Pumpkin:

In recent years, studies at home and abroad show that pumpkin is an ideal food for treating diabetes. Pumpkin contains a lot of pectin Eating pumpkin with starchy food will increase the viscosity of stomach contents and delay the emptying of stomach. Pectin will form a gelatinous substance after fully absorbing water in the intestine, which can delay the absorption of sugar in the intestine and reduce postprandial blood sugar. In addition, pumpkin is rich in trace element cobalt, which is necessary for human islet cells to synthesize insulin, and can promote insulin secretion and lower blood sugar.

Edible Note: Don't eat too much every time, because pumpkin also contains carbohydrates. If it is not controlled, blood sugar will rise due to "too much" total calories; Pumpkins are warm and easy to get angry when eaten too much. Therefore, people with yang sheng constitution should not eat more; Don't eat pumpkins that have been left too long.

Spinach:

Sweet and cold in nature, quenching thirst and moistening dryness, entering the lung and stomach meridians. Has the effects of moistening dryness, clearing away heat, lowering qi, regulating middle warmer and regulating blood. It is suitable for diabetic chest and diaphragm fullness and abdominal distension.

Spinach contains more oxalic acid, which is easy to form calcium oxalate when cooked with calcium-rich foods, which is not conducive to human absorption and has adverse effects on the stomach. Pay attention when cooking. It is the best vegetable for adjuvant treatment of diabetes, thirst and drinking.

Lentils:

Rich in soluble cellulose, it can reduce blood sugar, triglyceride and harmful cholesterol. Boil lentils 30 ~ 50g 1 time a day, which has a good effect on diabetes complicated with dyslipidemia.

Celery:

Cool, sweet and non-toxic; Entering the lung, stomach and liver meridians is a high-fiber food, which produces lignin or intestinal fat through intestinal digestion. This substance is an antioxidant. Eating celery often, especially celery leaves, is very beneficial to prevent hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and has an auxiliary treatment effect.

Celery is cool and slippery, and it should be used with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and intestinal instability.

Onions:

S- methyl cysteine sulfoxide contained in onion has the function of lowering blood sugar and blood fat, and onion also contains sulfonylurea butyric acid, which can reduce blood sugar by promoting the utilization of sugar by cells. Onion also has the functions of lowering blood fat, reducing blood viscosity and improving atherosclerosis. Regular consumption can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications of diabetes. American scientists also found that onion contains prostaglandin A, which can reduce human peripheral vascular resistance, lower blood pressure, increase renal blood flow and urine volume, and promote sodium and potassium excretion, which is of great help to prevent diabetic renal complications.

Edible tip: patients with acute infectious diseases should not eat; Patients with glaucoma and cataract should not eat more; In order to avoid the destruction of nutrients, it is not advisable to heat food for too long.

Bitter gourd:

It is called "plant insulin". Pharmacological experiments show that momordica charantia saponin contained in momordica charantia not only has similar effect to insulin, but also stimulates the release of insulin, which has a very obvious hypoglycemic effect. Some people take momordica charantia saponin preparation orally to treat type ⅱ diabetes. Therefore, proper intake of bitter gourd by diabetic patients is beneficial to control blood sugar.

Edible tip: patients with chronic enteritis should not eat more; Stir-fry when you eat, don't stew for a long time.

Cucumber:

Sweet and cool, sweet and crisp, it has the function of clearing away heat and quenching thirst. Modern pharmacological research shows that the sugar content of cucumber is only 1.6%, and it is a common substitute food for diabetic patients, from which vitamin C, carotene, cellulose and minerals can be obtained. Propanoic acid contained in cucumber can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat in human body. Obese diabetics with hypertension should eat 100g cucumber every day, which is of great benefit. Diabetes diet.

Lotus root:

Sweet taste, cold nature. Meridian of heart and spleen and stomach. Raw use has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis and sobering up; After cooking, it has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and blood, promoting granulation and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for diabetics with polydipsia, thirst, hunger and emaciation, especially for those with hematemesis, epistaxis and heat stranguria.

Radish (radish):

Sexual taste is pungent, sweet and warm. Enter the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat, lowering qi, regulating middle energizer, and removing toxic substances, and is suitable for diabetes with dyspepsia and fullness.

Leek:

Pungent in taste and warm in nature. Entering the liver, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the effects of regulating middle warmer, promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation and detoxicating, and is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and diabetes.

Yam:

It can effectively improve hyperglycemia, and the viscous components in yam are also formed by mucin. Mucin can wrap other foods in the intestine, so that sugar is slowly absorbed. This effect can inhibit the sharp rise of postprandial blood sugar, and avoid excessive insulin secretion, so that blood sugar can be better regulated.

Yam also contains magnesium, zinc and other effective components necessary for insulin secretion, as well as vitamin B 1 and vitamin B2. These components promote the metabolism of glucose in the blood. In addition, yam also contains amylase, which is an enzyme that digests sugar, so that sugar no longer accumulates in the blood.

Tremella:

Sweet and flat in nature, it has the functions of nourishing yin, regulating dryness, promoting fluid production and nourishing stomach. It is not only rich in nutrition, but also has high medicinal value, and is known as the "pearl among bacteria". Tremella is low in heat energy and rich in dietary fiber, which can delay the increase of blood sugar in diabetic patients.

In recent years, it has been reported that tremella contains more tremella polysaccharide, which affects the hypoglycemic activity of insulin. Animal experiments show that tremella polysaccharide can prolong the action time of insulin in animals from 3 ~ 4 hours to 8 ~ 12 hours. Therefore, diabetics should often eat tremella. Usage: tremella fuciformis 15 ~ 20g, stewed, once a day.

Tomato:

Sweet, sour, cool and slightly cold. It can clear away heat and quench thirst, nourish yin and cool blood, and enter the liver, stomach and lung meridians. It has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming liver, nourishing blood and stimulating appetite, lowering blood fat and blood pressure, promoting diuresis to excrete vitamin C, rutin, lycopene and fruit acid contained in sodium, lowering blood cholesterol, and preventing atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In addition, it contains a lot of potassium and alkaline minerals, which can promote the discharge of sodium salts in the blood, lower blood pressure, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on hypertension and kidney diseases.

Lowering blood pressure often leads to gingival bleeding or subcutaneous bleeding. Eating tomatoes helps to improve symptoms. It is suitable for patients with fever, thirst, anorexia, habitual gingival bleeding, anemia, dizziness, palpitation, hypertension, acute and chronic hepatitis, acute and chronic nephritis, night blindness and myopia.

Note: Patients with acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery and active ulcer should not eat it.

Lettuce:

It is rich in niacin, which is an insulin activator. Regular consumption helps to prevent and treat diabetes. Lettuce can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on gastroparesis and constipation caused by diabetes. Lettuce contains 27 times as much potassium ion as sodium ion, which can promote urination and lower blood pressure.

Edible tip: In order to avoid the loss of a large number of water-soluble vitamins, wash them first and then cut them; Lettuce leaves have higher nutritional value than stems, so they should be eaten together. In order to avoid damaging the ascorbic acid contained in lettuce, it is not advisable to store or cook lettuce in copper utensils.

Corn:

Corn can be eaten as a staple food for diabetics and can also be cooked as a vegetable. Corn has the functions of harmonizing the body, appetizing, relaxing bowels, diuresis, lowering blood sugar and blood fat. For patients with chronic gastritis, urinary calculi, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and other diseases, it has very good edible value. Moreover, for patients who are prone to edema, eating more corn can also solve the problem of edema.