Eat 16 kinds of fruits and vegetables that can lower blood sugar levels

　　1. Celery

　　Sweet and cold. It can remove irritability and heat in the heart, dissipate solar terms, and relieve blood stasis. It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure. Patients with diabetes and hypertension can consume it for a long time.

　　2. Lotus root

　　It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. Guixin, spleen, stomach meridians. When used raw, it has the effects of clearing heat and quenching thirst, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, dispersing blood stasis and sobering up; when used cooked, it has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and blood, promoting muscle growth and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for people with diabetes who drink too much but still have constant thirst, hunger, and weight loss. It is especially suitable for those with vomiting blood, epistaxis, and hot stranguria.

　　3. radish

　　(Radish): pungent, sweet, and warm in nature. Returns to the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of eliminating stagnation, resolving phlegm and heat, lowering qi, relaxing the heart, and detoxifying. It is suitable for diabetes due to food accumulation and fullness.

　　4. Chives

　　It tastes pungent and is warm in nature. Enters the liver, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the effects of regulating qi, dispersing blood and detoxifying, and is suitable for Hyperlipidemia、coronary heart disease , diabetic patients.

　　5. Spinach

　　Sweet and cold in nature and flavor, quenches thirst and moisturizes dryness, returns to lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of moistening dryness, clearing away heat, lowering qi and regulating middle energy, and regulating blood. It is suitable for diabetic patients with chest and diaphragm fullness and epigastric and abdominal congestion. Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid. When cooked with calcium-rich foods, it is easy to form calcium oxalate, which is not conducive to human body absorption and has adverse effects on the gastrointestinal tract. You should be careful when cooking. It is the best vegetable to assist in the treatment of thirsty people with diabetes.

　　6. Lentils

　　It is rich in soluble fiber and has the effect of lowering blood sugar, triglycerides and harmful cholesterol. Cook 30 to 50 grams of lentils once a day, which is effective for people with diabetes and dyslipidemia.

　　7. Huangshan

　　It is sweet and warm in nature and has the function of nourishing the five internal organs and replenishing essence and blood. Modern pharmacological research shows that the two substances flavonoid A and B contained in Huangshan have the effect of lowering blood sugar.

　　8. Coix seed

　　It is sweet and slightly cold in nature and flavor. It is a food and medicine product that can nourish the lungs, strengthen the spleen, diuresis and remove dampness. Modern pharmacological research shows that coix seed has the effect of lowering blood sugar, which is especially suitable for people with obese diabetes and high blood pressure.

　　9. Yam

　　It can effectively improve high blood sugar. The sticky and slippery components in yam are also formed from mucin. Mucin coats other food in the intestines, allowing sugar to be absorbed slowly. This effect can inhibit the sharp rise in blood sugar after meals, and at the same time avoid excessive secretion of insulin, allowing blood sugar to be better controlled. Yams also contain active ingredients such as magnesium and zinc, which are essential for insulin secretion, as well as vitamin B1 and vitamin B2. These ingredients promote blood Grape Sugar metabolism. In addition, yams also contain amylase, an enzyme that digests sugar, eliminating the accumulation of sugar in the blood.