At present, diabetes in China is on the rise, and it is younger. More and more people suffer from diabetes, so controlling blood sugar should attract everyone's attention. Diabetes mellitus is a disease of glucose metabolism, which can not effectively reduce blood sugar due to its own islet function problems or insulin resistance. In order to give insulin more time to lower blood sugar and provide itself with a better hypoglycemic environment, sugar lovers had better choose foods with low total sugar content and low glycemic index.
GI is an important index to measure the glycemic index of food, which represents the ability of food to raise blood sugar per unit time. If the GI is higher than 55, it belongs to the food with medium glycemic index. If it is higher than 70, it is best not to eat it. In addition, there is the blood sugar load GL of food. Imagine that GL represents the number of factors that raise blood sugar in a food. Generally higher than 10, not suitable for sugar lovers.
The sugar content of most vegetables is not high, so the glycemic index is low and the water in vegetables is rich, so the sugar load will not be high. Moreover, plant food is rich in dietary fiber, which can inhibit the absorption rate of sugar and is also very beneficial to stabilize blood sugar. People who love sugar can choose all kinds of vegetables to eat.
For example, most green leafy vegetables are not only nutritious, but also rich in dietary fiber, which is very beneficial to sugar lovers, such as spinach, sweet potato leaves, pea tips, shepherd's purse, water spinach and so on.
Vegetables rich in dietary fiber are also optional dishes for sugar lovers, such as onion, celery, houttuynia cordata, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, pagoda, etc. ).
(3) Vegetables rich in antioxidants and nutrients, such as tomatoes, purple potatoes, purple cabbage, sherry red, cabbage head, okra and asparagus.
Vegetables with low fat and low heat, sufficient water and rich dietary fiber: such as white radish, cucumber, towel gourd, wax gourd, bitter gourd and konjac.
The only thing to pay attention to is starchy melons and fruits, such as pumpkins and potatoes, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, yams and taro. These vegetables are rich in starch, which will eventually be decomposed into glucose, and excessive intake will also affect blood sugar. However, these vegetables are also small assistants to stabilize sugar. They can replace flour and rice as staple food, and can also be eaten together with flour and rice, which can not only increase the intake of dietary fiber, but also provide sufficient energy and supplement more beneficial ingredients. If these starchy fruits are eaten as side dishes, sugar friends can appropriately reduce the intake of some staple foods to avoid excessive starch intake, which is not good for blood sugar.