2007-02-19 23:31:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
According to my doctor, they should be consumed as little as possible. They are both high in sugar.
2007-02-20 02:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ terry g ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 13:07:54 · answer #2 · answered by Annette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-19 19:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by Sophia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cammie's answer is right on. Honey and dates have mostly fructose. Look below.
Our digestive system converts most carbs to GLUCOSE, and dumps it into the blood stream. Fat cells store the energy of the blood sugar, then release it back as glucose, on demand, to other body tissues.
It doesn't matter if it comes into our bodies as sucrose, fructos, glucose, or potatos, it will still raise blood sugar. Fructose (fruit sugar) evades the glucose-insulin control system and really spikes blood sugar, so that is why high fructose corn syrup is bad for us--and big food processors put it in nearly EVERYTHING!
The key is to increase utilization of the blood sugar by the muscles and organs.
I realize that conventional health care is necessary and appropriate. That having been said, there are also many things WE can do to overcome type II diabetes, and improve life as a Type I diabetic. I've been researching alternative medicine, and the amount of help that's available to diabetics is amazing.
Natural remedies are quite effective, and include:
Cinnamon
Bitter Melon
Gymnema Sylvestre
Nopal cactus
American Ginseng
Fenugreek
Chromium picolinate
Cinnamon regulates glucose, and has a polyphenol compound called MHCP that mimics insulin and activates cell receptor sites. A quarter teaspoon twice daily makes a difference. Fenugreek increases blood flow and inhibits the growth of infectious organisms. Everything on the list has a use in fighting diabetes. Learn how to use these herbs and don't fall victim to diabetes needlessly.You can find out about about them on line, or in a book I read cover to cover--
"One Son's Quest for the Cause and Cure of Diabetes", ISBN 7890766313
The author, a doctor, lost his mother to diabetes and spent the next 20 years finding a way to overcome it. My brother was dying of diabetes, and I was just starting to need insulin when we came across this definitive work which came out in February 2005. We both lead mostly normal lives now. It's a life saver, and the best money you'll ever spend on the subject if you decide to go that way.
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2016-05-03 01:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diet Guidelines
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Blood Sugar Management
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2007-02-20 12:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you consume too much. 1 teaspoon of honey, max./ 2hrs, in oatmeal or tea. At another sitting, 2 dates max. with yoghurt, say. Monitor your blood sugar levels with a home test kit, from drugstores & pharmacies, so you know what level you can tolerate. They are both high in sugars, honey being the worst of the 2.
2007-02-20 01:11:54 · answer #7 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can be. Both have sugar. Sugar is a diabetic's number one no-no. The key is to not have too much. Like anything else including carbs which turn in to sugar.
2007-02-19 23:47:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-02-15 13:15:57 · answer #9 · answered by Luigi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is carbs. It's all in the carbs.
Both Honey and dates [ not the ones I've been on lately ] are very sweet and full of carbs.
Count the carbs and decide if that's how you want to "Spend " your carbs.
Good luck.
2007-02-20 08:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by Cammie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