What do diabetics eat to lower sugar? Not only the vast majority of diabetics are concerned about the topic, but also many of the patient's family members are concerned about the content.

--Try using the herb mulberry leaf!

Mulberry leaves used in Chinese medicine are the dried old leaves of the mulberry tree. Mulberry leaves are rich in amino acids, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, as well as a variety of physiologically active substances, which have a variety of health effects such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and slowing down the aging process. It is suitable for diabetes and patients with diabetic complications.

What is the hypoglycemic mechanism of mulberry leaves?

Regarding the mechanism by which mulberry leaves lower blood sugar and combat diabetes, this is achieved through the following ways:

1, mulberry leaves are rich in glycosidase inhibitor 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) and mulberry leaf polysaccharides. Mulberry leaf DNJ reduces the peak value of blood glucose after eating by inhibiting the activity of glycolytic enzymes, thus inhibiting the absorption of disaccharides in the small intestine.

2, mulberry leaf polysaccharide to promote β-cell secretion of insulin, insulin can promote cellular utilization of sugar, hepatic glycogen synthesis, as well as to improve glucose metabolism, and ultimately achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar.

3, mulberry leaves contain crude protein, amino acids can also stimulate insulin secretion, and as the body's insulin secretion and release of regulatory factors, reduce the rate of insulin decomposition.

4, organic chromium in mulberry leaves can reduce insulin resistance and enhance the function of insulin. Mulberry leaf deoderization solid ketone can also promote the conversion of glucose into glycogen, and ultimately achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar.

5, some inorganic elements also have a role in lowering blood sugar. And does not affect the blood sugar level of healthy people, play a full range of prevention of diabetes and health effects.

What are the benefits of eating mulberry leaves for diabetics?

1、Lowering blood sugar

For diabetics, the biggest function of mulberry leaves is to lower blood sugar, which mainly utilizes the mulberry leaves contain a deoxynivalenol, which prevents the enzyme glucose catabolism from functioning.

Mulberry leaves have the function of inhibiting the rise of blood sugar, and its main functional component is the "alkaloid" in mulberry leaves, which is a component with a special function, and it is not found in other animals and plants.

2. Eliminate sores and blemishes

Mulberry leaves are rich in flavonoids, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, carotenoids, vitamins and a variety of essential trace elements, which improves and regulates the metabolism of the skin tissues, especially the inhibition of the occurrence and development of hyperpigmentation have a positive effect.

In addition, insisting on drinking it regularly also reduces the accumulation of lipofuscin (i.e., age spots) in the skin or internal organs.

3、Lose weight and clear fat

Mulberry leaves can lose weight, is related to the mulberry leaves "swelling", "blood" effect. Mulberry leaves have the effect of water, diuretic effect and diuretic effect is different, not only can promote urination, but also can make the accumulation of excess water in the cell drain away.

4、Lowering blood lipid

Mulberry leaves contain flavonoids that strengthen capillaries and reduce blood viscosity, so they have the effect of preventing myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage while losing weight and improving hyperlipidemia.

How do diabetics eat mulberry leaves?

Mulberry leaf is especially suitable for people with abnormal glucose tolerance, people with mild diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes and people at high risk of diabetes, adjuvant therapy for type 1 diabetes, diabetes combined with hyperlipidemia, diabetic neuropathy and complications, adjuvant therapy for people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

1) Mulberry leaf water.Mulberry leaves 30 grams, water decoction, twice a day, each 200 ml, long-term use.

2) Mulberry Leaf Tea.Mulberry leaves 5 grams, boiling water, drink instead of tea, continuous drinking more than 3 months.

3) Mulberry leaf porridge.Fresh mulberry leaves 200 grams, 100 grams of glutinous rice, add the right amount of water, cook into a porridge, often eat.

Adopt 5 good habits!

1) Do not overeat, live a regular life, eat slowly and chew, eat more vegetables, as far as possible, do not eat food containing glucose and sucrose in large quantities in a short period of time, which can prevent blood glucose from rising rapidly in a short period of time, and help to protect the function of the pancreas, especially if you have a family history of diabetes, you must remember!

2) Have a regular sex life to prevent infectious diseases; don't take excessive antibiotics. Some viral infections and excessive antibiotics can induce diabetes.

3) Exercise more and stay up less late.

4) Reduce smoking and alcohol. Smoking is bad for your health, and even worse for diabetes prevention. Tobacco contains large amounts of nicotine, which stimulates the secretion of adrenaline, a substance that raises blood sugar.

5) Proper selenium supplementation. Selenium - the insulin of trace elements. Selenium is the active ingredient that makes up the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which prevents oxidative damage to pancreatic beta cells and allows them to function normally, promoting sugar metabolism, lowering blood sugar and urinary glucose.

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Drinking tea made from mulberry leaves can be beneficial in controlling blood sugar, but remember that it is not a substitute for medication.

