Can diabetics eat spinach?

There are many ways to eat spinach, nutrition is also very rich, most people can eat, but also very good for the body, but need to explain is that not everyone is suitable for eating spinach. Do you know that people with diabetes can eat spinach? What do you need to keep in mind? Let's take a look.

Can diabetics eat spinach?

Spinach is rich in nutrients and is a very good green vegetable. Regular consumption of spinach is good for people with diabetes. Spinach is rich in carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus and other beneficial ingredients, can provide a variety of nutrients for diabetics. Spinach contains substances similar to those of insulin, so diabetics eat more spinach, which helps maintain blood sugar stability in the body.

However, if diabetics with nephritis or kidney stones and diarrhea are not suitable for eating spinach, it is because after eating spinach, it will make the color of the patient's urine cloudy and the crystallinity of the salt will increase. It should be noted here that because spinach contains a large amount of oxalic acid, it should not be eaten together with high-calcium foods. This will lead to the formation of calcium oxalate, which will affect the ability of people with diabetes to absorb calcium.

The nutritional value of spinach

Spinach contains a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C, as well as a lot of minerals. It is worth mentioning that the content of vitamin A and vitamin C in it is the highest in all vegetables, and it also contains a lot of iron, iron is directly involved In addition to the important nutrients of the human hematopoietic function, it also has a very good effect on constipation, skin diseases and nerve diseases.

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Food taboos for spinach

1, spinach can not eat with cucumber: cucumber contains vitamin C decomposing enzymes, and spinach is rich in vitamin C, so the two should not be the same food.

2, spinach should not be the same food with milk and other high calcium foods.

3, spinach and tofu can not eat together: Because spinach is a lot of oxalic acid, while tofu contains calcium ions, once the spinach and tofu in the combination of calcium, it will cause stones, but also affect the absorption of calcium. If you must eat it, spin it with hot water.

4. It is not suitable to add spinach when frying liver, because pig liver contains a lot of copper and iron, and spinach is rich in vitamin C, so vitamin C will be oxidized by metal ions and destroyed, so spinach loses nutrition. .

5, spinach can not eat with soybeans. If eaten with soy, it will inhibit the release of copper, resulting in poor metabolism of copper.

6, spinach can not eat with calcium. Spinach is rich in oxalic acid, oxalate ions in the intestinal tract and calcium after the formation of calcium oxalate precipitate, not only hinder the body's absorption of calcium, but also easy to form stones. Therefore, spinach should be boiled in boiling water before eating. Children and middle-aged and old people should avoid eating oxalic acid, such as spinach, green pepper and coriander, within 2 hours before and after taking calcium tablets.

Efficacy

1, spinach sweet, cool, into the large intestine, stomach.

2, blood can stop bleeding, Lee's five internal organs, through the stomach, adjust the gas, live blood, thirst Runchang, convergence Yin Runzao, nourishing Yin and liver, to help digestion.

3, attending high blood pressure, headache, dizziness, wind and fire red eyes, diabetes, constipation, indigestion, bruises, blood stasis, blood in the stool, scurvy, constipation.

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