Overly-ripe bananas actually have an extremely high glycemic index. This means it shoots your bloodsugar up very fast.
However, just ripened (or when they still have a tint of green or have just turned yellow) bananas have a very low glycemic index and can actually keep bloodsugars level
I would say as long as you take these facts into how much insulin you're giving, it is a good snack. (much better then what even people with out diabetes snack on!)
It is especially good if your bloodsugars tend to drop at night (mine drop 50-80 points during the night!)
What is really good and will help keep the numbers level (this is what I eat) is a piece of toast with natural peanut butter, and maybe you could cut three or four slices of banana on top.
dahozho - Save it for breakfast. 1/2 a banana is a serving (15 g) of carbs. Unless that's gonna be your whole dinner, 2 bananas will spiral your blood sugar.
Kai - As the other have said, it depends on what stage of ripeness your banana is in (ok, that sounded lewd) and it also depends on your own body. I can't eat bananas in any state because they send my glucose soaring, even the barely ripe ones. However my friend who has diabetes can eat bananas with only a slight rise in blood glucose. You should try eating a banana early in the day, test your blood before eating, then test an hour or 2 after eating to see how you react. If the rise is high, then you'll know that a banana isn't a good idea for your, especially at bedtime. If your glucose rises only slightly, then a banana is ok--but I wouldn't push it to two bananas, that's a lot of fruit sugar.
John W - A banana would be mostly fructose so it wouldn't be a night time diabetic snack as it would spike your glucose quickly and fade away just as quickly, something like peanut butter would be better, toast and peanut butter is a typical diabetic night time snack as it provides glucose over a long period of time. Some diabetics will put peanut butter on their fruit such as on an apple for a night time snack, I can't bring myself to doing that.
Would it be bad on me if I eat a banana or 2.
Jamira - Yes
ReplyDeleteBeef - No lay off the healthy diet and just take some DRUGS
ReplyDeleteDiet has nothing to do with diabetes and disease HIPPIE!!!
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ReplyDeleteOverly-ripe bananas actually have an extremely high glycemic index. This means it shoots your bloodsugar up very fast.
However, just ripened (or when they still have a tint of green or have just turned yellow) bananas have a very low glycemic index and can actually keep bloodsugars level
I would say as long as you take these facts into how much insulin you're giving, it is a good snack. (much better then what even people with out diabetes snack on!)
It is especially good if your bloodsugars tend to drop at night (mine drop 50-80 points during the night!)
What is really good and will help keep the numbers level (this is what I eat) is a piece of toast with natural peanut butter, and maybe you could cut three or four slices of banana on top.
Crissie Lillie - Diabetes are a high GI food. They'll shoot your blood sugar up real fast.
ReplyDeletedahozho - Save it for breakfast. 1/2 a banana is a serving (15 g) of carbs. Unless that's gonna be your whole dinner, 2 bananas will spiral your blood sugar.
ReplyDeleteKai - As the other have said, it depends on what stage of ripeness your banana is in (ok, that sounded lewd) and it also depends on your own body. I can't eat bananas in any state because they send my glucose soaring, even the barely ripe ones. However my friend who has diabetes can eat bananas with only a slight rise in blood glucose. You should try eating a banana early in the day, test your blood before eating, then test an hour or 2 after eating to see how you react. If the rise is high, then you'll know that a banana isn't a good idea for your, especially at bedtime. If your glucose rises only slightly, then a banana is ok--but I wouldn't push it to two bananas, that's a lot of fruit sugar.
ReplyDeleteJohn W - A banana would be mostly fructose so it wouldn't be a night time diabetic snack as it would spike your glucose quickly and fade away just as quickly, something like peanut butter would be better, toast and peanut butter is a typical diabetic night time snack as it provides glucose over a long period of time. Some diabetics will put peanut butter on their fruit such as on an apple for a night time snack, I can't bring myself to doing that.
ReplyDeleteBen Trolled - A small greenish banana Is OK. But there are better choices IE peanut butter on calery staicks..
ReplyDeleteTake care
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