Is the sugar content of watermelon high?

The sugar content of watermelon is relatively high, about 5- 12%.

Watermelon can be called "the king of summer", which is cool and refreshing, sweet and juicy, and is a good fruit in summer. Watermelon contains not only fat and cholesterol, but also a lot of glucose, malic acid, fructose, protein amino acids, lycopene and rich vitamin C.

Watermelon is a pure, safe and highly nutritious food. The sugar content of pulp is usually 5- 12%, including glucose, fructose and sucrose. The sweetness increased with the increase of sucrose in the late mature stage.

People with diabetes can't eat watermelon.

The sugar content of watermelon is about 5%, mainly glucose, sucrose and some fructose, which means that eating watermelon will increase blood sugar. Normal people can keep their blood sugar and urine sugar at a normal level because they can secrete insulin in time. People with diabetes are different. Eating too much watermelon in a short time will not only increase blood sugar, but also lead to acidosis and even life-threatening due to metabolic disorder.

The amount of carbohydrates (sugar) that diabetics eat every day needs to be strictly controlled, so if you eat watermelon many times a day. Then, the number of meals and flour products (carbohydrates) should be reduced accordingly, so as not to aggravate the illness.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-watermelon

Refer to the above? People's Network-Can people with diabetes eat watermelon?