Can you eat soy with high blood sugar?

Soybeans are legumes with a low glycemic index and calories, and can be consumed in moderation by ordinary diabetics. For patients with certain abnormalities, such as hyperuricemia and kidney abnormalities, it is necessary to limit or even avoid the intake of soybeans. Each 100 grams of soybeans contains 36.6 grams of protein, 25 grams of carbohydrates, and a large amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron, and carotene. Soybean contains soy sterols, can reduce the blood cholesterol content, for diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension and other diseases are more ideal food, so patients in the daily diet in moderation to eat soybean is beneficial to the body. In addition, soy beans are satiating and not easily hungry, which is also beneficial for controlling calorie intake. However, there are some diabetic patients are not suitable to eat soy, such as diabetes combined with hyperuricemia patients, such patients should be limited to eat soy, because the purine content in soy is too high, the patient is easy to aggravate the condition after eating, the occurrence of gout. In addition, because beans are high-protein foods, consumption will increase the pressure on the glomerulus, and the non-essential amino acids in soybeans will increase the burden on the kidneys, so the presence of diabetes complications, such as diabetic nephropathy, impaired kidney function, etc., should also be limited to eat soybeans.