Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease, in order to control the progress of diabetes, it is especially important to pay attention to reducing sugar intake, so as to make the blood sugar in the body more stable, and also help to stabilize the condition and prevent the aggravation of the disease and many complications.
Tomatoes, as one of the most common antioxidant foods rich in vitamins in our lives, are a vegetable and fruit that many people love very much.
However, many people think that the reason why tomatoes are sweet and sour and delicious is mainly because the sugar content of tomatoes is relatively high, so diabetics are not suitable to eat more tomatoes, if they often eat raw tomatoes, it may affect blood sugar in the body.
So does eating raw tomatoes really affect blood sugar in the body? Doctors suggest that if diabetics want to stabilize their blood sugar levels, it is best to eat less of these tomatoes on weekdays.
Tomatoes are also often said in our lives tomatoes, it is a very nutritious food, generally speaking, it is not only a sweet and sour, beloved fruit, but also a kind of young and old, very delicious vegetables, tomatoes contain a substance called lycopene, this substance has a very strong antioxidant property, often eat tomatoes for whitening and anti-aging has a certain effect, and tomatoes are also known by many people as "walking sunscreen".
Although tomatoes are delicious and nutritious, in the eyes of many people, the sugar content of tomatoes is still relatively high, so if you often eat raw tomatoes in your life, it may affect the blood sugar in the body, especially for diabetic patients, often eating raw or not conducive to the stability of the condition.
In addition, some studies have confirmed that tomatoes are foods with a low glycemic index, and normally eating raw tomatoes does not have much effect on blood sugar levels in the body.
However, for diabetic patients, if they want to be more safe, they can choose to eat tomatoes in small quantities and multiple times, so that the blood sugar level in the body will not fluctuate greatly, thus affecting the condition. However, it is worth noting that if diabetics want to stabilize their blood sugar levels in their bodies, it is recommended to eat less of these tomatoes. That's tomatoes mixed with sugar.
Cold tomatoes are a very popular dish in the mainland, especially during the hot summer months, when they are very popular. In particular, tomatoes mixed with sugar are popular and loved by the elderly and children.
However, for diabetic patients, because a large amount of white sugar will be added to the sugar tomatoes during the production process, the glycemic index and sugar content of this food are relatively high. Therefore, diabetic patients must try to eat less sugar mixed with tomatoes in ordinary times.
In short, for diabetics, if we like to eat raw tomatoes on weekdays, it will not have much impact on our blood sugar, but we must control the amount of intake, if we eat too much at one time, it is still easy to cause blood sugar fluctuations.