Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease, mainly manifested as hyperglycemia. Diabetic patients are very common in China. Diabetes mellitus is mainly caused by insufficient insulin secretion or impaired insulin biological function. In addition to medication, we also need the intervention of eating habits. The diet of diabetes is mainly low in calories, and you can eat some low-calorie vegetables, such as carrots. For chestnuts, it is necessary to control the intake. Next, please ask Shi Qiping, deputy director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, to answer questions about diabetes.

Can diabetics eat chestnuts?

It is ok for diabetic patients to eat some chestnuts properly, but we must be careful not to eat too much at one time, which may have a great impact on blood sugar, leading to instability and increase of blood sugar, which is not conducive to the control of diabetes. Before eating chestnut, patients must control their blood sugar in a relatively normal range and calculate it into the total daily intake of calories. After eating chestnut, they should reduce the intake of other staple foods, so as to better control the stability of blood sugar. Chestnut has the effects of strengthening heart, reducing swelling, strengthening tendons and tonifying kidney, and can also provide certain dietary fiber for human body. As long as the blood sugar can be controlled, it is beneficial to eat chestnuts properly.