Health Value of Mulberry Leaves

Mulberry leaves are rich in amino acids, fiber, vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, mulberry leaf polysaccharides and other physiologically active substances, has a very good pharmacological and health effects. Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica called mulberry leaves as "fairy grass", with blood tonic, wind, heat, liver, diuretic effect; "Summary of the Materia Medica" recorded: "to replace the tea, often served to stop sweating"; "Compendium of Materia Medica" is clearly written: "decoction instead of tea, can quench thirst". Modern medicine has proved that mulberry leaves can lower blood pressure, blood lipids, lower cholesterol, prevent fat accumulation, inhibit thrombosis, inhibit the reproduction of harmful bacteria in the intestine, and the most prominent function is to prevent/improve diabetes.

Hypoglycemic mechanism and effects of mulberry leaves

Animal experiments have shown that mulberry leaf extract can significantly reduce blood sugar levels. It was found that what plays a role in lowering blood sugar is a substance called 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) in mulberry leaves, the content in mulberry leaves is about 100-200mg/kg, and mulberry leaves are the only plant leaves containing this substance found so far.DNJ can bind with α-glucosidase in the small intestine to inhibit the decomposition and absorption of sugar, which in turn inhibits the rise of blood sugar.

In addition, mulberry leaf polysaccharide (TPM) extracted from mulberry leaves also has a significant effect on lowering blood sugar. Animal experiments found that mulberry leaf polysaccharide can significantly improve the glucose tolerance of tetroxin diabetic rats, enhance glycogen storage in sick rats, and promote insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells.

What are the benefits of drinking mulberry tea for diabetics?

Diabetics can drink mulberry leaves instead of tea, not only can assist (just assist) in controlling blood sugar, for controlling obesity, lowering blood lipids, and protecting cardiovascular health is also very beneficial - cardiovascular disease is one of the common and serious complications of diabetes.

PS: Drinking mulberry leaf tea should not privately reduce or stop medication, if the blood sugar stabilized want to reduce the medication, please consult a physician's opinion first.

Hello:

First, consider it from a modern medical perspective:

It is true that mulberry leaves do have a beneficial effect on blood sugar, but the hypoglycemic effect is very limited. It is far from being comparable to insulin as well as oral hypoglycemic drugs.

In the study of Chinese medicine pharmacology and pharmacology, it is found that mulberry leaves have hypoglycemic effect on hyperglycemia in animals caused by various reasons, in which the desiccated sterols contained in mulberry leaves can promote the conversion of glucose into glycogen. However, the hypoglycemic effect is limited, can not replace insulin or oral hypoglycemic drugs with mulberry leaves.

Secondly, considerations from the perspective of traditional medicine:

In the Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Diabetes Mellitus in Traditional Chinese Medicine published by the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine [2], it is the use of mulberry leaves together with the drugs such as tianmu, wolfberry, chrysanthemum, dihuang, yam, and zedoary, which is only used for diabetes mellitus with the evidence of yin deficiency of the liver and kidney.

In addition Chinese medicine to treat thirst, qi and yin deficiency syndrome commonly used in Chinese medicine. The details are as follows:

Therefore, from the composition of the above proprietary Chinese medicines, we can also see that the mulberry leaf, a flavor of Chinese medicine, is far from being able to meet the requirements of Chinese medicine for the treatment of thirst, qi and yin deficiency. Therefore, the use of traditional Chinese medicine to lower blood sugar also needs a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to provide you with a prescription for lowering blood sugar based on the combination of the four diagnostic methods, based on the ruler, minister and enabler, and it is not recommended to take the mulberry leaf to lower blood sugar on one's own.

In summary, mulberry leaves do have a beneficial effect on blood sugar, but the effect is very limited. From both Western medicine and Chinese medicine are still far from being able to achieve the hypoglycemic effect of the existing proprietary Chinese and Western medicines.

References:

[1] Zhong Gansheng. Chinese herbal medicine [M]. Beijing: China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2012: 78-79.

[2] Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus in Chinese medicine[J]. China Traditional Chinese Medicine Modern Distance Education,2011,09(4):148-151.

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Mulberry leaves are rich in amino acids, fiber, vitamins, minerals and a variety of physiologically active substances, with a variety of health benefits such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and delaying aging. The reason why the mulberry leaf can lower blood sugar, is to use the mulberry leaf contains a deoxymethylene, can prevent the sugar decomposition enzyme to play a role, so as to inhibit the rise of blood sugar.

At the same time, mulberry leaves contain ecdysterone into the body after the role of lowering blood sugar, and can also effectively promote the body's excess glucose into glycogen, but for the normal need for blood glucose will not affect. Not only will not jeopardize health, but also for some of the high blood sugar disease has a very good inhibition as well as the role of treatment.

However, mulberry leaves in water for lowering blood sugar, can only play a certain health care, auxiliary treatment effect. But for the treatment of diabetes, basically no effect. Treatment is still recommended to patients to the regular hospital examination, the doctor according to your actual situation to make a judgment, and then choose to use drugs.

In addition, mulberry leaves are cold in nature and have the effect of removing fire. For gastrointestinal dysfunction, women's uterine cold, cold hands and feet, easy to diarrhea of the crowd generally do not take long-term. Because, long-term infusion of mulberry leaves water to drink, easy to cause the spleen and stomach cold evidence, easy to diarrhea and diarrhea.

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