Is poha recommended in diabetics for breakfast? - Dr. Sanjay Phutane

Poha is nothing but flaked rice, poha depending on how much you consume like say 150 grams in each serving it can give you 300- 350 calories. It also depends on how you prepare if you do it with just tomato and onions the calorie value would be less around 250- 300. If you add on things like peanut it increases the calorie value. it is safe for diabetes because glycemic index of poha is quite less and it reduces further more if you add ingredients more of fibre like tomato, onion it comes down. The second part if you add peanuts or some other ingredients it could furthermore come down. Poha is good for diabetics because the glycemic conversion of sugar from poha takes a lot of time, which we count in the form of glycemic index you can take it easily.