1. Leeks: The climate in spring is cold and warm, and it is necessary to maintain yang energy. Leeks are warm in nature and are most suitable for the human body. Eating more leeks in spring can enhance the spleen and stomach energy of the human body, but leeks are not suitable for digestion. Do not eat them once. Eat too much.
2. Yam: sweet in taste, mild in nature and non-toxic. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, nourishing the lungs and stomach, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening essence. It is especially suitable to be eaten in spring. It can prevent excessive liver qi from damaging the spleen in spring and enhance the body's resistance.
3. Bitter melon: cold in nature and bitter in taste. It can remove evil heat, relieve fatigue, clear the mind and improve eyesight. Bitter melon clears away heat and detoxifies, relieves restlessness and quenches thirst. Bitter melon is known as "phytoinsulin". Pharmacological tests have found that the bitter melon saponins contained in bitter melon not only have insulin-like effects, but can also stimulate insulin release and have a very obvious blood sugar-lowering effect.
4. Carrots: Diabetic patients will produce a large number of free genes in their blood. It is these free genes that destroy the activity of insulin in the human body. Carrots contain a large amount of beta carotene, which can scavenge free radicals in the body. Therefore, eating more carrots, cabbage and other carotene-rich vegetables in your daily diet is of great help in preventing diabetes.
5. Onions: light in taste and mild in nature, with the effect of lowering blood sugar. It is also found that onions are the only vegetables containing prostaglandin A. Eating more onions can help expand blood vessels, prevent arteriosclerosis, and prevent diabetic complications. favorable. Onions can also lower blood lipids, reduce blood viscosity, and improve atherosclerosis. Regular consumption can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications of diabetes.
6. Lettuce: Lettuce is rich in niacin, which is an insulin activator. Regular consumption is helpful in preventing and treating diabetes. Lettuce can stimulate gastrointestinal motility and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on gastroparesis and constipation caused by diabetes. The potassium ions contained in lettuce are 27 times more than sodium ions, which can promote urination and lower blood pressure.
7. Garlic: Garlic is spicy, warm in nature, can relieve stagnation of qi, and warm the spleen and stomach. Garlic contains alliin and alliinase. When the two come into contact, allicin is produced, which has bactericidal effect. The alkaloids contained in garlic have the function of lowering blood sugar and increasing insulin. More importantly, it has no effect on normal blood sugar levels. In addition, garlic also has the effects of promoting metabolism, relieving fatigue, stimulating the secretion of digestive enzymes in the digestive organs, promoting epithelial proliferation, and accelerating wound healing.
8. Black fungus: Black fungus has anti-platelet aggregation, reduces blood coagulation, can reduce blood clots, prevent thrombosis, helps prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, and also has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and protective properties. It has liver, blood lipid-lowering, blood sugar-lowering effects, as well as anti-tumor activity and inhibitory effect on cancer cells.
In addition to the above vegetables, diabetic patients can also appropriately add celery, rape and other vegetables to their diet, which will help stabilize blood sugar.
Pumpkin and yam cooked in porridge are good for diabetics, as well as lily~~~~~~~~~~~~~