What vegetables and fruits are best for people with diabetes?
Sugar AngelThe special clinic says: What vegetables are good for people with diabetes? This is a question many people with diabetes care about, since the diet of people with diabetes also determines whether diabetes control is effective, and proper dietary treatment is also a key part of diabetes treatment. So, what vegetables are good for people with diabetes? Let's take a look together.
Eat more gourds:
In summer, temperatures are high and the body loses a lot of water, so it must be replenished in time. The water in vegetables is natural, clean, nutritious and biologically active water that has been filtered through multiple layers of biological membranes. The water content of gourd vegetables is all above 90%. Winter melon ranks first among all vegetables in water content, reaching as high as 96%, followed by cucumber, golden squash, loofah, chayote, pumpkin, bitter melon, watermelon and so on. Eating 500 grams of gourd vegetables is equal to drinking 450 milliliters of high-quality water. All gourd vegetables have the effect of lowering blood pressure and protecting blood vessels.
Eat more cool-natured vegetables:
The most important factor affecting the human body in summer is the toxin of summerheat-dampness. Eating some cool-natured vegetables helps promote fluid production and quench thirst, relieve restlessness and summer heat, clear heat and purge fire, and remove toxins and relieve constipation. Among gourd vegetables, except for pumpkin and golden squash, which are warm-natured, the rest such as bitter melon, loofah, cucumber, snake melon, watermelon, melon and so on all belong to cool-natured vegetables. Tomato, eggplant, celery, chrysanthemum greens, malabar spinach (purple triangle leaf), lettuce, asparagus, watercress, jicama and so on also belong to cool-natured vegetables.
Eat more "sterilizing" vegetables:
Summer is a season when human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases, occur frequently. Eating more "sterilizing" vegetables can prevent disease. These vegetables include: garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Welsh onion, scallion, green garlic, garlic sprouts and so on. These onion and garlic vegetables are rich in plant broad-spectrum bactericides, which kill and inhibit various cocci, bacilli, fungi and viruses. Among them, the most prominent is garlic, which is best eaten raw.
Recommended recipes:
Summer Countryside
Ingredients: 240 grams fresh asparagus, 160 grams fresh shiitake mushrooms.
Seasonings: 1 cup vegetarian stock, 1/2 teaspoon each salt and sugar, 1 teaspoon each ginger juice and oil, a little pepper and sesame oil.
Method:
Remove the stems from the fresh shiitake mushrooms, wash them, and simmer them in the boiled seasonings until cooked through (about 1 minute).
Peel off the old fibrous base of the fresh asparagus, put it into oil and salt, blanch it in boiling water for 1 minute, remove it and soak it in cold water for a moment, then put it into the boiled seasonings and simmer for two minutes to let it absorb the flavor.
Cold Lotus Root Salad
Ingredients: lotus root, red chili, scallion. Seasonings: 1 tablespoon each sugar, vinegar and sesame oil.
Method:
Peel the lotus root, wash it, slice it, put it in a bowl, add 1 small tablespoon of vinegar and a little water and soak it. Wash the red chili and scallion separately and chop them. Pour an appropriate amount of water into a pot and bring to a boil, add the lotus root slices and cook until done, remove them, drain the water, put them on a plate, let cool, add the chopped red chili, chopped scallion and seasonings and stir well. Cold Spinach Salad
Method: 2 jin spinach, wash, cut into sections. Blanch in boiling water on the stove, set aside. Seasonings: salt, a little MSG, garlic powder, sesame oil, mix together well. Finally, you can add a few amber peanut kernels.
Garlic Tossed Baby Cucumbers
Ingredients: baby cucumbers, red chili, garlic|
Seasonings: 1 tablespoon each salt, sugar and vinegar
Method:
1. Peel the garlic, remove the stems from the red chili, wash and chop them. Wash the baby cucumbers, cut them in half lengthwise, then cut into sections, and lightly smash them with the back of a knife, put them in a bowl, add the seasonings and mix well, and marinate for 3 minutes.
3. Add the red chili and chopped garlic to the bowl of marinated baby cucumbers, stir well, put on a plate, and drizzle with sesame oil.
Cold Bitter Melon Slices
Main ingredient: 500 grams fresh tender bitter melon. Seasonings: 15 grams each refined salt and white sugar, 10 grams aromatic vinegar, appropriate amounts of pickled chili, MSG, Sichuan pepper oil, chopped scallion and chopped ginger.
Preparation:
Cut off the stem and tail of the bitter melon, split it open, scoop out the seeds and pulp, wash it clean, cut it into thin slices, put it in a bowl, mix the bitter melon with the salt, and marinate for nearly two hours to remove the bitterness.
Wash off the saltiness with cold boiled water, then add the above seasonings and mix well. After 30 minutes, it is ready to eat.
Functions: clears heat and relieves summer heat, brightens the eyes and removes toxins, stimulates the appetite and quenches thirst; it has the five flavors of sour, sweet, numbing, spicy and salty, with a unique flavor.
Official account - Sugar Angel Home -Reminder:Friends with diabetes, eat more of the gourds, fruits and vegetables introduced above; this is very good for blood sugar control, keeps blood sugar stable, and improves quality of life.