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Originally Posted by mandymic
My dad has had high blood pressure for about 20+ years and is on medication for it. Diabetes runs in his family and he's been borderline but trying to control his sugar for the past 4-5 years.
He was drink the Acai Berry stuff for about 3 weeks and his blood sugar shot through the roof! It's been really high now for about a month and he's tried EVERYTHING to get it to go down. This was the only change in diet he made and since he stopped taking it it stopped rising but it hasn't gone down at all.
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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It's FRUIT JUICE, of course it will increase blood sugar. It's not at all unusual for diabetics with very good control of their blood sugar to have this kind of reaction to any sudden increase in high sugar foods (if it had been candy bars or another type of juice it would be the same).
Once blood sugar gets elevated it can take several weeks to get back under control, even after stopping the high sugar food. This is true whether you're talking about natural sugars (in fruits, juices, and grains) or processed ones like sugar and hfcs.