 Hi guys, welcome to my channel sugar MD today. We are talking about cherries. It's cherry season It's July. We just celebrated July 4th in the US here And I am want to talk about the cherries because I've seen a lot of them around. Let's get started Hi guys, thank you for watching quickly I have a quiz for you in the description below so after you watch this video take the quiz Answer the questions the more questions you answer correctly the higher the chance and one in three Will win a chapter from my book. It's gonna be delivered electronically to you a real chapter from my the Ultimate diabetes book so go ahead finish the video take the quiz and win Okay, guys, I'm dr. Ahmet Ergin. I'm an endocrinologist in Florida and New York We are going to talk about cherries because it is the season I know you guys are looking at those cherries and some of them are eating a lot of it. I know it Well, that's okay, but let's talk about really. What's the effect of cherries? Now every food and every fruit, right? We'll have a different effect on every person. Everybody's a little different I'm just gonna give you some facts and you will make your own decision about if you want to eat it How much you want to eat it and how much it affects your blood sugar? Now what really determines any fruit to? Spike your blood sugar is based on their glucose content, right? So most fruits are almost all fruits are made with or created with glucose Fructose and when they are combined scrolls Scrolls is the same sugar that you have on the table, you know the white sugar that nobody wants to have, right? But the fructose that you have in the in the fruits are actually a good one because your liver Processed the fructose a lot easier than glucose and the fructose doesn't spike your blood sugar as much I'm not talking about the high fructose corn syrup. That's a totally different beast That's like something that you have to stay there from five miles away But the fructose that comes in the fruit is very beneficial for you It doesn't spike your blood sugar as much and it's easily processed now the fruits that are high in a fructose Like the berries or any berries pretty much is good for you, right? And the apples are not bad But as you get into the grapes and the berries, you know those round sweet things They can be very sneaky because they have a lot of glucose in them The more glucose you have in a fruit the higher the chances of it sparking your blood sugar Now what is the glycemic load of Cherries is around 13 So it's a high glycemic index food and it can spark your blood sugar even if you do not eat too much of it So glycemic load remember anything more than 10 is not good Anything more than 20 is pretty much a suicide for diabetes Anything, you know between four and ten is acceptable But once you go about thin you're taking chances there more than likely will spark your blood sugar now If you are having around one cup of cherries, that's around 15 to 20 grams of carbohydrates in total So it is not horrible if that's the only thing you're having But if you are bringing the entire bag and just eating until you're full you may be in trouble Sometimes people snack on those things mindlessly and that's probably not a very good idea If you don't think you can control yourself and stop eating after a cup of cherries for snack I would suggest don't even start it because you will be in trouble same thing applies to grapes But again cherries are nice. They have a lot of Antrocyanins which are great for vascular system for heart Antioxidants and you don't need a lot of it, right? So if you're having a half a cup or one cup of cherries Will be more than enough to get your antioxidant needs without having to load yourself with a lot of sugar So guys, I hope that helps and if it does, please give a thumbs up like and share and we'll see you in the next one Enjoy your cherries Hey guys, I hope you're enjoying this channel so far and I hope you subscribed already If you didn't do it and if you did watch this video right there I think that will help you too