High blood sugar is troubling many middle-aged and elderly people. There are many reasons for developing hypertension, but what everyone needs to know is that long-term high blood sugar levels are extremely harmful, such as leading to neuropathy, making the cardiovascular system prone to diseases, and causing malnutrition in the human body. Therefore, all patients with high blood sugar should adjust their conditions in a timely manner, such as controlling blood sugar levels through a reasonable diet structure.

1, Oats

Oats have high nutritional and health care value. B vitamins, niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic acid are abundant in oats, especially vitamin E, which can reach 15 milligrams per 100 grams of oat flour. In addition, the composition of amino acids it contains is relatively comprehensive, and the content of the 8 essential amino acids required by the human body is all in the first place, especially lysine, which reaches 0.68 grams.

Barley can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by hyperlipidemia. Taking barley tablets for 3 months (100 grams per day) can significantly reduce cholesterol, triglycerides, and beta-lipoprotein in the cardiovascular and liver, with an overall effective rate of 87.2%. Diabetic patients must strictly control the intake of starch, but at the same time, they should ensure the absorption of other nutrients. Barley has the characteristics of high nutrition, high calories, low starch, and low sugar, so it objectively meets the dietary needs of diabetic patients. Eating barley products can achieve the effect of reducing food intake without reducing nutrition, which can greatly reduce the intake of starch, and is an extremely rare food for diabetic patients.

Hypoglycemic eating method: It can be cooked into porridge or directly soaked as breakfast, but be careful not to add sugar.

2, Seaweed

Seaweed is rich in seaweed polysaccharides, protein, fat, carotene, vitamins, and other nutrients, among which the seaweed polysaccharides can significantly reduce fasting blood glucose. Diabetic patients can eat seaweed before meals to reduce blood glucose. Generally, seaweed can be used to make soup or porridge.

Hypoglycemic eating method: 10 grams of seaweed, 50 grams of lean pork, 300 grams of clear soup, a total of 10 grams of scallion and ginger juice, 20 grams of wet starch, appropriate amounts of sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, and vinegar. Remove impurities from the seaweed, rinse and wash it; mince the lean pork and mix with a little salt. Add the clear soup, salt, monosodium glutamate, and minced meat to the pot, and cook until eight degrees are done, then add the seaweed, thicken with wet starch, add scallion and ginger juice, vinegar, and drizzle with sesame oil.

3, Onion

Onions contain odor substances such as thiol, disulfide, trisulfide, and various amino acids, which have high medicinal value and can reduce blood lipids, inhibit platelet aggregation, anti-inflammatory, and anti-asthmatic effects, as well as good hypoglycemic effects. Onions can be eaten raw or cooked.

Hypoglycemic eating method: 150 grams of onion, 30 grams of soaked shrimp, 5 grams of ginger slices, appropriate amounts of salt, soy sauce, salad oil, cooking wine, sesame oil, and monosodium glutamate. Peel, wash, and slice the onion, and wash the soaked shrimp. Mix cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, salt, and ginger slices into a sauce and set aside. Heat the salad oil, add the onion and shrimp, add the sauce, and stir-fry until done. Drizzle with sesame oil.

4, Garlic

Garlic contains a variety of sulfur-containing volatile compounds, thiosulfinate esters, glycosides, polysaccharides, lipids, and other compounds. Garlic has good bactericidal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipidemic, vascular protective, liver-protective, and other effects. In recent years, it has been found that garlic has a good hypoglycemic effect and can be used as a food therapy for diabetic patients. Garlic can be eaten raw, cooked, or used as a seasoning.

Diabetes Control Diet: Take 50 grams of garlic, 300 grams of white rice, and 100 grams of chicken breast. Salt and oil as needed. Wash the rice, add water to cook into porridge. Clean the chicken breast, slice it. Cut the garlic into thin strips, sauté in oil until golden brown, remove and drain. When the porridge is almost done, add the chicken slices, season with salt, and sprinkle with garlic strips.

5, Black fungus

Black fungus contains木耳 polysaccharides, vitamins, proteins, carotene, and potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, and other minerals. Among them,木耳 polysaccharides have a hypoglycemic effect, and animal experiments show that木耳 polysaccharides can reduce the blood sugar of diabetic mice. Black fungus can be stir-fried or cooked into soup, or used as a side dish.

Diabetes Control Diet: Take 250 grams of soaked black fungus, 25 grams of soaked shrimp, salt, monosodium glutamate, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic paste, ginger juice, sesame oil, peanut oil, and fresh soup as needed. Wash the black fungus, tear into small pieces, blanch in boiling water, drain, and place in a dish. Mix with salt, fresh soup, and monosodium glutamate, add ginger juice and garlic paste, and drizzle a little sesame oil.

6, Konjac

Konjac is a low-calorie, high-fiber food. Due to its large molecular weight and high viscosity, it is excreted slowly in the intestines, which can delay the absorption of glucose and effectively reduce the postprandial blood sugar level. The glucomannan in konjac has a good effect on lowering the blood sugar of diabetics. Because of its strong water absorption and low caloric content, it can increase satiety, reduce hunger, and also help with weight loss, making it an ideal food for diabetics.

Diabetes Control Diet: Take 300g of konjac, oil, salt, chicken essence, soybean paste, soy sauce, green onions as needed. Cut the konjac into small pieces. Boil the konjac in boiling water for a few minutes. Heat the oil, add ginger and garlic, then add the konjac and stir-fry. Add soy sauce, soy sauce, salt, soybean paste, and chicken essence for seasoning. Add a little water and boil for a few minutes to allow the konjac to absorb the flavors. Sprinkle with green onions before serving.

7, Bitter melon

Ancient literature records that bitter melon can treat ‘thirst’ (equivalent to diabetes today). Modern clinical reports show that bitter melon extracts have a significant hypoglycemic effect, and the effective rate of bitter melon slices in treating diabetes is up to 79.3%. Bitter melon can be decocted into soup or made into cold dishes, or juiced or dried and brewed into tea.

Diabetes Control Diet: Take 250 grams of bitter melon, 50 grams of lean pork, 3 grams of sprouts, 25 grams of soybean oil, sesame oil, scallion, ginger juice, and salt as needed. Cut the bitter melon into strips and set aside. Mince the pork and chop the sprouts. Heat oil in a pan, add the bitter melon strips, minced pork, and sprouts, and stir-fry until cooked. Add seasonings and mix well.

8, Yellow eel

Yellow eel, also known as eel, is rich in nutrition, delicious in taste, and has a high medicinal value. The yellow eel contains eel factor A and eel factor B, which have significant hypoglycemic and blood glucose regulation functions and are non-toxic and non-side-effect. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating eel is effective for diabetics.

Diabetes Control Diet: Mainly cooked in clear soup, 500 grams of eel, 120 grams of lean meat, 15 grams of Trichosanthes kirilowii, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 20 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 15 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, cooked together with water, then remove the medicine, food, and fish soup. It has a good effect on alleviating the symptoms of ‘three excesses’. However, those with external infections, fever, or abdominal distension should not eat it. Eating eel should not be excessive, and those with poor gastrointestinal function should eat it with caution.