Modern people's staple food, whether it is outside the restaurant or cooking at home, most people will choose rice, rarely eat whole grains, coarse grains. In terms of healthiness, rice is milled, crushed, and the hard outer shell removed, leaving the starch as the largest percentage.

By steaming rice, the final rice because of starch, after encountering water expansion, all gathered together, and finally waiting for people to eat, and then to the intestines and stomach digestion and absorption, so as to supply heat to the body. However, there are a large number of studies showing that regular consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.

So, it is more recommended that healthy people as well as people with chronic diseases eat more whole grains, of which black rice is a good choice, and folk say that eating black rice can lower blood sugar.

In traditional Chinese medicine, black rice is considered to be in the kidneys, and there are claims that it can tonify the kidneys. After the modern nutritional confirmation, black rice can not tonic kidney, can not lower blood sugar, but for diabetic patients, there are several effects do not miss:

Black rice is an "antioxidant":

Black rice and rice compared to the color of the distinction, in addition to black rice, black rice overall nutritional value are higher than rice, which is rich in anthocyanins, it is rich in anthocyanins, it is a good choice. It is rich in anthocyanins, which are known as "antioxidants" in the nutritional world, and relevant experiments have found that it has antioxidant, slowing down the aging of the body, and lowering the benefits of low-density lipoprotein in the blood.

While further research is needed, eating whole grains in moderation for diabetics is beneficial for protecting cardiovascular health and preventing cardiovascular disease.

Black rice has a positive effect on delaying postprandial blood sugar:

Clinically, it is believed that for diabetic patients, in order to better achieve the amount of food control at each meal, it is more conducive to the control of postprandial blood sugar to consume five meals a day, compared to three meals a day. Additional meals in between can be chosen from yogurt, milk, corn, etc.

The main meal can be accompanied by black rice, black rice is a non-glutinous rice, and other whole grains compared to black rice to be more chewy, and at the same time rich in a large number of dietary fiber, this nutrient has a water-absorbent, to reach the stomach and intestines can increase the volume of intestines and stomach, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing the amount of food eaten to stabilize the postprandial blood glucose.

Black rice has a low glycemic index and is suitable for people with high blood sugar:

Black rice has a glycemic index of 42, and each 100 grams of black rice contains 256 mg of potassium and 147 mg of magnesium, which is not only suitable for diabetic patients with high blood sugar, but also for people with high blood pressure. Eating some potassium-supplemented food in moderation every day is conducive to discharging excess sodium ions in the body and stabilizing the sodium-potassium balance in the body.

In the way of consumption, the best way is to eat mixed grain rice, which add black rice, can realize food diversity. If you are eating black rice porridge, diabetic patients should pay attention to the cooking time, do not boil for a long time, if too soft, not conducive to the rate of blood glucose decomposition, may be unfavorable to the blood sugar level.