Are peaches good for diabetes or diabetics?
Today, we are answering that question in a short video.
I'm Doctor Ahmet Ergin. I'm an endocrinologist and a diabetes specialist.
It is summertime, it's August, it's Florida It's peach time.
Can you have that? Let's talk about it right now.
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So guys peaches are actually very good
If you have diabetes and you want to have a fruit
you can go for peach. Can you? Well, let's talk about this
a little bit more detail for you to understand the entire thing
before you start binging on these poor peaches, right?
Okay, peaches are actually low in carbs, one small peach which I'm sure most of you
will not consume, but let's talk about the moderate one.
A moderate size peach will be around 12 grams of carbs the small one is 7.5
but I ignored that because I know you will eat more
So, 12 grams of carbs is really not much.
Now, some of you may still have a blood sugar spike with 12 grams of carbs
and well that's a problem if you're having a blood sugar spike with 12 grams of carbs,
you have a serious problem.
So you better see your doctor today. Now, other than that the glycemic index
which is the criteria how fast your blood sugar spikes when you eat
something. Well, with peaches that that is around 28 to 56.
So, it's less than 50 overall, which puts the glycemic index in the good category.
You can increase the glycemic load, if you eat 3, 5, 10, or 20 peaches.
Don't do that. So, stick to one or two peaches and be happy.
What are the benefits of peaches?
Well, peaches are really good to avoid obesity and diabetes.
Yes, you guess it right even if you don't have diabetes
If you're eating peaches today, you will be less likely to have diabetes and high
blood pressure and obesity.
Now, why do people end up giving up on peaches totally?
Because they do not eat peaches until getting diabetes and they eat all sort of other things
that are not good for them and and then suddenly they have diabetes
and now they cannot have peaches.
Not good. If they had peaches from the gecko, they could have had peaches
all their life, right? But even if when you have diabetes it is okay to have
peaches because... It is, what? What is it? Yeah, I hear you...
It's full of fiber, it doesn't spike your blood sugar as fast, its glycemic index
is low, and as long as you eat in... What? I hear you. Moderation.
Then, you will be just fine.
Now, what are you other benefits of peaches? Well, there are a lot of vitamins
in there. What vitamins are they? A, B, C, vitamins, also minerals, potassium,
magnesium, phosphorus. So, these are great vitamins that will help you in many
antioxidant functions. Peaches are also have been useful for treatment of
anemia, bladder infections, kidney stones, digestion problems and so forth.
So, how can you really eat peaches, other than just eating raw peaches?
Well, you can put them in a spinach salad, that will taste good. How you you not want
to eat peaches? In a can. When you eat any fruit that comes in a can,
They're gonna do... What? Add a lot of sugar.
So, you're going to end up with 30-40 grams of carbs in that peach for one peach
versus only 12, when you go for the canned ones, so, don't do that.
And lastly, peaches on the cake doesn't make the cake healthy, just so you know,
and more importantly, do not think that, "Oh, doctors said peaches are good,
so I'm going to have peaches after my two bananas and two apples and some strawberries"
that will be a lot of sugar to add on to your system to deal with.
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