Can high blood sugar eat sweet potato

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There are many inedible foods for patients with high blood sugar. Can sweet potato be eaten for patients with high blood sugar? This is a hot issue. Let me answer it for you.

Can high blood sugar eat sweet potato

First, patients with diabetes can eat sweet potato, which can reduce the levels of triglycerides and free fatty acids in diabetes mellitus; studies suggest that white sweet potato has a certain anti diabetic effect.

Second, sweet potato contains a large amount of starch and polysaccharide. If you eat more, it is easy to cause excessive heat energy and affect the control of blood sugar. Sweet potato contains good quality dietary fiber and trace elements, people without diabetes can prevent the occurrence of diabetes. People with diabetes need to control the total amount of calories in their diet. Can diabetics eat sweet potatoes? Yes, but they can only eat in an appropriate amount.

Third, because sweet potato contains more sugar, and more sticky, not conducive to digestion. Diabetics should not eat more than 600 grams of sweet potato every day. They should not eat sweet potato at night, but they can eat it at noon. They should have a reasonable diet and supplement water in time after eating sweet potato.

matters needing attention

Diabetic patients should control their diet at ordinary times, do not eat greasy food that makes blood sugar rise, pay attention to rest at ordinary times, improve the quality of sleep, drink more water, and increase the intake of water.