Should diabetics eat bananas?

My guess is that diabetics really shouldn't eat bananas.

They're a healthy food generally, but the sugar content is just too much for the typical diabetic. At least that's the general impression I have. Like almost everything else related to diet for those with diabetes, it's never clear cut.

If you think of the carb content of an "average" serving of food as about 15 grams, then the 27 grams in a banana is pretty high. I'm not positive that 15 grams is the right per serving benchmark but it's the rule-of-thumb they taught in the VA hospital sponsered seminars on diets for diabetics that I went to a couple of years ago.

The party line is that a serving of fresh fruit is a serving of fresh fruit, but I'm not convinced.

Banana is a very sweet fruit (even if it doesn't taste sugary) and some of the more rational advisors suggest keeping those serving sizes of very sweet fruit small and limiting them to inclusion with meals that have some fat and protein (fat and protein help the body process the high sugar).