When you think of carbohydrates, you probably think of bread, pasta, and potatoes.
But carbs are also in grains, legumes, starchy vegetables, milk, yogurt, and fruit.
They’re one of the three main energy sources in our food and they provide the body’s preferred fuel source for the brain, nervous system, and exercising muscles: glucose.
Unfortunately, patients with diabetes have difficulty converting that glucose into energy.
When glucose can’t be used, it stays in the blood and results in high blood sugar.
Patients with diabetes take medications to help increase their insulin levels or make insulin function properly so their bodies can get the energy it needs.
This Health & Medicine Lab video talks about whether people with diabetes can eat fruits bananas.
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