I was flipping through the channels yesterday and stopped on Paula Deen with some new show where I guess she has too cook healthy recipes now since being diagnosed with diabetes.  I think her guests made yogurt for a living and they came up with this combination.  It was ice cream yogurt, then on top of that was fig sauce, then drizzled green olive oil and sprinkled course sea salt on top of that.

i have diabetes.. i don't know what is worse. not eating all the stuff that i want or eating bunch of crap people are coming up with..

pete

I am a newly diagnosed diabetic as of  this last Dec (Type2) I have had to do a TOTAL lifestyle change  with what and how I eat. I can't believe all the crap they try to sell ya  or some of the recipes that I've seen online and in a few books .

I have learned that most things labeled as "diabetic friendly" aren't.  This is especially true of "sugar free" versions of foods.  For those of you are diabetic, pay attention to you b/s after you eat figs.  Interestingly enough, not all varieties have the same impact on glucose levels as others.

I'm not a big fan of cooking with figs.  I much prefer to eat them fresh.  Having said that, there is one recipe I am very fond of that is similar to the one above.  It's kind of my version of figs foster... cut ripe figs in half, press the cut side into some brown sugar, put them in a pan with melted butter cut side down so the sugar can start to caramelize.  When the figs soften a bit, pour over vanilla ice cream and eat.

~james

There are three issues with a "list". 

Firstly, I don't have a list.  The mental notes I made a long time ago when only one variety was ripening at a time have left my brain.  I can say 'Celeste' has (believe it or not) one of the least impacts on my b/s. 

Secondly,all of us react differently to foods.  As an example, within the first few months of being a diabetic, my b/s dropped while in my endocrinologists office.  The nurse brought me several cans of orange juice.  After drinking a couple of them, my glucose levels were not returning to normal.  We eventually found a can of Dr. Pepper and that did the trick.  So some personal experimentation is needed.

Thirdly, all foods are not created equal.  This is especially true of fruits and vegetables.  An oenophile's score card will illustrate this.  Wines from different regions/years taste different.  We can see the same thing with figs within the walls of this forum.  Similarly, impacts on glucose levels vary as well.  Cultivar, soil, climate, etc. alter (sometimes a little, sometimes not so little) the food.  One of my favorite "diabetic" stories is about bbq stuffed baked potatoes.  There is a place near my house in Houston where I would get one on a very regular basis.  They also knew I was a diabetic and would weigh my potato for me so I could take the right amount of insulin.  After many years of enjoying their potato, I started having a problem with my glucose levels dropping after I ate them.  At first, I thought it was a fluke and didn't think much of it, but it was happening consistently and I found myself taking 30% less (a significant amount) insulin than before.  So I talked to the owner about the problem and we went through every component of the meal... the meat, the sauce, etc. and could not come up with a reason why anything would be different.  He called his wife out from the back of the restaurant and asked her if anything had been changed.  She said that six months earlier (around the time I started having problems) she had changed suppliers and they were sending a different potato. 

My guess (and it's only a guess since I don't use the exchange system) is if you are eating figs as one of the  fruit and vegetable exchange, any variety or a mix of varieties will be close enough not to matter too much.  If you are eating figs as 3, 4 or more exchanges, some adjustments may need to be made to maintain proper glucose levels.

~james

Well the recipe for fig sauce might be interesting.

I heard that fig tea, made using fig leaves, helps diabetes. 

Look up  Figs Leaf Benefit for Health by zaiton on this forum.