What kind of vegetables should diabetics eat? Diabetics must eat the right amount of vegetables. Vegetables are rich in cellulose, such as eating with the staple food at the same time, not only can reduce hunger, but also play a role in reducing postprandial blood glucose, plays an important role in the nutritional treatment of diabetes. Diabetics are suitable for eating vegetables with low sugar content. The following types of vegetables contain only 1% to 3% sugar: cabbage, bitter gourd, spinach, rape, celery, leeks, cabbage, chicken feathers, cucumber, wax gourd, eggplant, tomato, sponge gourd, white peony, bamboo shoots, cauliflower, zucchini, green Bean sprouts, fresh mushrooms. The following types of vegetables contain about 4% sugar: radish, bell pepper, and pumpkin. Sugar content slightly higher than 4% are: kidney beans, lentils, carrots, garlic. The sugar content of potatoes is as high as 20%. If you eat potatoes, you must deduct the amount of staple foods. Among various vegetables, cabbage, bitter gourd and pumpkin are particularly worth mentioning. Cabbage is low in sugar, but due to its slight sweetness, many patients are afraid to eat cabbage. This is a common misconception. Bitter melon is slightly bitter, contains particularly rich in vitamin C, up to 84 mg per 100 grams, much higher than other vegetables, enough for an average person's daily needs. Researchers have isolated insulin-like substances from bitter gourd, and animal experiments have hypoglycemic effects. Therefore, bitter gourd is often used as a therapeutic diet for diabetes, but its role in the body's hypoglycemia remains to be further studied. Pumpkin, also known as squash, is one of vegetables. It is rich in a variety of dietary fiber (including hemicellulose, pectin, etc.) and is one of the vegetables that are suitable for diabetic patients. However, among a large number of people with diabetes, the change from eating pumpkin to “diabetics should eat more pumpkins†or even becoming “eat more pumpkins can cure diabetes†is obviously a misconception. Pumpkin is not a “dedicated food†for the treatment of diabetes. Pumpkin, like other vegetables, also contains sugar and protein that can generate heat. Therefore, calories must be calculated when eating. Follow the principle of “Diabetic Food Exchangeâ€. To "exchange" with other vegetables so as not to ingest the total calories due to eating more squash and affect blood sugar control. How to exchange it? Roughly speaking, if you want to eat 100 grams of pumpkin, you have to subtract 100 grams of radish or bell pepper; or minus 50 grams of carrot or garlic; or subtract 200 grams of cabbage or cucumber ... ... according to the sugar content of various vegetables analogy. Medton Medical , https://www.medton.cn