Monday, May 23, 2011

Spring diet Diabetes

Spring growing season of all things, the temperature began to pick up, began to rise yang body fat, metabolism, it gradually strong, multi-Xin Gan yang of food to help benefit metabolism. Acid by Gan Yi province, to support the principle of temper. This is because the strong spring, when the liver, spleen qi Wang will be affected, so the spring prone to weak spleen and stomach disorder. And eat sour foods, make partial Kang liver function, so the diet to restore the spring, should choose Gan temperature of the goods, avoid spicy. Food should be light and delicious, avoid greasy, cold and spicy food.

Therefore, people with diabetes should eat in the spring, rich in quality protein, vitamins, trace elements in foods such as lean meat, eggs, fresh vegetables, fruits, etc. to protect the spleen Liver. Here I will introduce some suitable for diabetics diet of vegetables in spring.

1 leek mixed cold and warm spring weather, you need to maintain yang, and chives and warm, the most appropriate body, spring leeks eat more of the gas can enhance the human stomach, but not digested leek, one should not eat too much.

2, yam sweet nature, non-toxic, with spleen Qi, Zi lung stomach, kidney and other functions Gujing. Especially useful, and spring food. Wang injured spleen qi to prevent the spring, but also can enhance the body resistance.

3, bitter: cold, bitter taste. Can Chuxie hot, tired solutions, pure heart and eyesight. Qingrejiedu bitter, Chufan thirst, bitter gourd with "plant insulin" said. Pharmacological tests showed that bitter gourd contains bitter saponin, not only the insulin-like effect, but also stimulate insulin release, a very significant hypoglycemic effect.

4, the carrot: the blood of patients with diabetes will have a lot of freedom in the genes, it is these free human insulin gene disruption activity. Carrots contain a large number of β-carotene, can clear the free radicals, so the diet to eat more carrots, cabbage and other vegetables rich in carotenoids in the prevention of diabetes are of great help.

5, the onion: tasteless nature, have lower blood glucose, and found that onions contain prostaglandin A is the only vegetables, eat more conducive to expansion of blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis, enabling the prevention of complications of diabetes. Onions can lower blood lipids, lowering blood viscosity, improve atherosclerosis, diabetes, regular consumption can prevent cardiovascular complications.

6, lettuce: lettuce contains a wealth of nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid is the activator of insulin, diabetes prevention and treatment of regular consumption of some help. Lettuce can stimulate gastric motility, gastroparesis caused by diabetes mellitus and the role of adjuvant therapy of constipation. Potassium contained in lettuce is 27 times the sodium ions can promote urination, lower blood pressure.

7, garlic, spicy, warm, stagnant air can be solution, warm the spleen and stomach. Garlic contains allicin and garlic enzyme, both resulting from exposure to allicin, a bactericidal effect; alkaloid contained in garlic, with a lower blood sugar components, increase insulin function, more importantly, it has no effect on normal blood glucose levels ; Also garlic can promote metabolism, relieve fatigue, stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes in the digestive organs, and promote epithelial hyperplasia, accelerated wound healing and other effects.

8, black fungus with anti-platelet aggregation, reduce blood clotting function, can reduce the blood clot, to prevent thrombosis, can help control atherosclerosis, but also with antibacterial anti-inflammatory, liver, blood fat, blood sugar lowering effect and anti-tumor activity, inhibition of cancer cells.

In addition to these vegetables, diabetes, diet can be increased in patients with celery, rape and other vegetables, are good in Spring means help stabilize blood sugar.