If it is used as a staple food, it can usually be mixed with other grains such as rice, oats, Redmi, mung beans, red beans and coix seed to make miscellaneous grains rice. There are so many varieties that you can freely match them according to your own taste. For miscellaneous grains rice, we actually advocate that diabetics eat it. Because it contains enough dietary fiber, it can delay the absorption of sugar.
In the northern part of China, we also make pancakes with millet flour as the staple food, or make pancakes with other grains, which is also one of the very good pasta.
The calorie of millet porridge is 46 kilocalories. Although the calorie is relatively low, the index of sugar rise is relatively good because of its liquid diet. Therefore, for diabetics who can eat normally, we don't recommend that you drink porridge.
So can diabetics drink millet porridge?
If your blood sugar is not up to standard recently and fluctuates greatly, you are not recommended to drink pure millet porridge. The GI value of millet porridge is between 79 and 93, which is related to the soaking time and cooking time. The longer the soaking and cooking time, the greater the impact on your blood sugar.
If your blood sugar is relatively stable recently, and you especially want to eat some millet, it is suggested to choose some non-sticky millet, and only wash it without soaking, and at the same time add other coarse cereals (oats, etc.) to cook it together. The cooking time should not be too long as possible, and the taste of some raw materials should be preserved. It is possible to drink some millet porridge in moderation.
Another suggestion for diabetics to eat millet is actually to steam millet or millet miscellaneous grains rice. It is certainly not recommended to steam it for too long without soaking, so that the GI value of steamed millet is between 64-71(the glycemic index of soaked millet is around 79, and the GI of rice is around 90).
This is enough to show that the change value of glycemic index of millet porridge is relatively greatly influenced by the variety, whether it is soaked or not, and the cooking time. For diabetics, you can choose millet, millet miscellaneous grain rice or millet miscellaneous grain porridge, and pay attention to the cooking time and collocation. The pure millet porridge is not suitable because it is soft and rotten, and its blood sugar reaction is relatively large.
So since the sugar content of millet is so high, why can diabetics still eat it?
Even if millet has no special significance in promoting blood sugar control, it will not become worse. At the same time, millet has higher nutritional value compared with rice. In the case of the same blood sugar reaction, it is also recommended to use millet instead of rice.
Nutrients such as carotene, vitamin B, vitamin E, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc and selenium in millet are actually higher than those in rice.
It is more meaningful for diabetics to supplement nutrients and promote their own health, especially for diabetics who lack vitamin B group and diabetics with hypertension.
However, some elderly people who are relatively poor in constitution can eat. If they have just undergone gastrointestinal surgery and need to eat with a stomach tube, as a transition to normal diet, they can drink some millet porridge. However, it is necessary to adjust the whole treatment plan, because the blood sugar rises relatively quickly, and it is necessary to increase the drugs that control postprandial blood sugar quickly.
Diet needs to be quantified regularly. For example, patients who eat through a stomach tube may eat different foods for four hours, but it is best to fix different foods in each time period. For example, eat millet porridge at 6:00 am and try to eat millet porridge at this time tomorrow, so that doctors can use different amounts of drugs according to regular eating and keep their blood sugar stable.