Sweet potatoes are sweet and delicious, and everyone loves them. It can not only be used as a staple food, but also as a snack; not only can be eaten raw, but also cooked. Sweet potatoes contain protein, starch, pectin, fiber, amino acids, vitamins and a variety of minerals, which are rich in nutrients and can meet the needs of the human body. Sweet potatoes are so good, so we must not only ask, everyone can eat sweet potatoes? Diabetic patients can not? Sweet potato is a nutritionally balanced food, it is rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, but also rich in magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and other minerals, is more suitable for diabetics. But it can not be said that sweet potatoes are sugar food, because sweet potatoes contain a lot of starch will eventually be converted into glucose, which ultimately leads to fluctuations in blood sugar, so of course sweet potatoes eat is to raise blood sugar. But why diabetics can eat, this is relative to other staple foods, such as rice, pasta and so on. Sweet potatoes as the main food, certainly slower than rice as the main food to raise sugar. So here it is said that eating sweet potatoes help lower blood sugar, is actually a relative concept. Normal people can eat sweet potatoes through insulin so that blood sugar fluctuates within the normal range, people with high blood sugar should pay attention to the amount of food, a lot of food will make blood sugar rise, a small amount of food is not a big impact on blood sugar. As sweet potatoes are rich in starch, it is best to choose to eat a small amount between meals, between meals blood sugar is in a lower state, eat some sweet potatoes can prevent hypoglycemia, can also increase the sense of satiety, to meet their appetite. If you really want to eat sweet potatoes, you must grasp the amount, appropriate to reduce the main food, a sweet potato is best not to eat all at once, eat more meals, so that blood sugar can be more stable. Sweet potatoes are good, but do not often eat, and do not eat a lot of them, so as not to produce bloating and other uncomfortable symptoms, usually 1 meal per week can be.