Dietary therapy is an important means to control diabetes. Research at home and abroad has found that the following kinds of vegetables have good hypoglycemic effect.

Black fungus: contains fungus polysaccharide, vitamins and a variety of minerals, of which fungus polysaccharide has a hypoglycemic effect. Diabetic mice experiments have confirmed that it can significantly reduce blood sugar. Black fungus is easy to eat, both fried vegetables, can also be stewed soup or as ingredients.

Bitter melon: Ancient medical literature has recorded that bitter melon can treat "thirst", that is, the modern medicine of diabetes. Bitter melon extract has a significant hypoglycemic effect. It is also easy to eat, can be stir-fried or cold.

Onion: contains a variety of amino acids, thiols, disulfides, etc., in addition to the hypoglycemic effect, but also hypolipidemic, anti-platelet aggregation effect. Onions can be eaten raw or fried.

Carrots: contains many kinds of carotene, vitamins and anthocyanins and other components, extracts have hypoglycemic effect. Carrots can be eaten raw or cooked, can also be used as ingredients.

Garlic: contains a variety of sulfur-containing volatile compounds, sulfur sulfite esters, glycosides, polysaccharides and other compounds. In recent years, it has been proved that garlic has a good hypoglycemic effect, can be used as a dietary therapy for diabetic patients. Raw food is more effective, but many people are difficult to accept its odor, so it can be cooked or put more ingredients. Some people use 50 grams of garlic, 100 grams of chicken breast, are cut into shreds, add 300 grams of rice porridge, cooked into garlic chicken porridge, add salt to eat.

Yam: contains yam glycoside hydrochloride, dopamine, a variety of amino acids. Pharmacological studies show that there is a certain effect of lowering sugar. Yam is mostly used for fried food, but also can be simmered soup.