There is no such thing as the so-called “best” staple food for diabetes, diabetic patients should eat a moderate amount of corn, oats and other coarse grains instead of refined rice, refined noodles, can help to maintain blood sugar stability.
Diabetic patients in the choice of staple food should be based on coarse grains, because the glycemic index of coarse grains than refined rice, refined noodles to be lower, and coarse grains are rich in dietary fiber, moderate intake of dietary fiber can slow down the rate of absorption of carbohydrates, and then play a role in controlling blood glucose.
However, any staple food contains calories, need to pay attention to the right amount when eating, to avoid the total calorie exceeds the standard, thus causing blood sugar fluctuations, affecting blood sugar control.
Therefore, patients with diabetes can eat appropriate corn, oats, millet, black rice, buckwheat and other coarse grains, and accordingly reduce the intake of refined rice, refined flour and other refined carbohydrates, but also should be under the guidance of the doctor’s medication, blood sugar control within a reasonable range.
More food health knowledge, you can consult a nutritionist, under the guidance of the doctor’s scientific and reasonable consumption.