Food is the most important thing for the people, and diet is an essential part of people’s lives.
What to eat every day? How much to eat each meal? I believe these are issues that most diabetes patients care about. Because only by eating healthily can blood sugar be controlled well and the occurrence of complications be delayed.
In the hot summer weather, a variety of delicious food opens up people’s appetites, which can easily cause blood sugar fluctuations. Diabetes patients must pay attention to choosing suitable foods for themselves.
The following eight types of foods are beneficial for preventing and treating diabetes, now shared with diabetes patients.
01
Low-fat, low-sugar foods
Diabetes patients should try to choose foods with low fat content and low sugar content, such as legumes, bean products, and fish.
Summer is the time to eat eel. Eel contains eel fish substance A and eel fish substance B, which can help diabetes patients regulate blood sugar. It’s worth eating more often.
02
Eat “bitter” more in summer
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the vast majority of diabetes patients belong to a constitution of Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity, and coupled with the hot summer weather, people are prone to internal heat.
Therefore, diabetes patients can appropriately eat more “bitter foods,” such as bitter buckwheat, bitter melon, bitter tea, lotus seeds, American ginseng, etc., which can help clear heat, reduce fire, and assist in controlling blood sugar.
03
Foods with insulin-like effects
Diabetes patients’ pancreatic function is impaired, and the body lacks insulin.
Some foods contain substances that have insulin-like effects, such as bitter melon, mulberry leaves, mulberries, evening primrose, lobular willow, common purslane, and guava leaves, which diabetes patients can eat appropriately.
04
Foods with low glycemic index
Food with a glycemic index below 55 raises blood sugar slowly. Among similar foods, it is recommended for diabetes patients to choose foods with a low glycemic index, such as yogurt, milk, grapefruit, lotus root powder, pears, etc.
05
High-protein foods
Diabetes patients should intake a certain amount of protein every day, especially high-quality protein, such as milk, fish, eggs, legumes, all of which are foods containing high-quality protein.
06
High dietary fiber foods
Foods rich in dietary fiber not only increase satiety but also are beneficial for blood sugar control, such as mushroom roots, algin, bamboo shoots, yam, sweet potatoes, and green vegetables, all of which are rich in dietary fiber.
07
Fungi foods
Fungi foods have low sugar content, are nutritious, and come in a variety of types, making them quite suitable for diabetes patients.
Mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, black fungus, tremella, mushrooms, etc., are available all year round. It is recommended for diabetes patients to eat 50 grams of fungi foods every day.
08
Foods rich in selenium
Selenium has physiological activity similar to insulin in regulating sugar metabolism, which can help lower blood sugar and alleviate diabetes symptoms.
In our daily life, there are many foods rich in selenium. For example, sesame, mustard greens, garlic, mushrooms, fish, lobsters, asparagus, and so on.
Overall, no food can directly lower blood sugar, but choosing the right foods can help diabetes patients control blood sugar. It is recommended that diabetes patients develop good dietary habits, quit smoking, drink alcohol cautiously, and try to maintain a good mood every day.
