 welcome everybody welcome to sugar MD channel if you haven't subscribed yet by the way just do it right now today we are talking about dates no not the romantic ones we're talking about the dates that you eat or maybe don't eat but today you will learn if dates are really that horrible for diabetics and I'm not gonna give a conclusive answer but you will understand you will get what you want after this video so let's get started so guys the dates I love it do you I would say so let me know what you think write a comment below and give me what you think just be nice sometimes people put like weird comments and just being nice is always a good idea so but guys the dates are full of sugar right we know that but they're delicious we know that too now should I eat should I not eat should I eat should I not eat well debatable let's debate now one dates are around 18 grams of sugar carbohydrates right so you're gonna be like wow wow that's a lot well on the other hand remember when you eat fruit you are getting so many benefits you're not just getting sugar so you have to keep your mind open about things you know what is the benefit what is the risk nothing in life is 100% beneficial or 100% harmful so we live in a gray world in this gray world you have to choose your more white than the blacks and you'll be on the good side with the fruits guys especially the dates are so much antioxidants in it that negates that that free radical damage that may happen with high blood sugars now one of the primary things that you get with the dates is phylovenoids right so that is one antioxidants that make you live longer there is also carotenoids in this indeed dates and what what does it help with macular degeneration now you some of you may have it already you don't have to have diabetes to have macular degeneration but that is one of the most common reason for going blind and if you're eating steak and pork chops every day you're not gonna miss out on this one so you see what I'm saying so another one is a phenolic acid and that is primarily to prevent heart disease and cancer well think about this what do people die from yeah heart attack and cancer right so that's the two killers so you have to have this antioxidants in your system and it's not gonna happen without vegetables and fruits so tell your carnivore friends that endure your life for now but eventually you are going to suffer from the consequences from eating those beef and beef and beef every day morning and noon and evening so definitely I think if lice and mclaude is a little bit on the high side so I'm not saying sit down and eat like three five dates but if you're feeling like oh god I'm hungry no I don't have anything to eat right now I don't want to I hate eating these beef jerky's and the cheese I'm tired of it you know what one date we'll take care of it because there's so much fiber and dates that's not gonna necessarily spark your blood sugar and if you're eating one or two dates it's gonna give you this nice mellow sweet taste and it's gonna spike your blood sugar relatively slowly especially if you add some nuts to it again not nuts can be boring sometimes right like especially if it is non-salted if it is not roasted and stuff like that and when you're salt and roast the nuts there's really nothing much left you're basically killing the nuts but if you put those nuts in something delicious like dates oh my god then you have the bomb bomb.com right that dates that date that you're eating with some nuts could be Brazilian nuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts you name it put some nut to it it's going to give you more omega-3s more antioxidants it's gonna slow the spike of your blood sugar it's gonna give you a prolonged satiety that is like my friend do that again be in moderation if you are eating dates don't eat any other extra fruits and don't go overboard don't say oh dr. Ergen said you can eat mangoes now let me eat some mangoes on top of the dates and he said you can eat that and and then you end up with this huge bucket of fruits no that's not what I'm saying you have to control your portion size you have to make sure that your carbohydrate content over all your glycemic load is still at the reasonable range and if you're a diabetic that you cannot eat even one date without sparking your blood sugar then you pretty much have nothing left in your pancreas so that is not a good place to be you definitely need to see a diabetes specialist to get your life back unless you want to give up on everything you loved once upon a time that were healthy so talk to you later guys give a thumbs up we'll see you in the next video all right thank you for watching and I want you to be more informed and more educated so to do that go ahead and watch this next video right here