"My father-in-law has been suffering from diabetes for many years, and in the past few months, he suddenly started to eat white radish, saying that white radish can lower blood sugar. ”
"The hypoglycemic effect of white radish is better than that of hypoglycemic drugs, and you only need to eat enough 100 catties to take medicine. ”
"Studies have found that white radish has a good hypoglycemic effect, and diabetics should start eating it as soon as possible!"
In recent years, rumors about white radish lowering blood sugar have intensified, is it as miraculous as the legend says?
1. Eat more white radish to help lower blood sugar?
"Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, no need for a doctor to prescribe medicine" I believe many people have heard this sentence, winter is the season of white radish, and eating white radish properly can play a role in health preservation. Is white radish really so expressive that it can help lower blood sugar? Can diabetics eat white radish?
The source of the claim that white radish can help lower blood sugar is that studies have found that white radish contains mustard oil, which can help break down fat and starch and play a role in lowering blood sugar.
Ruan Guangfeng, director of the business department of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, explained that the article explained that there is indeed mustard oil in white radish. This is a sulfur-containing substance, broken down from glucosinolates and found ubiquitously in cruciferous vegetables, but there is currently no evidence that it lowers blood sugar. There are even some epidemiological studies that have found that excessive mustard oil intake is associated with an increased risk of diabetes.
Although white radish cannot lower blood sugar, it is a good food for diabetics. Because it is low in calories and sugar, and rich in active ingredients such as coumaric acid and dietary fiber, which can delay the absorption of food and raise sugar, it can also promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.
In addition to white radish, in recent years, various sugar-lowering foods such as pumpkin, bitter gourd, broccoli, okra, etc. have been sought after by sugar friends, in fact, these sugar-reducing foods cannot play a role in lowering sugar.
A lecturer at the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University said that hypoglycemic food is more of a name for a certain hypoglycemic attribute component in food, not that hypoglycemic food must be hypoglycemic. The content of functional hypoglycemic ingredients in these so-called hypoglycemic foods is relatively low, which is far from achieving the effect of lowering blood sugar, and cannot replace drugs.
2. After studying 184 countries, it was found that 7% of diabetes was eaten?
A team of researchers from Tufts University in the United States analyzed the epidemiological data of diet and type 2 diabetes in 184 countries, and the results were published in the journal Nature Medicine. Research points out that 14.1 million new cases of type 2 diabetes in the world every year can be attributed to poor dietary factors, that is, 7 out of 10 types of type 2 diabetes are eaten. Among them, the three major dietary Xi habits of insufficient whole-grain food intake, excessive intake of fine rice noodles and processed meat are considered high-risk factors.
Diet has always been regarded as a key part of diabetes treatment, so if you don't want your blood sugar to spike, you should eat less of 4 foods.
1. Sugary drinks
Shen Jianguo, deputy director of the endocrinology department of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University, said that diabetics are advised not to drink sugary drinks. High-sugar drinks entering the body will cause a transient increase in blood sugar, increase the burden of pancreatic islets, and be extremely detrimental to blood sugar control. In addition, ordinary people should not drink more sugary drinks, as a sip of the drink will harm multiple organs or tissues in the body such as teeth, skin, stomach, kidneys and bones.
2. Processed meat
A study of 570,000 participants in seven cohorts at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology found that East Asians had a 12% increased risk of diabetes if they consumed too much processed meat. Eating too much processed meat can lead to excessive intake of saturated fat and cholesterol, which can lead to insulin secretion disorders, which in turn can raise blood sugar. Therefore, it is necessary to eat less processed meat products such as luncheon meat, bacon, sausages, and ham sausages.
3. Refined grains
Refined staple foods such as steamed buns, rice noodles, and steamed buns are very high in carbohydrates, which will quickly raise blood sugar after eating, which is not conducive to blood sugar control for patients. Diabetic patients should appropriately increase coarse grains to replace some staple foods.
4. Mashed potatoes
There are a large number of starch particles in potatoes, and then the surface area of the food is increased through heating, grinding and other processes, which will make the food easier to be digested and absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, and the starch substances will also be quickly converted into sugar, so that the blood sugar will rise greatly after meals.
3. There are 4 symptoms when you sleep, which may indicate that your blood sugar is too high
Occasional sporadic blood sugar rises, such as emotional instability and excessive intake of sugary foods, are normal, and this physiological blood sugar rise can be recovered by the body's self-regulation.
However, if your blood sugar is high for a long time, you need to be alert for signs that you may be prediabetes or diabetes. Especially when the body appears these 4 symptoms when sleeping, you need to be highly vigilant that it is caused by a rise in blood sugar.
First, frequent nocturia: patients who are in a state of high blood sugar for a long time will lead to an abnormal increase in osmotic pressure in the body, causing osmotic polyuria. It is manifested as frequent waking up at night, and in the case of not drinking much water, it will also get up 3~4 times at night.
The second is dry mouth and thirst: insufficient insulin secretion in the body will cause blood sugar to rise, and glucose cannot enter the cells, and a large amount of glucose will be retained in the blood circulation. Once the amount of glucose exceeds the threshold of the kidneys, it will be excreted in the urine, and in the process, a large amount of water will be taken away to dehydrate the body, and the patient will have frequent dry mouth and thirst.
The third is hunger before bedtime: if you still feel hungry before going to bed after eating normally at dinner, you should be alert that it may be caused by a rise in blood sugar. Because the blood sugar in the body cannot be absorbed by the intestines normally, it is stored in the blood in large quantities, and the intestines will feel "hungry" because of this, and they need to replenish food.
Finally, itchy skin: high blood sugar can irritate the peripheral nerves in the skin, which in turn can cause itching symptoms. In addition, high blood sugar will affect the normal kidney function, allow urea to accumulate in the body, and also stimulate the skin and cause itching symptoms.
Fourth, if you don't want your blood sugar to get out of control, you have to do these 4 points
If you want to prevent blood sugar spikes, you need to make changes from some details of your life, and these things are important.
1. Eat a healthy diet
The diet should be mainly light, control the intake of salt, oil and sugar, and eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, white meat and other foods appropriately. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to controlling the calories at each meal to avoid excessive calorie intake causing obesity.
2. Don't stay up late
Staying up late can lead to endocrine disruptions that affect the normal regulation of insulin. Studies have found that people who sleep less than 5 hours a night have a higher risk of being diagnosed with chronic diseases within 25 years than those who sleep 7 hours a night.
3. Keep exercising
Exercise is the best way to lower blood sugar, and it is recommended to stick to more than 30 minutes of exercise every day, at least 5 times a week. Exercise should be insisted on for a long time in order to achieve good results.
4. Quit smoking and limit alcohol
There is no doubt that both tobacco and alcohol are harmful to health, and long-term smoking and drinking will not only increase the risk of diabetes, but also increase the incidence of cancer. For the sake of your health, you must quit smoking and drinking as soon as possible.
Diabetes is a very common chronic disease, and we should pay enough attention to this and change bad Xi from now on.
Resources:
[1] "Can Long-term Consumption of "Hypoglycemic Foods" Cure Diabetes?". Popular Science Times 2022-11-04
Scientists analyzed the data of diabetic patients in 184 countries and found three key adverse dietary factors that lead to type 2 diabetes. Singularity.com 2023-04-25
[3] "110,000 people study found that eating these foods regularly is more likely to develop diabetes......! Health Times 2023-12-26
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