This starchy tuber, diabetics eat this way to stabilize blood sugar

GĐXH - Diabetics can use tapioca starch because the amount of sugar in this food is not high, but should only consume this type of starch in moderation.

Can diabetics eat tapioca starch?

Arrowroot powder is also known as cat can, a sweet-tasting, cool medicinal herb that affects the lungs, spleen, stomach, and bladder meridians.

According to modern medicine, kudzu tubers contain isoflavones, formononetin, coumestan derivatives, isoflavon dime kudzuisoflavones, olean triterpen glucosides, sapogenins... which help detoxify the body, improve resistance, regulate heart rate, blood lipids, blood pressure, relax muscles...

According to traditional medicine, kudzu has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting urination, increasing sweating, generating body fluids, relieving alcoholism, lifting yang and stopping diarrhea... Kudzu also supports the treatment of symptoms of dryness, heat, and heat in diabetic patients.

Therefore, people with diabetes can use tapioca starch because the sugar content in this food is not high. In addition, purein extract from tapioca starch helps delay and improve sugar absorption. However, people with diabetes should only consume this powder in moderation.

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How much cassava starch is enough for diabetics?

On average, 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch (14.5g) has a glycemic load of 8.7 (low). Meanwhile, the safe recommendation for glycemic load (GL) in a diet for people with diabetes is below 20.

Thus, to avoid increasing blood sugar levels when consuming tapioca starch, diabetics should only consume about 14.5 - 29g of tapioca starch (equivalent to 1 - 2 tablespoons) at a time. If you want to consume more, this amount should not exceed 33g / time.

The above calculated amount should only be applied to cases where the patient consumes tapioca starch as the sole source of carbohydrates within the last 2 hours. If you eat tapioca starch with other carbohydrate-rich foods (rice, sticky rice, vermicelli, glass noodles, green vegetables, tubers, etc.), you should consider reducing this amount.

4 things to avoid when mixing tapioca starch to ensure health safety

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Do not add much sugar

Arrowroot powder is cool and already has a sweet taste. If you add sugar, you will easily become overweight and obese. For people with diabetes, it will make the disease worse. It is best to mix arrowroot powder into a refreshing drink without adding any sweeteners to protect your health.

Do not mix with honey

Honey is one of the foods that should not be combined with arrowroot powder. When drinking arrowroot powder mixed with honey, you will experience indigestion and bloating. These are two foods that are incompatible with each other, and when combined, they are not good for the body.

Do not marinate grapefruit, lotus, jasmine flowers.

Some people like to add grapefruit flowers, lotus, jasmine when mixing with tapioca starch to enhance the flavor. However, these 3 types of flowers are very incompatible with tapioca starch. If you drink them together, the nutritional content of tapioca starch will be lost and you may also experience bloating and indigestion.

Do not mix with cold water.

Tapioca starch must be mixed with warm water to cook it completely. If mixed with cold water, the body is at risk of stomach ache and diarrhea because tapioca starch is processed by hand, so it is difficult to control impurities and bacterial contamination.

It is best to mix it with water at about 60 - 70 degrees Celsius. Do not add sugar, but stir the tapioca starch mixture with warm water until it is completely dissolved. Add a little lemon juice to enhance the flavor. If you want to drink it cold, wait for the mixture to cool and then add ice.

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