{"id":24498,"date":"2014-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/le-diabete\/la-gestion-du-diabete\/alimentation\/les-fruits\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:52:22","slug":"fruit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/diet\/fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fruit is a part of a balanced diet. Like vegetables, fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre. All types of fruit, without exception, can be eaten by a person with diabetes. However, some fruit contains more carbohydrates\u00a0than others. In order to maintain proper blood glucose (sugar) control, it is important to pay particular attention to the quantity of fruit consumed and to distribute the servings throughout the day.<\/p>\n

For a balanced meal containing a sufficient amount of carbohydrates, one serving of fruit is generally enough. That said, you can eat several servings of fruit per day \u2014 most people need two to four.<\/p>\n

Whole fruit, especially when eaten with the peel, provides a good source of dietary fibre.<\/p>\n

One serving of fruit is what exactly?<\/h2>\n

One serving of fruit provides 15\u00a0g of carbohydrates. The amount of fruit equivalent to one serving varies by the sugar concentration of each kind of fruit.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of the amount of fruit corresponding to a single serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1 serving (15\u00a0g of carbohydrates)<\/th>\nFruits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 medium fruit<\/th>\norange, peach, apple, pear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bd large fruit<\/th>\nbanana, grapefruit, mango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 small fruits<\/th>\nkiwis, persimmons (native), plums, clementines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125\u00a0ml (1\/2 cup)<\/th>\ngrapes, 100% pure fruit juice with no added sugar, fruit sauces with no added sugar, canned fruit in its juice or in a light syrup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
250\u00a0ml (1 cup)<\/th>\ncantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, blackberries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other fruits<\/th>\n500\u00a0ml (2 cups) of fresh strawberries, 375\u00a0ml (1\u00bd cups) of raspberries, 175\u00a0ml (3\/4 cup) of blueberries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dried fruits<\/th>\n3 dates, 3 prunes, 4 dried apricots, 30\u00a0ml (2\u00a0tablespoons) of raisins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To help you quickly determine the size of a fruit serving, use your fist as a measure: it is the equivalent of 250\u00a0ml (1 cup) of fruit.<\/p>\n

Canned and preserved fruit<\/h2>\n

Select fruit that has been canned or preserved in its own juice (with no added sugar) or in water. A single serving of canned fruit is about 125\u00a0ml (1\/2 cup). If the fruit comes in a heavy syrup, rinse it under water to remove the excess sugar.<\/p>\n

Frozen fruit<\/h2>\n

It is preferable to select fruits frozen without added sugar. The size of the serving needed to obtain 15\u00a0g de carbohydrates will vary depending on the type of fruit.<\/p>\n

Fruit juice<\/h2>\n

Fruit juice contains essentially the same nutrients as whole fruit but lacks fibre.\u00a0If you are trying to lose weight or maintain your current weight, whole fruit is more filling than its juice.<\/p>\n

Even if the fruit juice you choose is labelled \u201cno sugar added\u201d or \u201cunsweetened,\u201d juice naturally contains carbohydrates from the fruit used to make it. Moreover, given its lack of fibre, the carbohydrates in the juice are more quickly absorbed.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fruit is a part of a balanced diet. Like vegetables, fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre. All types of fruit, without exception, can be eaten by a person with diabetes. However, some fruit contains more carbohydrates\u00a0than others. In order to maintain proper blood glucose (sugar) control, it is important to pay particular attention…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17425,"parent":24358,"menu_order":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"26373,24599,24600,24603,24602,24601","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24498","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28422,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24498\/revisions\/28422"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}