Can elderly diabetics come to Guangxi to realize fruit freedom?
2024-06-06 17:28:00 Source: 中国老年医学学会

11 small "sugar orange" to the northeast study tour by the northeast old iron pet heaven, but also let everyone realize the origin of sugar orange - Guangxi. In fact, Guangxi sweet not only sugar orange, Guangxi fruit resources are rich, Guangxi's "sweet" beyond your imagination! Can elderly diabetic patients come to Guangxi to achieve fruit freedom? This paper introduces the GI value of various fruits in Guangxi (GI value refers to the Glycemic Index, that is, the amplitude of blood sugar rise).


January: Wuming Mandarin

Citrus is a low-sugar fruit, with a GI value of 43, rich in vitamin C and cellulose, which can meet the nutritional needs of diabetic patients. Diabetic patients can eat citrus in moderation.


February: Big jujube

Jujube is an excellent tropical, subtropical rare fruit, can promote blood circulation, antioxidant, enhance the function of human immunity, often eat can benefit the stomach and produce water, beauty, delay aging. The sugar content per 100 grams of jujube is 20%-30%. People with high blood sugar or diabetes should not eat too much to avoid further aggravation.


March: Jin Xiu loquat

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat fruit has the effect of moistening lung, relieving cough and quenching thirst. To eat loquat, you need to peel it. In addition to fresh food, loquat meat can also be canned into sugar water, or loquat wine. Amygdalin is found in loquat leaf, fruit and pit. The GI value of loquat is about 50. This value is not much different from the staple food rice, indicating that loquat is a fruit with a relatively low glycemic index. Moreover, loquat is rich in dietary fiber, which can slow down the digestion of food and help control the rise of blood sugar.


April: Peaches

Peach meat contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids (mainly malic acid and citric acid), sugars (mainly glucose, fructose, sucrose, xylose) and volatile oils. Peach suitable for hypokalemia and iron deficiency anemia patients to eat. Peaches have a GI of 28, which is lower than pears and apples. Eating 100 grams of peaches has a GI value of only 2.8, and even eating 300 grams at a time has little effect on blood sugar. It is recommended that elderly patients with diabetes should be preferred.


May: Arbutus

Yangmei sheng Jin quench thirst, and stomach digestion. Cure tiredness and thirst, vomiting and diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, cleanse the stomach, cure alcohol. Fruit treat heart stomach qi pain, dysentery, vomiting and diarrhea. The GI value of bayberry is 22. The sugar content of bayberry is one of the fruits with relatively low sugar content, and the glycemic index of bayberry is not high, so you can eat some bayberry in a moderate amount under the condition of stable blood sugar control. But it is best to eat between two meals, and control the amount of food, and then reduce the intake of the next staple food accordingly.


June-september: Lychee, Mango, longan

Litchi: Litchi, banana, pineapple, longan together known as the "four southern fruits". Lychee originated in southern China, sweet, sour, warm, into the heart, spleen, liver channels; Can stop hiccup, stop diarrhea, is stubborn hiccup and five more diarrhea of the food therapy, at the same time has the brain fitness, appetizing spleen, has the effect of promoting appetite. The GI value of litchi is 79, which is a high GI food and easy to cause blood sugar fluctuations. Therefore, diabetics should eat less lychees, no more than 5 at a time, and pay attention to monitoring blood sugar.


Mango: Mango taste sweet, with a clean stomach, anti-cancer, motion sickness seasick population has a certain improvement effect, beautify the skin, improve constipation, sterilization, inhibit the flu virus effect. With a GI of 51, mango intake may need to be considered more carefully for people who need to control their blood sugar levels, such as diabetics.


Longan: The GI value of longan is 70, which is a high GI food and has a greater impact on blood sugar. Therefore, diabetic patients should eat less longan, no more than 10 at a time, and appropriately reduce staple foods.


October: Shatin grapefruit

Grapefruit has a GI value of 25, no problem with low GI food. However, it should be noted that it is best not to eat such fruits as grapefruit with drugs to avoid affecting the effect of drugs or causing physical discomfort. If you want to eat, do it at least two hours apart.


November: Fuchuan navel orange: the color is relatively bright, the meat is very tender, rich flavor, no nucleus, slag, GI value of 43. It is rich in vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients needed by the human body. Bucheon navel orange is neutral fruit, suitable for most people to eat.


December: Sugar orange

With a GI of 43, oranges are a low GI food. Rich in vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, protect the eyes and brain, relieve body fatigue, promote gastrointestinal motility, arteriosclerosis and hyperlipidemia have a preventive effect.



Author: Fu Rong

Setting: People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

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