Juicing For Diabetics Is Different

by Insights-on-Health.com

Since the total amount of carbohydrate should only be 30 grams in a meal, or at most 45 grams for a man 6’ tall or taller with a weight of 200+ pounds, you can see how easy it is to go crazy in the kitchen and pack far too many carbohydrates into a drink.

For example, you may think to yourself, why not make a great fruit juice of apples, berries for antioxidant power, a kiwi for vitamin C, and cherries for melatonin so you’ll sleep better at night.

This juice could easily consist of the following:
• 4 apples
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 kiwi
• 1/2 cup cherries

Or it could be one like this:
• 1 grapefruit
• 1 orange
• 1 cup berries
• 30 grapes
• 1 fresh papaya

Either one of these would provide a carbohydrate level of over 100 grams carbohydrates, or three or more times what you should get in a 2-hour period of time during the day. By drinking a drink like this, you end up with a carbohydrate rush to your cells. Your blood sugar level skyrockets and you need extra insulin to pull the levels down.

Juicing for diabetics must restrict the carbohydrate levels. This is why juices can only be made with non-starchy vegetables and an occasional apple. Non-starchy vegetables such as the following on this list below have a lot less carbohydrate content:

• carrots
• bell peppers
• onions
• garlic
• parsnips
• kale
• hot peppers
• leeks
• lettuce
• spinach
• parsley
• mustard greens
• swiss chard
• cilantro
• mint
• zucchini
• collard greens
• cucumber
• celery
• pumpkin
• tomatoes
• cherry tomatoes

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