Can diabetics eat gluten? What should they pay attention to?

The diet of diabetics is completely different from that of normal people, because the blood sugar level of diabetics must be completely controlled, otherwise it is easy to endanger life safety. In addition, most foods contain starch and other substances, which are often converted into glucose in the body. Therefore, diabetics must control their diet. For example, can diabetics eat gluten? What should they pay attention to?

Dietary taboos and suitable foods for people with diabetes

1. Taboos and inappropriate

Taboo fruits: grapes, peaches, apricots, cherries, lychees, bayberries, tangerines, lemons, kumquats, oranges, loquats, persimmons, sand apples, jujubes, golden jujubes, black jujubes, pineapples, longans, coconuts, sugar cane, raisins, candied fruits, hawthorn slices, dried persimmons, canned fruits, etc.

Vegetables that are prohibited from eating: beets, bergamot, bamboo shoots, lilies, water chestnuts, ridges, taro, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pickled garlic, and potato chips.

2. Foods to eat less: bread, steamed buns, flower rolls, pancakes, sesame cakes, rice cakes, rice dumplings, mung bean cakes, red bean paste, noodles, fried gluten, stinky tofu, fermented tofu, etc.

Vegetables to eat less: leeks, coriander, toon sprouts, onions, melons (zucchini, dumpling), lotus roots, Chinese mustard, golden vegetables, peppers, pickled cucumbers, mustard tubers, sauerkraut, and lotus root starch.

Fruits to eat less: apples, pears, star fruit, mango, plums, watermelon, melon

3. Regular and appropriate consumption: Generally speaking, diabetics can eat millet porridge regularly. It is rich in phosphorus, calcium, iron, selenium, zinc, magnesium and other elements, which can regulate blood sugar levels and have diuretic and blood pressure lowering effects. There are also buckwheat cakes, corn porridge, red bean porridge, barley porridge, tofu, tofu pudding, tofu shreds, wheat bran cakes, oatmeal, boiled corn shoots, black sesame paste, black bean cakes, roasted soybeans, boiled white lentils, and mung bean cakes.

4. Vegetables are suitable for eating: Vegetables have little impact on blood sugar (except starchy vegetables) because they are rich in inorganic salts, vitamins and cellulose. In addition, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, etc. also contain bioflavonoids, which are natural antioxidants that can maintain the normal function of microvessels. It is recommended that diabetic patients eat more vegetables. There is also bitter melon, the bitter melon saponin it contains is called "plant insulin".

5. Note : Patients without diabetic nephropathy can eat soy products. People with diabetic nephropathy and renal insufficiency are prohibited from eating soy products. You should not eat too much gluten, which is made of flour and breaks down into glucose in the stomach.