Can I eat sweet potatoes if I have high blood sugar? Why?

As a coarse grain, sweet potato is very popular in our life. Some patients with high blood sugar are worried that eating sweet potatoes will aggravate their condition, so they dare not eat them. Sweet potatoes mainly contain starch and have a low sugar content, so don't worry too much.

1. The main nutrients contained in sweet potatoes are starch and protein, and its sugar content is relatively low, so patients with high blood sugar can eat sweet potatoes, but they should eat more vegetables and fruits, and eat less pears and bananas, as these two fruits have a relatively high sugar content.

You can eat sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are similar to rice in that they are mainly composed of starch, but sweet potatoes are sweeter. Eat more vegetables and fruits, and less bananas and pears. Massage the abdomen between the navel and the chest (slightly to the right, which is where insulin is secreted) to improve the blood supply to the pancreas, increase insulin secretion, and lower blood sugar.

2. Diabetes treatment must be based on diet control and exercise therapy. People with diabetes should avoid eating sugar and sugary foods, reduce their intake of high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, eat high-fiber and starchy foods in moderation, and eat small and frequent meals. Sweet potatoes have anti-diabetic effects. Sweet potatoes taste sweet and are rich in carbohydrates, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins, and more than 10 elements including potassium, magnesium, copper, selenium, and calcium. Although sweet potatoes are small, they have great health-promoting effects.

3. Diabetic patients should not eat various cakes, canned foods, jams, ice cream, etc. made with brown sugar, white sugar, honey, and glucose. It can only be consumed when you have hypoglycemia or cannot eat for some reason. In addition, try to eat less potatoes, vermicelli, red beans, mung beans, yam, lotus root, taro, carrots, onions, garlic sprouts, fatty meat, animal fats, egg yolks, kidneys, liver, tripe and other animal offal. Obese people should eat less high-calorie foods such as walnut kernels, sunflower seeds, and peanuts.