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md today we are talking about cherries
it's
cherry season it's july we just
celebrated july 4th in the u.s
here and i want to talk about the
cherries because i've seen a lot of them
around
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okay guys i'm dr ahmed erik and i'm an
endocrinologist in florida and new york
we are going to talk about cherries
because it is the season i know
you guys are looking at those cherries
and some of them are eating a lot of
it i know it well that's okay but let's
talk about uh
really what's the effect of cherries now
every food and every fruit right will
have a different effect on every person
everybody's a little different i'm just
gonna give you some facts and you will
make your own decision about
if you want to eat it how much you want
to eat it and how much it affects your
blood sugar
now what really determines any fruit
to spike your blood sugar is based on
their glucose content right
so most fruits are almost all fruits are
made with
or created with uh glucose
fructose and when they are combined
scrolls
scrolls is the same sugar that you have
on the on the table you know the white
sugar that nobody wants to have right
uh but the fructose that you have in the
in the fruits are actually a good one
because your liver processed
fructose a lot easier than glucose and
the fructose doesn't spike your blood
sugar as much
now i'm not talking about the high
fructose corn syrup that's
a totally different beast that's like
something that you have to stay away
from
five miles away but the fructose
that comes in the fruit is very
beneficial for you
it doesn't spike your blood sugar as
much and it's easily processed
now the fruits are high in fructose like
the berries
or any berries pretty much is good for
you right and the apples are
not bad but as you get into the grapes
and the berries you know
those round sweet things they can be
very sneaky because they have a lot of
glucose
in them the more glucose you have in a
fruit
the higher the chances of it spiking
your blood sugar
now what is the glycemic load
of uh cherries is around 13.
so it's a high glycemic index food and
it can spike your blood sugar even if
you do not eat
too much of it so glycemic load remember
anything more than 10 is not good
anything more than 20 is pretty much a
suicide for diabetes
anything you know between 4 and 10 is
acceptable but once you go about thin
you're
taking chances there more than likely
will spike your blood sugar now
if you are having around one cup of
cherries that's around 15 to 20 grams of
carbohydrates in total
so it is not horrible if that's the only
thing you're having
but if you are bringing the entire bag
and just eating until you're full
you may be in trouble sometimes people
snack on those things
mindlessly and that's probably not a
very good idea
if you don't think you can control
yourself and stop eating after a cup of
cherries for snack
i would suggest don't even start it
because you will be in trouble
same thing applies to grapes but again
cherries are nice they have a lot of
anthocyanins which are great for
vascular system for heart antioxidants
and you don't need a lot of it right so
if you're having a half a cup or
one cup of cherries will be more than
enough to get your antioxidant needs
without having to load yourself with a
lot of sugar so
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