What kind of tea is suitable for diabetes
summary
Most of our people have the habit of drinking tea, and different tea has different help for our body. So for patients with diabetes, what kind of tea is better? Next, I'd like to introduce what kind of tea is better for diabetics.
What kind of tea is suitable for diabetes
Green tea: catechins are astringent components of green tea, which can prevent the oxidation of blood vessels and effectively prevent diabetes mellitus complicated with arteriosclerosis; catechins can also slow down the absorption of intestinal sugars and inhibit the rapid rise of postprandial blood glucose. It can also prevent blood pressure and vascular oxidation, and effectively prevent diabetes with atherosclerosis. Green tea also contains vitamin C, vitamin E and other nutrients, which is beneficial to lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipid, preventing cardiovascular disease and preventing cold.
Black tea: black tea contains a lot of polyphenols, which has the effect of promoting the production of insulin in the human body. It can help control the blood glucose level and help diabetic patients maintain stable blood glucose. Most catechins in black tea become theaflavins, thearubicin and polymers with higher molecular weight during fermentation. These polymers have strong antioxidant activity, which makes black tea have anti-cancer and anti cardiovascular effects.
Corn silk tea: corn silk has the effect of hemostasis and diuresis. In southern China, corn whisker and lean pork soup are commonly used to treat diabetes, which is recorded in Lingnan medicine collection record. In addition, many folk prescriptions in China have similar contents, such as soaking corn whiskers in water or cooking corn whiskers in porridge, which have achieved good results.
matters needing attention
Patients with diabetes need to have a correct understanding of their diet in the future. Diet will be related to the condition of diabetes. A little step towards a healthy lifestyle will bring great benefits to the body.
