How to Control Blood Glucose through Diet for Diabetes

Diabetes is a systemic metabolic abnormalities disease with the symptoms of polyphagia, polydipsia and dieresis mainly. It is caused by lack of insulin secretion, leading to carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism disorder, resulting in too much glucose in the blood. So the glucose goes through the kidneys and is discharged through urine. Besides timely treatment, proper diet is also important.

Diabetes patients should eat vegetables that contain low sugar. The vegetables that contain only 1% to 3% of sugar are: cabbage, bitter gourd, spinach, rape, celery, leeks, cucumber, melon, eggplant, tomato, towel gourd, wild rice, bamboo shoots, cauliflower, zucchini, green bean sprouts, fresh mushrooms.
The vegetables that contain about 4% of sugar are: carrot, bell pepper, pumpkin.
The vegetables that contain more than 4% of sugar are: cowpea, lentils, carrots, garlic.

Potatoes contain 20% of sugar so if the patients eat it, they should eat less staple food.

In a variety of vegetables, cabbage, bitter gourd and pumpkin should be particularly worth mentioning. Cabbage contains less sugar, but it is slightly sweet. So many patients don’t want to eat cabbage. That is a common misconception.

The bitter gourd is a little bit bitter but it is rich in vitamin C. Per 100 grams of bitter gourd contains 84 mg of vitamin C, which is enough for the daily requirement of an ordinary person. The researchers have isolated insulin-like substances from bitter gourd, which may have the function of reducing blood glucose. Therefore, bitter gourd is often used as a kind of food therapy for Diabetes patients. However, its function of reducing blood glucose still needs further study.

Food therapy is the therapeutic foundation of treating Diabetes, which is one of the most fundamental treatment methods. No matter what type of Diabetes with different severity or complications, or whether the patients take insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents, strict diet should be followed.