Are Peaches Good for Diabetics?

First let us understand how a person becomes diabetic. The human body absorbs the food we eat in the form of oxygen in blood. Insulin a hormone helps to break down the food and pump the required nutrients into the blood. When the insulin levels are not normal for a person, he/she is known to have Diabetes. A person with Diabetes must avoid heavy carbs and artificially foods that contain gluten.

Nutritional Facts About Peaches

Peaches are everyone’s summer favorite. There is good and bad news to diabetic patients when it comes to this juicy summer fruit. Gorging on peaches will only increase your sugar level. However, moderate intake of this juicy fruit is packed with nutrients.

Heavy carbs are always a danger to Diabetic patient as they increase the production of glucose in the bloodstream making unstable levels of insulin. Adding peaches as part of diet plan is a good option than completely relying on it.
One small peach is 31 calories and has 7.5 gm of carbohydrates.
Peaches are also packed with fiber which is important to control glucose. The fiber in peaches slows down the process of sugar absorption and reduces rate at which glucose passes to the bloodstream.
Always have the fresh peaches. The canned food is more harmful than natural sugar found in fresh peaches. One cup of canned peach is equivalent to 160 calories and 32.55 gms of sugar.
The glycemic index of peach is between 28 to 56 which is a healthy choice for diabetics.
Peaches containVitamin A, B and C, calcium, iron, phosphorus and potassium.
Peaches also help in nerve treatment, anemia, asthma, bladder infection, kidney stones, hypertension and digestion problems.
Peaches also help in reducing obesity which will reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. The phenolic compounds in the peach have anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic properties in different cell lines.
Peaches also help to reduce stress which in turn helps avoid hypertension and therefore a balanced level of insulin production.

Some tips and recipes with Peaches

Peaches with low fat cream and low-fat milk makes a healthy smoothie that will make a good breakfast.
Peaches will make a great addition to spinach salad.
Peaches are good in carbohydrates, hence a peach in the afternoon will make a nutritious lunch.
Low in fat and high in fiber is a good food for any diabetic patient whose digestion system does not work.
Always remember not to take many peaches at a time as the combination of carbs and sugar will destabilize the sugar levels causing damage to diabetic patients.
Peaches also act as catalyst to control diabetes when mixed with other fruits like in salad or dessert. They form a great combination with mango yogurt and apples.
Other recipes include a healthy gluten free cake with peaches. However, canned peaches are not healthy for diabetic unless the sugar level is monitored appropriately.
Never combine sugar and peaches directly without measuring calories like in cakes and dessert as the risk of high sugar level will cause damage to diabetic person.

I hope the above points help a person to eat peach at safe interval of time. Also, peach is a very good dessert as its sugar level is high but packed with nutrients. Moderate consumption of peaches help in weight reduction, control cholesterol and diabetes. However, any other food like pizza, burger and oily foods must be avoided. The fast food and peaches will not go well hand in hand. Peaches are always a part of healthy diet plan and should be consumed moderately by diabetic patients. A small peach a day keeps cholesterol and diabetes away.

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