I am Dr. Hamid Sajjad, a specialist in internal diseases. In this video, I want to talk about how much fruit should diabetics eat? If you are interested, watch the rest of the video. The question is asked, is it true that fruits should be removed from the diet of a person with diabetes due to their high sugar content? In general, every person should provide 50-60% of his energy needs from carbohydrates (sugar and starch). People with diabetes, like other people, must provide the calories they need from carbohydrates, and because the consumption of simple sugars such as sugar, sugar, honey, jam, soft drinks is limited, this energy must be obtained through materials such as bread, rice, On the other hand, fruits play an important role in people's health because they contain vitamins such as vitamin C and vitamin A, fiber, antioxidants, and anthocyanin compounds, and they cannot be excluded from the diet. In fact, fruits have a special place in the nutrition of diabetic patients. So where does this misconception come from? The issue that people put themselves in front of banning the consumption of fruits comes from the fact that some people think that some fruits increase blood sugar quickly. Of course, I agree that fruits are different in terms of their glycemic index (which is used to measure the speed of raising blood sugar), but this difference is not such that we want to remove these fruits from a person's diet. It is definitely better to consume fruits such as cherries and apples that have a lower glycemic index than other fruits, but this is not a reason to prohibit the consumption of fruits such as dates and grapes that have a higher glycemic index. We do not advise patients to consume fruits with a low glycemic index, but we give them sufficient information about the amount of consumption and the number of units they can consume. Now, on what basis are these units determined? One unit from one fruit. A portion that has 15 grams of sugar. This amount is equal to an orange, an apple, a small bunch of grapes or a quarter of a melon. A diabetic patient can consume between 3 and 4 units of fruit according to his conditions, taste and interest, which can reach up to 5 units in young people who receive more calories per day. It may be questioned whether these words are true about watermelon and melon, especially because sometimes it is heard that some doctors forbid diabetic patients from eating them. These two fruits (watermelon and melon) are the fruits that people, especially people with diabetes, are very afraid of, but in fact, the glycemic index (index) of watermelon and melon is not much different from many other fruits, but the problem with these two fruits is their consumption limit. It is not clear by the patient. For example, if a person is given an apple, after eating it, he will not look for the second one, but if the same person eats two slices of watermelon, he will look for two more slices. In fact, if the patient can limit himself to eating the same two slices of watermelon or melon, he can include them in his fruit units, that is, a person with diabetes can eat about 250 grams of watermelon, cantaloupe or melon as one of his daily fruit units Get an opinion. If you remember, I said that a diabetic person can consume 3-4 units of fruit per day, but how about you? The most important thing that a diabetic person should pay attention to in this case is that it is never recommended that a person consume all the daily units of fruit in one sitting and it is preferable to divide this amount between the hours of the day. For example, if a person has considered 3 dates as one unit of daily consumption of fruits, it is better to consume these three dates at appropriate intervals. If the fruit is determined, what is the need to observe these intervals? Not only in the case of fruits, but in the case of all the foods consumed by diabetic patients, one of the most important points is that the amount of sugar in a person's blood increases a lot in a short time. don't Perhaps this issue can be compared with the peak time of electricity consumption. At certain hours of the day when there is the highest use of electricity in homes, it is recommended that some of the tasks associated with electricity consumption be transferred to the low-consumption hour because the power of electricity production in a city or region is limited and if all the consumptions are in one If the short period is limited, the generators will not be able to supply. It is the same in the body. When the amount of sugar entering the body exceeds the body's ability to produce insulin at a certain hour, the body's physiological balance is disturbed, so we prefer to divide the peak time of sugar and sugary compounds consumption among all the hours of the day. This question may be It has been created in your mind, if a person is very interested in fruits, how can you increase the number of fruit consumption units dur