What are the appropriate foods for diabetic patients?

  The main choice for diabetic patients is food that can delay the rise of blood sugar and blood lipids.  Bitter melon: tender flesh, cold and bitter, rich in a variety of nutrients, especially the content of vitamin C is the highest among all kinds of melons. Pharmacological tests have found that the bitter melon saponins contained in the bitter melon, has a certain hypoglycemic effect, not only insulin-like effects, known as plant insulin, but also the function of stimulating insulin release. So diabetic patients often eat with some bitter melon, conducive to the control of blood sugar.  Onion: sweet and white, contains prostaglandin A and sulfur-based amino acids, has dilated blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, prevent atherosclerosis effect, beneficial to the complications of diabetes.  Cucumber: crisp and sweet, sugar content of only 1.6%, diabetic patients can this instead of fruit consumption, and can get vitamin C, carotene, fiber, minerals, etc.. Cucumber also contains malonic acid, can inhibit the body of sugar substances into fat, so the body of obese diabetic patients and the combination of high blood pressure, high blood pressure of diabetic patients should eat more cucumber.  Silver fungus: It is rich in nutrition and has certain medicinal value, so it is known as the pearl of mushrooms. Silver fungus is low in caloric energy and rich in dietary fiber, so it has the effect of slowing down the rise of blood sugar in diabetic patients. In recent years, it has been reported that silver fungus contains more silver fungus polysaccharide, which has a significant effect on insulin hypoglycemic activity. In animal experiments, it was found that silver fungus polysaccharide could extend the action time of insulin in animals from 3 to 4 hours to 8 to 12 hours. Therefore, it is beneficial for diabetic patients to control blood sugar.  Lettuce and bamboo shoots: Both sugar and fat content are very low, among which lettuce contains insulin activator, which is beneficial to diabetic patients. Bamboo shoots are high-fiber foods, which can delay the digestion of food and absorption of glucose in the intestines of diabetic patients and help control postprandial blood sugar.  Soybeans and their products: they are rich in protein, inorganic salts, vitamins, in addition to soybean oil, there are more unsaturated fatty acids, both to reduce blood cholesterol, but also to reduce blood triglycerides, the gluten sterols contained also have a lipid-lowering effect.  Coarse grains: such as oat noodles, buckwheat noodles, hot cereals, corn flour contains a variety of trace elements, vitamin B and edible fiber. Experiments have proven that they have the effect of delaying the rise of blood sugar. Available corn flour, bean flour, white flour in the ratio of 2:2:1 made of triple noodles steamed buns, pancakes, noodles, long-term consumption, not only conducive to lowering sugar and fat, but also reduce hunger.