For people with high blood sugar and diabetes, it is important to control energy intake and carbohydrates in food, and to lower the glycemic load of a meal to achieve blood sugar stability. From this point of view, celery is a very suitable vegetable.

Celery is a common vegetable with high nutritional value. It is very low in calories, with only 17kcal in 100g of celery, and of course it contains very few thermogenic nutrients (protein, fat and carbohydrates), but it contains more dietary fiber, vitamins, inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and a variety of dietary chemical compounds. Celery is a typical high potassium and low sodium food, can reduce the risk of hypertension caused by excessive dietary sodium intake; compared with other vegetables, celery's iron content is not low, plus the help of vitamin C, can prevent iron-deficiency anemia; celery in the potassium, magnesium content is rich in flavonoids, carotenoids, chlorophyll and other phyto-active components of the antioxidant effect has a very good, regular consumption of celery is beneficial to cardiovascular health.

In addition to low calories, celery has more dietary fiber, which on the one hand increases satiety and helps reduce energy intake, and on the other hand slows down the digestion of food, and the slower the digestion, the less it affects postprandial blood sugar. We should also remind you that celery leaves contain vitamins, chlorophyll and other nutrients that have health effects than celery stems, the best thing to do is to eat only the stems and discard the leaves.

Diabetic patients to reduce the glycemic load of a meal in addition to choosing a slower glycemic food like celery, there is also the food as miscellaneous as possible, more varieties, but a smaller portion of each. For example, the glycemic index (GI) of steamed buns is 88.1, and the glycemic index of buns stuffed with celery and meat is 39.1. The addition of celery and meat pulls down the impact of the meal on blood sugar.

In fact, whether or not you have high blood sugar, following these few principles in your diet will help you control your weight and contribute to stable blood sugar and cardiovascular health. They are to control energy intake; eat a wide variety of foods and smaller meals; chew slowly and not have a full meal; try to choose foods with low glycemic capacity and eat as little or no processed foods as possible.

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Of course, celery is a very beneficial vegetable, with anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, lowering blood pressure and expanding blood vessels.

Although celery is a little more prominent in lowering blood pressure, celery is high in fiber and is digested to produce an antioxidant that inhibits intestinal bacteria, which is also very good for you!

　　Celery can lower blood sugar, Chinese medicine, celery is sweet and cool, with heat, diuretic, blood pressure, sugar, fat and other effects. It can be used as medicine, and it can be taken in water or pressed into a poultice.　　In addition to celery, but also eat some other hypoglycemic food, such as: 1. Purple cabbage, because purple cabbage is rich in purslane polysaccharide, protein, fat, carotene, vitamins, etc., of which purslane polysaccharide can significantly reduce fasting blood sugar. Diabetic patients can eat purple cabbage before meals to reduce blood sugar.　　2, onions, onions contain odor substances thiols, disulfides, a variety of amino acids, etc., has a high medicinal value, can lower blood sugar, anti-platelet agglutination, anti-inflammatory, asthma, etc., and a better role in lowering blood sugar. Onion is a good choice for high blood sugar food.　　3, black fungus contains fungus polysaccharide, vitamins, proteins, carotene and potassium, sodium, calcium, iron and other minerals, of which fungus polysaccharide has a hypoglycemic effect, animal experiments have shown that fungus polysaccharide can reduce blood sugar in diabetic mice. Black fungus can be stir-fried or stewed soup, can also be used as ingredients.

Hi, yes, celery is high in fiber and contains almost no sugar, making it suitable for people with high blood sugar and diabetes.