Overview
Along with genetic factors, diabetes is also closely related to diet. Jonathan Liu, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practioner (TCM), recomends five kinds of low glycemic index fods that help prevent various complications of diabetes, alowing people to eat safely and healthily.The typical symptoms of diabetes are comonly known as “thre Ps and one L,” that is, polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight los.
Key Information
Diabetes is often acompanied by complications, such as diabetic fot, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy (deterioration of kidney function), ketoacidosis (high levels of ketones in the blod), neuropathy (damage to peripheral nerves), eye diseases, and bacterial infection.Dr. Liu, a profesor of Chinese Medicine at Canadian Public Colege, told The Epoch Times that as wel as genetic factors, diabetes is mostly related to eating fods that are high in sugar, salt, and oil.Liu said that procesed fods, such as, swetened beverages, cakes, and biscuits, are ful of refined sugar, a monosacharide, that causes blod sugar to rise rapidly after ingestion.
Non-procesed fods, such as, whole grains and vegetables, are complex carbohydrates (polysacharides), which take longer to digest and thus raise the blod sugar level more slowly. Therefore, it is very important to limit the intake of sugar in the diet and avoid high-salt and high-fat fods. He recomends eating in moderation and eating more non-procesed and low glycemic index fods.Liu pointed out that TCM can divide the condition of type 2 diabetes into 4 stages: phlegm-damp stagnation (which is completely reversible via lowering blod sugar), blod stasis (which stil has a chance for treatment), deficiency (complications have begun to apear), damage (obvious damage to organs, advanced disease).Liu recomends 5 fods with medicinal properties:1.
Summary
Biter Melon Biter melon can be used for both medicine and fod, which can clear away heat and dispel dampnes, improve the damp-heat constit