<h1>What is good to eat for diabetes? </h1>
Today is not a generalization, but a good staple food for diabetics based on a latest research, which is the lentil.
It should be noted that Lentils are not small lentils, if you are used to learning information from Baidu, then please see Baidu Encyclopedia's Bing Bean entry, not the Lentil entry. Because under the lentil entry, some "small" lentil content is indeed given.
Even under the Bing Bean entry, a lot of "medicinal value" is said, but there is no mention of diabetes.
<h1>Latest research: Lentils can significantly reduce blood sugar response</h1>
According to a new study from the University of Guelph in Canada, the use of lentils instead of the usual carbohydrate staple can lower blood sugar levels by more than 20%.
Specifically, replacing half of the rice with lentils can reduce blood sugar by 20%, and replacing half of the potatoes with a drop in blood sugar by up to 35%.
The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, enrolled 24 healthy adults, using a cross-design, 2 groups of 24 healthy adults randomly fed 50 g of carbohydrates from different food sources, derived from white rice, potatoes, respectively, or using three common commercially available lentil AC (big green, small green, and red) to replace a mixed meal of half of the carbohydrates in the above foods. Glucose and insulin levels were then measured on fasting and postprandial blood samples from volunteers.
The results showed that after eating large green, small green and peeled red lentils and white rice 50:50 mixed meals compared with eating white rice alone, the highest blood glucose value and the area under the blood glucose value curve (total absorbed sugar) decreased significantly, and the blood glucose level decreased by an average of 20%.
Compared with eating potatoes alone, after eating large green, small green and peeled red lentils and potatoes 50:50 mixed meals, the highest blood glucose value and the area under the blood glucose value curve (total absorbed sugar) decreased significantly, and blood glucose levels decreased by an average of up to 35%.
Obviously, studies have found that replacing half of the carbohydrates in high glycemic index foods with lentils can significantly weaken the postprandial blood sugar response in healthy adults, indicating that replacing some of the staple foods with lentils can help prevent and control blood sugar and diabetes.
The control of blood glucose and insulin levels also helps to inhibit fat synthesis, thus helping to prevent obesity.
<h1>Lentils, beans of extremely high nutritional value</h1>
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Nutrition Database, 100 grams of raw lentils can provide 353 calories, which is only 18% of the daily requirement, but can provide more than 50% protein, more than 100% dietary fiber, and a large number of vitamins and minerals over 20%, including folic acid (120%), thiamine (vitamin B1, 58%), pantothenic acid (21%), vitamin B6 (27%), phosphorus (45%), iron (42%), zinc (32%), magnesium (31%), and potassium (27%) etc.
In addition, lentils are also rich in important nutrients such as carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin.
Moreover, lentils are not a rare thing, but a widely distributed legume crop in the world, or one of the staple foods in some parts of South Asia, and are also widely cultivated in many parts of China.