, the sugar level does not increase suddenly. Elderly people suffering from diabetes can also take a shake on the advice of a doctor. Take 150 ml of milk to make a shake. Make a shake by mixing 5-6 almonds, 1 walnut and half a banana. Do not add sugar. Drinking this shake will not increase the sugar level.