Can sugar friends eat corn? Pay attention to these things, you can eat with confidence
With high blood sugar, diabetics can always be intimidated by certain foods. In my life, I have seen some people who are not worried about eating food at all, and some people who are too scared to eat anything. In fact, there is no need to be too nervous. As long as you have some knowledge about diabetes diet, you can easily control blood sugar. It is not advisable to be too magnified and too concerned.
Corn is the most common vegetable in this season. Although it has been sorted by garbage in the past two days, I am a little afraid to eat corn (the classification of corn cobs has changed), but the taste of corn is still very good.
So, for sugar lovers, can you eat corn?
Corn is recommended for normal people, and those with high blood sugar can also eat it.
Why do you say that?
First of all, from the perspective of the nutritional content of corn:
Corn is one of the main grains in China, second only to rice and wheat in the proportion of total grain output. The types of corn are yellow corn, white corn, waxy corn and miscellaneous corn. The common ones are yellow corn and white corn. Different varieties have certain differences in nutritional content.
Yellow corn contains a small amount of carotene, other corn does not, and the proportion of linoleic acid in corn fat is higher than that of rice and wheat. And contain lecithin, vitamin E content is also high. The dietary fiber content in corn is very high, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and accelerate the excretion of feces.
In addition, corn is also rich in potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, selenium and so on. Vitamin C is also contained in fresh corn, and these ingredients are beneficial to diabetes.
Therefore, as a coarse grain, corn is recommended to be eaten regularly. Judging from the nutrients contained in the above corn, it is also very suitable for diabetics.
Secondly, the GI of fresh corn (sweet and boiled) is 55, because corn is a cereal and a staple food, and the GI index is considered low among staple foods. The energy and carbohydrates contained are also considered to be low in cereals.
Therefore, diabetic patients and those with high blood sugar can eat corn completely.
Just be careful when eating:
- Even fresh corn should be eaten as a staple food
You can't just eat corn for a long time, and take corn as the staple food, which will lead to malnutrition, because the content of lysine, tryptophan, and threonine in corn protein is lower than that of beans, rice, and wheat, so eating corn flour It is best to mix and match with soybean flour, or mix and match with refined white rice noodles.
- Calculate the total calories
Do not eat too much at one time. When eating corn, the energy should be calculated into the staple food, so reduce the consumption of other staple foods
- Don’t waste corn germ
When eating fresh and tender corn, be sure to gnaw off all the small yellow residues on the corn cob, because the small yellow residues you missed are the most nutritious of corn kernels, that is, corn germ. This is the essence of corn, don't waste it.