It’s very high. Everyone knows that watermelon has a high sugar content, but hawthorn is actually even higher. It is not recommended to eat too much.

1. The sugar content of hawthorn varies greatly depending on the variety, maturity, etc., and generally does not exceed 5. The main sugar content is fructose.

2. Diabetic patients eating hawthorn in moderation can aid digestion, lower blood lipids, and prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular and other diabetic complications. Therefore, it is recommended that middle-aged and elderly patients with diabetes eat some hawthorn appropriately, and hawthorn porridge is most suitable for patients with diabetes and hyperlipidemia.

3. Hawthorn has a high sugar content, with a sugar content of 25% making it a "high-sugar" fruit. Therefore, it is not suitable for diabetics to eat large amounts of hawthorn. In clinical work, we have encountered situations where diabetic patients blindly eat large amounts of hawthorn in order to lower their lipids, resulting in large fluctuations in blood sugar. In view of this, if diabetics want to eat hawthorn. The recommended daily amount is no more than 100 grams, and should be eaten between meals, or you can soak hawthorn in water and drink hawthorn water.

Can eating hawthorn lower blood sugar?

Hawthorn is not very effective in lowering blood sugar, but people with diabetes can eat a little, and there is no problem.

1. Hawthorn is rich in calcium, vitamin C, carotene, flavonoids, choline, acetylcholine and organic acids, which can lower blood lipids and prevent and treat diabetic cerebrovascular complications. It is suitable to eat 3~4 pieces every day.

2. Hawthorn does not have the effect of lowering blood sugar. Eating more hawthorn is not good for the health of patients with high blood sugar. Especially do not eat hawthorn on an empty stomach, because hawthorn is an acidic substance. Long-term consumption will cause acid reflux and gastrointestinal problems. Side effects such as partial discomfort or stomach pain, nausea and mild diarrhea. Long-term consumption of hawthorn will aggravate ulcers, and some hawthorn products are forbidden, such as candied haws, hawthorn slices, etc.!

3. Children, pregnant women, those with excessive gastric acid secretion, those who are physically weak after illness and those who suffer from dental disease should not eat hawthorn. People with indigestion, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and enteritis are suitable to eat hawthorn.