為提供糖尿病患者選擇水果之參考,我們針對11種台產水果:香蕉、橘子、木瓜、葡萄、西瓜、香瓜、梨、番石榴、蘋果、楊桃、柳丁以及柳丁汁,先以phenol-sulfuric acid colorimetric method分別測定其單位含醣量後,選擇11位穩定的第二型糖尿病患者為實驗對象,觀察他們使用含醣量相等(17.8公克,相當於一般餐後水果量,約等於一根重110公克的香蕉)的各種水果後,血糖及胰島素的反應曲線。結果顯示,病人食用不同水果後,血糖反應曲線之上升及下降斜率並無不同。食用上述量各種水果後,血清胰島素值並無有意義的升高,而且各水果造成之胰島素變化亦有無意義之差別。因此我們認為擬定糖尿病患者食譜時,對於上述水果而言並無優劣之分。
The effects of various fruits, including apple, melon, papaya, guava, pear, grape, tangerine, watermelon, carambola, banana, orange juice, on postprandial serum glucose and insulin responses in 11 stable type II diabetics were studied. All fruit loads were calculated to contain 17.8 gm of carbohydrate that was equivalent to a piece of banana weighted 110 gm. The data demonstrated (1) All kinds of above fruit elicited similar serum glucose responses; (2) No significant elevation of serum insulin levels occurred after ingestion of above amount of various fruits. Our experiments also revealed that there was no significant difference of serum glucose and insulin responses to above fruits and fruit juice in 11 type II diabetics, and suggested that diabetics could freely select all the above fruits containing 17.8 gm of carbohydrate during mealtime.