Can I eat plums with diabetes?

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Can I eat plums with diabetes?

 

The most common disease that is affecting many people in this modern life is diabetes. You need to avoid diabetes in the early stages rather than suffering from it later. To avoid these complications, control diabetes.

 

Experts recommend that you have to include a healthy diet in your daily routine that includes a variety of fruits which helps to reduce blood glucose levels. Before knowing the benefits of any fruit, it is always good to know its nutritional value.

 

Plums are considered as a stone fruit that they have a pit in the center they are widely available in May and October. Two plums contain 60 calories 15 grams of carbs in 2 grams of fiber. They are good source of vitamin C. They are fat free and low in calories and carbs.

 

It is recommended to take two prune in your everyday diet, which are dried plums are almost similar to regular plums. They are little bit lower in carbs and calories.

 

Benefits of taking plums for diabetics are the advantages for diabetic patients when they include plums is here.

 

·         Source of Vitamins & Minerals.

Plums contain vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Potassium copper and manganese. They even contain small amounts of vitamin B, phosphorus and magnesium. It also contain vitamin B2 B3 and B6 additionally.

 

·         Antioxidant

Plums are rich in antioxidant, particularly rich in polyphenol antioxidants. It has very good effects on bone health and help to reduce diabetes and heart disease. It has the ability to protect and avoid damage to cells which is the root cause for any disease.

 

·         Low glycemic index

Plums have low glycemic index which is quite necessary for diabetic patients. This helps in releasing the blood sugar slowly. The high fiber in plums help to slow your rate of absorption of carbs after meals. Consuming plums help to increase hormone levels of Adiponectin which helps in blood sugar regulation.

 

·         Bone health

Along with the many benefits that plums have also helps in promoting bone health. Prunes are well known for not only preventing bone loss but also helps in reversing the bone loss that already occurred. It helps to prevent osteoporosis and osteopenia.

 

·         Constipation

The juice from prunes and plums are very beneficial to health as it contains high fiber which is mostly insoluble it helps to prevent constipation by adding bulk to your stool. The juice contain sorbitol which has natural laxative effect

 

It is well known to help constipation is the major health expect found in diabetic patients

 


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