The two fruits, lychee and mangosteen, are on the market. Although they are high in sugar, they taste good, making people want to eat a few. How can diabetics eat to have less effect on blood sugar?
This article tells you two methods.
Warm reminder:
If your fasting blood sugar> 7.0mmol/L, non-fasting blood sugar>10.0mmol/L, indicating that blood sugar is not well controlled. In this case, it is best not to eat any fruit, and use cucumber and tomatoes instead.
Meet Lychees and Mangosteen
Lychee has low acidity, prominent sweetness and good taste.
A medium-sized lychee weighs about 30 grams, and the edible part is 73%, about 22 grams.
100 grams of lychee pulp has 71 calories and 16.6 grams of carbohydrates.
Mangosteen is rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, with the “Queen of Fruits” nickname.
The weight of one mangosteen is about 100 grams, and the edible part is 25%, about 25 grams.
100 grams of mangosteen pulp has 72 calories and 18 grams of carbohydrates.
Two ways to eat lychees and mangosteen
1 .Choose the right time to eat
Recommended time to eat mangosteen or lychee: eat it as a snack between meals, such as < span>10 am, 15 pm, which can prevent hypoglycemia and ensure that blood sugar will not fluctuate greatly.
2. Eat the right amount
Eat 4 medium-sized lychees every day, with a weight of about 120 grams, an energy of about 62 kcal, and a carbohydrate of 15 grams, which has little effect on blood sugar. Eating more will cause your blood sugar to rise. If you are not sure about the weight, it is recommended to weigh it.
Eat about 3 mangosteens a day< /span>, the weight is about 300 grams, the energy is about 54 kcal, and the carbohydrates are about 14 grams. It has little effect on blood sugar, and eating too much will cause blood sugar to rise. If you are unsure of the weight, we recommend weighing it.
If you are still worried about eating lychees and mangosteen, you can use the following method to test yourself:
①Monitor blood sugar before eating lychee or mangosteen;
②Weigh the lychee or mangosteen to be eaten ;
③Monitor blood sugar after 1 hour of consumption.
If the blood sugar fluctuations did not exceed 2 mmol before and 1 hour after consumption, /L, indicating that eating this amount of lychee or mangosteen has little effect on your blood sugar, so you can eat it with confidence.
TIPs: Eating large amounts of lychees may cause hypoglycemia, but lychees cannot be used to lower blood sugar
First, because lychees contain two blood sugar-lowering toxins-α-methylenecyclopropylglycine and hypoglycine A, eating lychees in large quantities and eating less carbohydrates is true. It can lead to hypoglycemia, but hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia are two concepts, and hypoglycemia will aggravate the condition of diabetes.
Second, the two toxins, α-methylenecyclopropylglycine and hypoglycine A, contained in lychee, which can lower blood sugar, will not accumulate, and will become metabolized by the body. The sugar contained in lychee will be converted into glucose, causing blood sugar to rise instead of falling.
Author: Xin Yu