The Chinese Dietary Guidelines for Diabetes recommend consuming 500g of vegetables per day because they contain a lot of vitamins and fiber, and eating more vegetables can balance the diet and be beneficial to health. However, for diabetics, not all vegetables can be eaten. For example, taro, potatoes, lotus root and other starchy vegetables, because of their high starch content and fast glycemic rate, diabetic patients should be careful to eat, and intake should be reduced accordingly to the intake of staple foods. Shrimp heart ah for you to explain in detail, different starchy foods, why exactly the consumption of things to pay attention to. 1, taro The main component of taro is starch, most of the time can be used as a staple food. Taro cooked calories and sugars are elevated, making it easy to raise blood sugar. So if diabetics want to eat taro, it is recommended to reduce the amount of the corresponding staple food, 100 grams of taro to reduce 25 grams of staple food to ensure blood sugar stability; 2, potatoes Potatoes starch content is high, per 100 grams of potatoes contain 17.2 grams of carbohydrates. Therefore, like taro, sugar lovers should eat 100 grams of potatoes to reduce 25 grams of staple foods. It is best to choose forms such as boiled or steamed potatoes, but you can also choose to stew or stir-fry them into the dish. But it is not recommended to take the practice of fried potatoes, french fries, high-temperature frying will produce a large number of carcinogenic substances such as benzo(a)pyrene, and the fat content is too high, the consumption of sugar faster; 3, lotus root lotus root taste crisp, suitable for soup, but this vegetable starch content is relatively high, per 100 grams of lotus root contains 70 kcal energy, 16.4 grams of carbohydrates, so diabetics better not eat too much; 4, peas Although peas In the food composition list is listed in the vegetable category, but its energy should not be underestimated. Each 100 grams of peas (with pods) contains 105 kcal of energy, 7.4 grams of protein, 0.3 grams of fat, 21.2 grams of carbohydrates, of which 1/5 for carbohydrates, so diabetics better eat less or no peas; 5, pumpkin pumpkin water content is high, not too high energy, each 100 grams of pumpkin contains an average of 22 kcal of energy, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 5.3 grams of Diabetic patients eating 100g of pumpkin, need to reduce 15g of staple food. In summary, for low glycemic index vegetables diabetic patients can eat more, but high glycemic index vegetables can also cause blood sugar fluctuations if eaten in excess, and usually should be properly controlled. References [1] Ge S, Zhang Piece H, Ma Aqin et al. Dietary Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes in China and Interpretation[J]. Journal of Nutrition,2017(6):521-529. [2]Yuan Han. Concise food nutrient composition table[J]. Food and Health,2006(2):26-31. [3] Fang Zhaohui. Eating pumpkin with a reasonable diet[J]. Family Medicine,2019(3):41.