Diabetics Should Eat Fruits and Root Vegetables

Root vegetables and fruits are rich sources ofonly when solid food is converted to a thick soup does
vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and fiber. Manythe pyloric sphincter open and permit food to pass into
studies show that diabetics who do not eat fruit andthe intestines, where sugar is absorbed immediately to
root vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots or beets,cause a high rise in blood sugar. If you eat nuts along
are at increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.with the potatoes or fruits, the fat in the nuts keeps
Recent studies from Oxford University in England andother foods eaten with them in the stomach for a
Arizona State University show that diabetics shouldlonger period of time and therefore blood sugar levels
eat fruits and root vegetables with other foods to slowdo not rise as quickly. Any slowly-digested foods that
the rise in blood sugar that can cause cell damagecontain fats or protein will have the same effect, so
(European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2006;eat your fruits and root vegetables with other foods,
Journal of the American Dietetic Association,not alone as snacks.For the dietary treatment I
December, 2005).Diabetics are at high risk for heartrecommend for my diabetic patients see Gabe Mirkin
attacks, strokes, blindness, deafness, kidney failure andhas been a radio talk show host for 25 years and
damage to virtually every tissue in their bodies. Thesepracticing physician for more than 40 years; he is
serious side effects are caused by blood sugar levelsboard certified in four specialties, including sports
rising too high after meals. When you eat food, itmedicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and
passes into the stomach where the pyloric sphincterhealth reports at weekly newsletter on fitness, health,
closes and prevents food from entering the intestines.and nutrition.
The stomach squeezes and mixes its contents and