What are the 8 vegetables with significant blood sugar-lowering effects?

Besides taking blood sugar-lowering medication, dietary control and food therapy are also important auxiliary treatments for diabetes. According to domestic and international research, the following eight vegetables have remarkable blood sugar-lowering effects.

1. Nori

Nori is rich in nori polysaccharides, protein, fat, carotene, vitamins, and more. Among these, nori polysaccharides can significantly lower fasting blood sugar. People with diabetes can eat nori before meals to lower blood sugar. Generally, nori can be used to make soup or thick soup.

2. Wood ear mushroom

Wood ear mushroom contains wood ear polysaccharides, vitamins, protein, carotene, and minerals such as potassium, sodium, calcium, and iron. Among these, wood ear polysaccharides have a blood sugar-lowering effect. Animal experiments show that wood ear polysaccharides can lower blood sugar in diabetic mice. Wood ear mushroom can be stir-fried, stewed in soup, or used as an ingredient.

3. Bitter melon

Ancient literature records that bitter melon can treat "xiao ke" (equivalent to what is now diabetes). Modern clinical reports show that bitter melon extract has a significant blood sugar-lowering effect, and the effective rate of bitter melon tablets in treating diabetes is 79.3%. Bitter melon can be simmered in soup or served as a cold dish, or juiced, or dried and brewed as tea.

4. Carrot

Carrot contains various carotenoids, vitamins, anthocyanins, and other components. Experiments confirm that carrot extract has a clear blood sugar-lowering effect. Carrot can be eaten raw or mashed into juice, and can also be used as an ingredient.

5. Water spinach

Water spinach contains protein, sugars, lipids, phenolics, terpenoids, amino acids, and other substances. It has been reported that purple water spinach contains insulin-like components and can be used in the treatment of diabetes. Water spinach can be stir-fried plainly or served as a cold dish.

6. Onion

Onion contains odorous substances such as mercaptan, disulfides, trisulfides, and various amino acids. It has high medicinal value and can lower blood lipids, resist platelet aggregation, fight inflammation, and relieve asthma, and it also has a relatively good blood sugar-lowering effect. Onion can be eaten raw or stir-fried.

7. Garlic

Garlic contains various sulfur-containing volatile compounds, thiosulfinates, glycosides, polysaccharides, lipids, and other compounds. Garlic has good effects in sterilization, antiviral action, anti-inflammation, tumor elimination, lowering blood lipids, protecting blood vessels, and protecting the liver. In recent years, it has been found that garlic has a very good blood sugar-lowering effect and can be used as a dietary therapy for people with diabetes. Garlic can be eaten raw, boiled, braised, or used as an ingredient.

8. Chinese yam

Chinese yam contains substances such as diosgenin, dopamine, batatasin, and various amino acids. In recent years, pharmacological studies have shown that Chinese yam has a relatively good preventive and therapeutic effect on diabetes and can resist blood sugar elevation caused by epinephrine and glucose. Chinese yam can be braised in soup or stir-fried.

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