7 easy-to-cook dishes that help control blood sugar for diabetics

Cabbage soup with meat, broccoli stir-fried with garlic, bitter melon stir-fried with eggs are some dishes that help control blood sugar levels, protect health and prevent dangerous complications for people with diabetes.

Diabetes is a dangerous disease but can be controlled with diet. Choosing the right foods will help patients stabilize blood sugar and reduce the risk of diabetic complications.

The dishes below are all delicious and very healthy, contributing significantly to the process of improving the health of people with diabetes.

1. Cabbage soup with meat

Green cabbage soup with minced meat.

Uses:

For normal people, regular use of spinach will help reduce the risk of diabetes by up to 20%. For diabetics, spinach helps patients control blood sugar levels well. Combined with protein in pork, it provides nutrition and energy to patients.

Cabbage and meat soup is a nutritious dish that diabetics should add to their daily menu.

Ingredient:

500g greens

150g minced pork

2 minced shallots

Other spices.

How to prepare:

Wash and cut the vegetables into bite-sized pieces, marinate the meat with ½ teaspoon of fish sauce for about 5-10 minutes.

Add oil and saute shallots. Once the shallots are golden brown, add the meat and stir-fry for about 1-2 minutes and add about 1 liter of water.

Wait for the water to boil and add the vegetables, season to taste.

Note: only add the vegetables when the water is boiling and turn off the stove after 2-3 minutes after adding the vegetables, avoid leaving the heat on for too long as it will cause the vegetables to become soft and lose their inherent nutrients.

2. Broccoli stir-fried with garlic

Uses:

Broccoli contains sulforaphane, which helps control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. A scientific study has shown that consuming broccoli helps reduce insulin levels in overweight type 2 patients and protects cells against damage caused by diabetes complications.

Garlic is low in calories, helps reduce blood sugar, reduce inflammation and lower bad cholesterol in people with diabetes.

Stir-fried broccoli with garlic is also a dish for diabetics and is a vegetable dish, providing a rich amount of fiber and vitamins to diabetics.

Ingredient:

200g broccoli

3 cloves minced garlic

2 tablespoons cooking oil

Other spices.

How to prepare:

Wash broccoli, separate into small branches and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Blanch broccoli in boiling water for 1-2 minutes then remove.

Then, saute minced garlic with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and add broccoli.

Stir well for about 2 minutes and season to taste.

Note: only blanch broccoli, avoid boiling it too much as it will destroy the nutrients in the vegetable.

3. Bitter melon stir-fried with eggs

Uses:

Bitter melon is considered a folk medicine and has many wonderful uses for diabetic patients. Bitter melon contains lectin which helps reduce blood sugar levels, thereby reducing appetite and reducing the number of meals.

Eggs are very low in carbohydrates, one egg contains only about 1/2g of carbohydrates and by itself is unlikely to raise blood sugar levels.

The combination of bitter melon and eggs creates a dish that diabetics should add to their weekly diet.

Ingredient:

2 bitter melon

2 eggs

Spring onion

Spice.

How to prepare:

Wash the bitter melon, use a knife to cut it lengthwise and remove all the seeds and cut into small, bite-sized pieces.

Soak the sliced bitter melon in a bowl of cold water. This will help reduce the bitterness of the bitter melon.

Crack 2 eggs into a small bowl and add ½ teaspoon of seasoning powder, beat well with chopsticks. Then, saute the shallots and add bitter melon, stir well for 2 minutes, and add the prepared eggs to stir-fry together.

Finally, season to taste and sprinkle some green onions for decoration.

4. Red bean porridge

Red bean porridge is a light breakfast dish for diabetics, in addition it is rich in nutrients and easy to make. Here are the uses and detailed instructions for this dish.

Uses:

Red beans contain a lot of fiber and protein, which helps people with diabetes feel full for a long time. Red beans are also a source of complex carbohydrates, which the body digests more slowly, helping people with diabetes control their blood sugar levels easily.

Red bean porridge is easy to eat and also very delicious in the list of dishes for diabetics. In addition, adding red beans helps eliminate waste, toxins in the intestinal wall and fats that are harmful to health.

