Grains and cereals is actually a general term for all food crops, including rice, wheat, soybeans, corn, potatoes, diabetics eat what kind of grains and cereals? Of course is coarse, coarse, coarse grains, including the following three:

One is to refer to corn, millet, sorghum, oats, barley, buckwheat, in addition to rice, wheat outside of the cereals, because they did not "suffered" grinding, ravaging, are retained intact grain.

The second type of rice and wheat, which are also unrefined, are commonly known as brown rice and whole wheat, but with the husk removed, retaining the harder outer layer of the grain and the embryo, which is also called whole grain.

The third refers to mung beans, red beans, lentils, broad beans, kidney beans, dry peas and other legumes (except soybeans), which are not part of the cereal, but the nutritional characteristics and cereals are very similar to the same did not go through the milling, but also can be eaten with the skin.

The fourth refers to potatoes, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, yams, taro, etc., they are also closer to the cereals, some nutritional value even more than the cereals, but also classified as coarse grains.

From these four classifications you can see there is a **** the same characteristics, is basically retained the crop intact particles, and the diabetic is very beneficial to the elements precisely from these intact particles, such as valuable dietary fiber comes from the outer skin of these food crops, which in the body can interfere with the absorption of glucose and cholesterol, inhibit postprandial glucose, but also to improve the bowel environment and prevent constipation. Improve the intestinal environment, prevent constipation, and have a good effect on controlling diabetes and preventing diabetic complications. For example, the health care powerful B vitamins also come from the outer husk and germ of the grain, which helps to promote energy metabolism and improve immune function.

So, the diabetic's staple food more choice of such coarse grains on the right. It should be reminded that, although the coarse grains are good, but also to control the amount of food, in accordance with the requirements of the diabetic dietary pagoda implementation, cereals, potatoes and miscellaneous beans for a total of 250-400 grams per day is appropriate.