Three kinds of melons and fruits suitable for people with diabetes

The water content in melons and vegetables is very sufficient. According to the data, the water content in general melons and vegetables is more than 90%. Melon vegetables can protect blood vessels and reduce blood pressure, especially wax gourd, balsam pear, towel gourd, cucumber and so on. Proper consumption of melon vegetables for patients with diabetes is beneficial to the body.

Towel gourd is covered with treasures.

Loofah collaterals, rattan leaves, seeds and so on can be used as medicine. Towel gourd vine has the effects of relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation, relieving cough and expectoration, invigorating spleen and killing insects, clearing heat and detoxification, etc. Luffa leaves can be used externally to stop bleeding and detoxification, and can treat dysentery, urticaria, snakebite, scalding burns, traumatic bleeding, ringworm, neurodermatitis and other diseases. Loofah juice can treat sore throat; fresh towel gourd stew rotten soup to cure fever, thirst and constipation.

Towel gourd contains only 4.3% carbohydrates, 100 grams of towel gourd provides only 26kcal calories, is a low-calorie melon vegetables. The xylan contained in towel gourd can combine a large amount of water, increase the viscosity of digestive tract contents, increase the retention time of surimi in the intestine, delay the increase of postprandial blood sugar, and help diabetic patients to control postprandial blood sugar.

Towel gourd also contains a certain amount of zinc, which is the largest trace element in human body, which is related to the synthesis, secretion, storage, degradation, biological activity and antigenicity of insulin. Copper in towel gourd is also a component of a variety of proteins and enzymes, which plays a very important role in maintaining cardiovascular health. Often eat towel gourd, can supplement the body's Mn, Zn, Cu, contribute to the adjuvant treatment of diabetes.

Balsam pear is very suitable for sugar friends.

Balsam pear can not only clear heat and relieve summer heat, but also assist in reducing blood sugar as a "star vegetable". It is very suitable for sugar friends to eat in summer.

Balsam pear tastes bitter and cold, and the Compendium of Materia Medica says it has the ability to clear evil heat, relieve fatigue, clear heart and clear eyes, replenish qi and strengthen yang. It is not only rich in dietary fiber, can delay the absorption of sugars in food, but also ranks first in vitamin C content of melons, about 6-9 times that of cucumbers. In addition, carotene, riboflavin and calcium, iron, phosphorus and other minerals are also rich.

In order to alleviate the bitter taste of balsam pear, some people will boil it in boiling water. But it should be noted that balsam pear has been heated for too long, although it can get rid of bitterness, the loss of vitamin C will also be very serious. Therefore, blanch balsam pear with water for a short time, or use the soaking method. Slice balsam pear and soak it in cold water for about 10 minutes to reduce bitterness without losing nutrition. In addition to being Bitter Melon in Sauce, fresh balsam pear can be washed, chopped and squeezed into juice to drink.

Bitter gourd cold, digestive function is not very good, weak spleen and stomach sugar friends should not cold or juice to eat. Recommended balsam pear stewed bean curd for sugar friends. Balsam pear Shengjin Runzao, heat-clearing and detoxification, tofu can benefit qi and middle, is the top grade of sugar friends summer diet.

Eat wax gourd boldly

Wax gourd heat-clearing and detoxification, diuresis and phlegm, dampness and summer heat, its nutritional value is very high, rich in protein, carbon, calcium, phosphorus, iron and many vitamins, especially vitamin C. For people with diabetes, you can eat more wax gourd in summer, mash the fresh wax gourd and drink it in large quantities, or fry it with 300 grams of fresh wax gourd peel as tea, which has a good effect on preventing heat.

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