Benefits of mushrooms for diabetics

Mushrooms contain a lot of fiber and antioxidants that help stabilize blood sugar levels and reduce symptoms of diabetes.

Many people eat vegetarian food at the beginning of the year to purify their minds and pray for peace. In vegetarian cuisine , mushrooms are popular because they contain many nutrients, are easy to eat, and are simple to prepare.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc, Department of Endocrinology - Diabetes, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that eating mushrooms helps treat many health problems. The natural bioactive ingredients in mushrooms help reduce blood sugar levels, control diabetes symptoms. Mushrooms also help protect the body against cancer, poisoning, inflammation, reduce blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and suppress the immune system...

Mushrooms are also rich in natural compounds such as fiber, polysaccharides, phenolics and alkaloids that have antioxidant and lipid-lowering effects, contributing to the prevention of diabetes. Polysaccharides also play a role in regulating the composition of intestinal microflora, reducing insulin resistance and enhancing insulin production.

Doctor Truc suggests some delicious dishes made from mushrooms below for diabetics.

Vegetarian stir-fried mushrooms : Simple preparation with ingredients such as onions, cooking oil, minced garlic, oyster sauce, salt, coriander, pepper. The dish has the characteristic aroma of mushrooms, pepper, coriander, sweet, salty, spicy taste.

Stir-fried enoki mushrooms with squash : Enoki mushrooms are easy to find in markets and supermarkets in Vietnam; they are long and thin, sweet, chewy, and crunchy. To cook stir-fried enoki mushrooms with squash, you need enoki mushrooms, squash, shallots, salt, seasoning powder, coriander, pepper...

Mushrooms contain many nutrients that are good for the health of diabetics. Photo: Freepik — Mushrooms contain many nutrients that are good for the health of diabetics. Photo: *Freepik*

Braised chicken thigh mushrooms with pepper : Chicken thigh mushrooms have a characteristic white color, are very crispy, and can be prepared in many ways. Just need ingredients such as chicken thigh mushrooms, pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce, dried chili, and pepper to braise and you have a delicious dish.

Oyster mushroom porridge : This dish is easy to cook and nutritious. Oyster mushroom porridge is made from oyster mushrooms, rice, vegetarian seasoning, carrots, and shiitake mushrooms; you can add onions and cilantro if you want to enhance the flavor.

Doctor Truc said that mushrooms can be used to make many delicious and nutritious vegetarian dishes that suit Vietnamese tastes. Diabetics can try other dishes such as mushrooms stir-fried with bell peppers, shiitake mushrooms stir-fried with bok choy, pan-fried king oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms stir-fried with onions...

In addition to mushrooms, patients should combine many other foods to diversify vegetarian meals such as tofu, beans, sprout salad, seeds, green vegetables, tubers... to provide enough nutrients.

Diabetics also need to take medication regularly, eat well, and exercise daily as directed by their doctor to ensure good health.

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