Can a Diabetic person eat Banana every day? Will it not increase the sugar levels in the body?

Question

Dear lybrate user, you could eat half a banana on alternate days, if you really love this fruit. Usually the kind of fruits you could eat (but in controlled portions) are apples, limited oranges, sweet lime (mosambi), guava, pomegranate, papaya, etc. Avoid fruits like grapes, chikoo, sitaphal, banana, mango, ripe jackfruit, etc. Certain fruits (like to ones mentioned to be avoided) have a high glycemic index hence you should refrain from consuming those. Also, this means you avoid taking these types of fruit juices or fresh fruit juices in which sugar/ sugar syrup is added. Take care!

 · Accepted Answer

Dear lybrate user, you could eat half a banana on alternate days, if you really love this fruit. Usually the kind of fruits you could eat (but in controlled portions) are apples, limited oranges, sweet lime (mosambi), guava, pomegranate, papaya, etc. Avoid fruits like grapes, chikoo, sitaphal, banana, mango, ripe jackfruit, etc. Certain fruits (like to ones mentioned to be avoided) have a high glycemic index hence you should refrain from consuming those. Also, this means you avoid taking these types of fruit juices or fresh fruit juices in which sugar/ sugar syrup is added. Take care!

Tyaka Angra · Answer

being a diabetologist this is the most common question people ask..answer is yes but you have to decide the portion size.extra small banana i.e 6 inch or less contain 18.5 gm of carbohydrate.medium (7-8inch) 27 gm of carbohydrate and large banana (8-9) 31 gm of carbohydrate....the portion size depends on how your blood sugar responds to eating banana or other fruits..good luck