Doctors typically advice their diabetic patients to limit their intake of fruit juice. Fruit juices typically have high sugar contents and are high in carbohydrates. Both of these characteristics can raise your blood sugar level rapidly. Fruit juice high in fiber can lessen that effect, slowing the sugar conversion. Read the ingredient label before drinking any juice to determine portion size and the level of sugar grams and carbohydrates per serving. Also, be certain to consult your physician before making dietary changes.
Ocean Spray Light
Light fruit juices may have less sugar and carbohydrates than regular fruit juice, but you still should note the serving size. Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice has 10 g of sugar and 10 g of carbohydrates for every 8-oz. serving. This compares with 36 g of sugar and 36 g of carbohydrates in regular Ocean Spray cranberry juice. High juice consumption is associated with obesity and a greater risk of developing diabetes, especially in women. In the August 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, public health specialist Matthias B. Schulze wrote that women who consumed just one fruit drink per day had a 20 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and weight gain.
Trop 50
Tropicana has a line of reduced sugar and reduced calorie fruit juice called Trop 50. An 8-oz. serving of Trop 50 orange juice has 13 g of carbohydrates and 10 g of sugar. This is significantly less than the 26 g of carbohydrates and 22 g of sugar in the regular version of Tropicana Premium Orange Juice. Like the regular version, the light version of Tropicana contains your daily dose of vitamin C, as well as folic acid and thiamine.
Vegetable Juice
Vegetable juices have high fiber content, which slow the effect on your blood sugar. If you own a juicer, make your own high-fiber juice. If not, consider V8 Vegetable Juice. The original version of V8 contains 2 g of fiber, 8 g of sugar and 10 g of carbohydrates in each 9-oz. serving. V8 also has high levels of vitamin C and vitamin A, as well as calcium and iron.
References
- "Journal of the American Medical Association"; Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes; Matthias B. Schulze, Dr.Ph.; August 2004
- Tropicana: Products
- V8: Products
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