Ingredient:

1/2 bowl of rice

150g red beans

150g shredded coconut

5 pandan leaves

How to prepare:

Wash rice and red beans and soak in water to soften and make them easier to cook. Soak rice for about 1 hour and red beans for about 30 minutes.

While waiting, put the grated coconut and 1 bowl of warm water in a small cloth bag and squeeze out the juice. After the beans have soaked until soft, remove the beans and put them in a pot to simmer until soft with 1 liter of water.

Add rice and pandan leaves to the pot and cook together. When the rice has expanded, remove the pandan leaves and add coconut milk. Cook until the porridge boils evenly, turn off the heat and season to taste.

5. Malabar spinach cooked with crab

Malabar spinach and crab soup is good for diabetics.

Uses:

Malabar spinach cooked with crab is one of the dishes for diabetic patients to cool down in the summer, both delicious and nutritious for diabetics.

The mucus in Malabar spinach slows down the digestion of starch, helping to slow down the increase in blood glucose, avoiding sudden increases in blood sugar and causing dangerous complications of diabetes.

When combined with crab, Malabar spinach soup will stimulate insulin production, helping to stabilize glucose regulation. In addition, crab also helps to supplement omega 3 fats, helping to prevent the accumulation of bad cholesterol, stabilize blood sugar and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Ingredient:

200g field crab

1 bunch of Malabar spinach

chopped shallots

Spice.

How to prepare:

Wash the crab, separate the shell and take out the crab fat and put it in a bowl. Put the crab body in a mortar with a little salt and pound. Then, filter out the pulp and keep the water. Wash and chop the Malabar spinach.

Add cooking oil to the pan and saute the shallots. Then add the crab paste and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.

Add the crab water to the pot and bring to a boil. When the water is almost boiling, reduce the heat to low to avoid the crab meat from spilling out. When the crab soup starts to boil, add the crab paste and Malabar spinach and bring to a boil again. Finally, turn off the heat and season to taste.

6. Shrimp watercress soup

Uses:

Shrimp has high nutritional value, containing many amino acids, calcium, sodium which are very good for health. Diabetics can safely use shrimp without worrying about increasing blood sugar levels due to the high protein content in shrimp.

The antioxidant quercetin in watercress helps protect the body from free radicals, prevents the conversion of glucose into fructose and sorbitol, and avoids dangerous complications of diabetes such as damage to nerve cells, glaucoma, cataracts, etc. Therefore, watercress soup with shrimp is indispensable in dishes for diabetics.

Ingredient:

200g fresh shrimp

300g watercress

2 minced shallots

1/2 tablespoon cooking oil

Spice.

How to prepare:

Wash watercress and cut into bite-sized pieces, peel shrimp, remove the vein on the back and wash.

Marinate shrimp with shallots, seasoning powder and salt for about 20 minutes.

Once the shrimp has absorbed the spices, put the shrimp on the stove and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Next, add 1 liter of water to the pot and boil over high heat.

Once the water boils, add the watercress and cook for another 1-2 minutes, turn off the heat and season to taste.

7. Sour bamboo shoot and salmon soup

Uses:

Salmon is one of the great choices for people with diabetes. Salmon provides healthy omega 3 fats, adds protein, increases satiety and boosts metabolism, helping people with diabetes reduce the number of meals.

Bamboo shoots are low in sugar and rich in fiber, helping to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetics. In addition, bamboo shoots also provide many essential vitamins such as vitamins A, C, E, and B, which help increase resistance and strengthen the immune system of diabetics.

Ingredient:

150g salmon head

100g pickled bamboo shoots

2 tomatoes

Spices: chili, shallot, ginger and other spices

How to prepare:

Wash pickled bamboo shoots, tomatoes, vegetables and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Clean the salmon head and soak it in a mixture of diluted salt water and ginger for 10 minutes to remove the fishy smell. Then, marinate the fish head with seasoning powder, salt, MSG, and sliced shallots for about 15 minutes.

Add a little cooking oil to the pot and stir-fry the tomatoes. When the tomatoes are cooked, add about 1 liter of water and turn on high heat. When the water boils, add the marinated salmon head and simmer for 5 minutes, then add the bamboo shoots and bring to a boil.

Turn off the heat and season to taste./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/7-mon-an-de-nau-giup-kiem-soat-duong-huyet-cho-nguoi-benh-tieu-duong-post1053555.vnp