What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?

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Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
|| What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?
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|| TIA
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Likely raise BGs because of sugars. It would also likely
have a laxitive effect.

BJ
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Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
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> What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?
>
> TIA
>

The best way to find out is for you to test and see what it does to
*your* blood sugars!

Sherry

"L, not -L" > wrote in
m:

<snip>
> If your goal is to drink the juice for its reputed laxative
> benefits, you might want to look into Metamucil sugar-free.

I got tired of that icky gunk from the fiber drinks. I started using
Citrucel caplets (actually switched to the generic when they became
available). No problem when I travel, convenient to use and doesn't
cause the cramping that psyllium fiber does. No sugar in them, at
least not in the generic brand I use.

Just make sure you take them with plenty of water - you *don't* want to
get one stuck in your throat and the water is needed for them to be
effective.

Sherry

On Wed 11 Jan 2006 05:59:54a, BJ in Texas wrote in alt.food.diabetic:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>|| What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?
>||
>|| TIA
>||
>
> Likely raise BGs because of sugars. It would also likely
> have a laxitive effect.
>
> BJ

Yes, probably true.

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On Wed 11 Jan 2006 08:10:54a, L, not -L wrote in alt.food.diabetic:

>
> On 11-Jan-2006, Wayne Boatwright >
> wrote:
>
>> What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?
>>
>> TIA
>
> An 8 oz glass of Sunsweet prune juice has 43gr carbohydrate, only 3 of
> which come from fiber. Net 40gr carbohydrate is probably not a good
> thing for a diabetic, even if it is from fructose. Prunes are a low
> glycemic food, but you have to work harder to get the fructose out of
> the whole fruit than you do with juice; I think the juice would quickly
> cause a spike in your numbers.
>
> If your goal is to drink the juice because you like the taste, why not
> try a small glass, say 3 oz - basically a single carb exchange - and
> test a couple of times over a two hour period.
>
> If your goal is to drink the juice for its reputed laxative benefits,
> you might want to look into Metamucil sugar-free.
>

I really like it for taste, but I want to drink it primarily for the
laxative benefits. Fiber products like Metamucil just don't work the same
for me. They are bulk fillers and to not induce activity in the same way.

Careful testing, of course, is the best way to go.

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On Wed 11 Jan 2006 08:43:35a, Sherry wrote in alt.food.diabetic:

> "L, not -L" > wrote in
> m:
>
> <snip>
>> If your goal is to drink the juice for its reputed laxative benefits,
>> you might want to look into Metamucil sugar-free.
>
> I got tired of that icky gunk from the fiber drinks. I started using
> Citrucel caplets (actually switched to the generic when they became
> available). No problem when I travel, convenient to use and doesn't
> cause the cramping that psyllium fiber does. No sugar in them, at
> least not in the generic brand I use.
>
> Just make sure you take them with plenty of water - you *don't* want to
> get one stuck in your throat and the water is needed for them to be
> effective.

I must need to research other fiber products. Metamucil and Citrucel (both
types that are mixed with liquid) simply do not work in the same way that
the prune juice does.

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On Wed 11 Jan 2006 08:40:17a, Sherry wrote in alt.food.diabetic:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> :
>
>> What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2 diabetic diet?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
> The best way to find out is for you to test and see what it does to
> *your* blood sugars!
>
> Sherry

You're right, of course.

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Wayne......... an alternative is to take a prune,
boil it in some water to 're-plump it up' and eat
the prune with your breakfast

my mother does this every morning and she's been
fine ever since :-)

good luck
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> On Wed 11 Jan 2006 08:40:17a, Sherry wrote in
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>
> > Wayne Boatwright
> wrote in
> > :
> >
> >> What is the impact of prune juice on a Type 2
diabetic diet?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >
> > The best way to find out is for you to test
and see what it does to
> > *your* blood sugars!
> >
> > Sherry
>
> You're right, of course.
>
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On Wed 11 Jan 2006 01:35:14p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it TigerLily?

> Wayne......... an alternative is to take a prune,
> boil it in some water to 're-plump it up' and eat
> the prune with your breakfast
>
> my mother does this every morning and she's been
> fine ever since :-)
>
> good luck
> kate

Thanks, Kate. I will definitely give that a try. I really like prunes. <g>

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