People with high blood sugar should avoid foods high in sugar, so why can they eat fruit? Isn't fruit high in sugar? Actually, although all fruits contain sugar, they not only do not raise blood sugar but can also have the effect of lowering it. For example, eating the following eight fruits is a good choice...
【Apple】
This is a fruit that can be called versatile and is one of the top four fruits in the world, suitable for most people to eat. The sugar in fruit is mainly fructose, and according to the sugar content, apples should be classified as medium-sugar fruits. Why are apples suitable for people with high blood sugar? Because apples contain a large amount of dietary fiber, which can absorb a lot of water after eating and reduce the body's absorption of other sugars, thus playing a role in controlling blood sugar.
【Cherry】
In everyone's impression, cherries are a sweet and sour fruit, and the sugar content of about 100g of cherry flesh is around 8g. Because cherries are a general term for a category of fruits, people with high blood sugar should avoid varieties that are too sweet when choosing cherries. The effect of cherries on blood sugar is that they can secrete an insulin-like component, which can play a role in treating high blood sugar.
【Pomegranate】
For people with high blood sugar, pomegranate is also a relatively good fruit. Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that pomegranate is sweet, sour, and astringent in nature, and warm in nature. It belongs to the lung and large intestine meridians, and has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst and killing insects. It is used for high blood sugar with significant dry throat and mouth, combined with worm infestation. Eating sweet and sour pomegranate is beneficial for patients with high blood sugar.
【Lychee】
In the general understanding, lychee is a fruit with relatively high sweetness. Why is it also suitable for people with high blood sugar? This can also be explained from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Lychee is sweet and sour in taste, and warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen and liver meridians, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on high blood sugar. At the same time, from the perspective of Western medicine, the flesh of lychee contains a substance called α-methylcyclopropylglycine, which can lower blood sugar.
【Kiwifruit】
The sweet and sour kiwifruit has a low sugar content and is rich in other nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and pectin. Eating it in moderation in daily life can play a role in balancing the diet. At the same time, the trace elements rich in kiwifruit can also improve the activity of insulin in the human body, which is very beneficial for balancing blood sugar.
【Hawthorn】
It is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in health-preserving medicinal diets in China, containing vitamin C, B, and carotene. It is sour, slightly sweet, and neutral in nature, has the effect of lowering blood sugar, and also has the effects of dispelling stasis, eliminating stagnation, resolving phlegm, detoxifying, activating blood, refreshing the mind, clearing the stomach, etc.
【Orange】
It can remove free radicals that are harmful to health in the body. The pectin contained in the orange peel can also promote the passage of food through the gastrointestinal tract, allowing cholesterol to be excreted from the body faster with feces, thereby reducing the absorption of cholesterol.
【Pineapple】
The sugar, salt, and enzymes contained in pineapple have a diuretic effect. Proper consumption is beneficial for patients with nephritis and high blood pressure; Pineapple is sweet and neutral in nature, and has the functions of strengthening the stomach to aid digestion, tonifying the spleen to stop diarrhea, clearing the stomach to quench thirst, etc.
People with high blood sugar should avoid foods high in sugar in their daily lives. Although the above fruits are beneficial, they should also be eaten in moderation. Eating too much will also lead to qualitative changes from quantitative changes, causing blood sugar imbalance. Therefore, it is still necessary to regularly check blood sugar in daily life to achieve a healthy life~