Can diabetics drink iced tea?

Diabetes is a common disease characterized by high blood sugar levels. The cause of this disease is generally due to genetic or environmental factors. Patients often show symptoms such as polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia and weight loss. Diabetes needs to be treated in time. Once it develops seriously, it will cause a series of complications such as cataracts. Therefore, diabetic patients should pay special attention to their eating habits.

Nowadays, many people do not have a correct understanding of diabetes and think that they should not eat anything sweet. The most typical example is that some diabetic patients absolutely do not drink iced tea. They think that iced tea has a relatively high sugar content and will cause blood sugar levels to rise. Is this true? Let us take a look at the effects of iced tea.

Promotes fluid production and clears away heat

Drinking black tea in summer can quench thirst and relieve heat because the polyphenols, sugars, amino acids, pectin, etc. in tea produce a chemical reaction with saliva and stimulate saliva secretion, causing the mouth to feel moisturized and produce a cool sensation; at the same time, caffeine controls the body temperature center of the hypothalamus and regulates body temperature. It also stimulates the kidneys to promote the excretion of heat and waste, maintaining the body's physiological balance.

Diuretic

The combined effects of caffeine and aromatic substances in black tea increase blood flow to the kidneys, improve glomerular filtration rate, dilate renal microvessels, and inhibit water reabsorption by the renal tubules, thereby promoting an increase in urine volume. This helps eliminate lactic acid, uric acid (related to gout), excess salt (related to high blood pressure), harmful substances, etc. in the body, as well as relieve edema caused by heart disease or nephritis.

Anti-inflammatory and sterilizing

The polyphenol compounds in black tea have anti-inflammatory effects. Experiments have also found that catechins can combine with single-cell bacteria to coagulate and precipitate the protein, thereby inhibiting and eliminating pathogens. Therefore, drinking black tea is quite beneficial for patients with bacterial dysentery and food poisoning. People also often use strong tea to apply on wounds, bedsores and athlete's foot.

With the above detailed introduction to iced black tea, I believe you have a clearer understanding of the role of iced black tea. Iced black tea will not increase the patient's blood sugar concentration, so diabetics can still drink iced black tea appropriately. It should be noted that iced tea should be consumed in moderation, because drinking too much iced tea can easily cause stomach problems.