How Much Sugar in A Banana and How It Affects Your Health Especially Diabetics

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Sugar has some strong relation to diabetes and blood sugar levels. Therefore, if you have diabetes, you should really pay attention to your sugar intake. Your task is to make your blood sugar as stable as possible.

Stable blood sugar will prevent you from the main medical complications of diabetes. or at least slow the progression. Thus, avoid consuming foods which cause the big blood sugar spikes. Talking about bananas, they are actually a healthy fruit but they come with high sugar and carbs which raise blood sugar levels fast.

So, how much sugar in a banana? Look at this image.

How Much Sugar In A Banana?

1. Sugar Composition in Banana and the Glycemic Index

Based on the image, the sugar is divided into fructose and glucose. Both of them come from the scratch or carbs. In its way, the carbs raise your blood sugar level more than other nutrients. If you are not diabetic people, the high blood sugar will produce insulin which helps you to move sugar out of the blood. But if you are diabetic people, the body won't produce enough insulin or the cells are resistant to the insulin. 

So, how much sugar in a banana? A medium-sized banana comes with 14 grams of sugar and 6 grams of starch. To know whether some food affecting your blood sugar levels, you should use the glycemic index. Bananas come with a glycemic index of 52 and based on the fact, the food with a glycemic index under 55 are considered as low-glycemic index foods. Although it is low, you may not consume it much. 

Read More: How Many Carbs In A Banana?

2. How Bananas Affect Diabetes

For diabetics, one serving should contain 15 grams of carbohydrates. It means you may have a medium banana for two servings approximately. Usually, diabetics consume 45 to 60 grams of carbohydrates for every meal, a banana will be used up to 45 to 60 percent for the permitted carbohydrates. Therefore, you should watch your serving size.

To sum up, most of the fruit comes with sugar naturally, just you who can measure your sugar intake based on your health condition. Especially for diabetics, please be aware more about the glycemic index. 

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