Old Li is about to retire and is actually diagnosed with diabetes . Aunt Li became nervous and could immediately enjoy her old age at home. This diabetes is very harmful, so she takes special care of Lao Li's diet.
I heard that diabetics should use oats and other coarse grains instead of steamed buns, rice, and noodles as staple foods, so that they can control their blood sugar.
So I immediately went to the supermarket to buy several packs of ready-to-eat oatmeal, and Lao Li's child also bought him a lot of imported oatmeal products from the Internet.
Lao Li ate oats as a staple food every day. After taking them for a while, he went to the hospital for blood sugar check. He thought his blood sugar would be well controlled, but he did not expect that it would increase a lot.
Lao Li is now confused. Why is his blood sugar controlled worse than before after eating oats? It seems that this oat cannot lower blood sugar, and it is still a "great sugar-raising major" and will never be eaten in the future.
. Does it take oats frequently to "raise blood sugar" or "lower blood sugar"?
First of all, we need to be sure that oats are by no means the culprit of elevated blood sugar. There are more than 4,000 coarse grains such as
oats worldwide, and more than 90% of the fat content is only between 5-9%, and 80% of the fat in it is unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid and linolenic acid . Among them, linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid in the human body and has the effect of lowering cholesterol.
In addition, oats contain a lot of vitamins, protein , folic acid , niacin, minerals and other nutrients, which are very beneficial to your health.
A research report was also published in the authoritative medical journal "Frontier Immunology" stating that eating oats in moderation can reduce the content of bad cholesterol in the blood and can control cholesterol levels.
Although oats are also carbohydrate foods, they are very friendly to blood lipids , and the sugar increase rate is slow after consumption, which can enhance the sensitivity of insulin and have a relatively small impact on blood sugar, so it can assist in sugar control.
From the perspective of glycemic index, the glycemic index of traditional oat rice is 42, which is a food with a low glycemic index, while the glycemic index of oatmeal porridge is 55, which is also a medium and low glycemic index food. This also shows that after eating oats in moderation, it will not cause post-meal blood sugar to soar.
So why did Lao Li's blood not fall but increase instead after eating oats?
This is because Lao Li didn’t eat the right oats and did not look at the ingredients list carefully when buying oats.
The oats Lao Li ate were not pure oatmeal, but processed ready-to-eat cereal.
The oat content in ready-to-eat cereals is very small, most of which are made of mixed grains. Some may not contain oats at all. In order to make the cereals taste better, some merchants will also add a lot of sugar and oil to it, which is very high in calories. It would be strange if you eat this cereal, your blood sugar will not rise.
Diabetics should be careful about these two types of oatmeal:
Fruit oatmeal:
The combination of fruit and oatmeal looks healthy, but some of the nutrients have been lost during the finishing process. In addition, a large amount of fat, creamer and fat powder will be added during the production. Such cereals have high calories and a glycemic index are not low.
Cereal wheat crisps:
This kind of oatmeal with cereals is actually corn flour and rice flour . It is not real oats, and it has high sugar and fat content, which is also not suitable for diabetics.
So when diabetics choose oats, they must not equalize oats and cereals. Oatmeal is processed with oats as raw materials, while cereals are made of wheat, barley and other cereals as raw materials, and may not contain oats.
Secondly, diabetics must pay attention to the ingredients list when choosing oats. Choose products with only oats on the ingredients. Don’t buy ingredients such as sugar, fat powder, etc.
The last point is that diabetics should pay attention to the amount of pure oats when eating. Eating too much will also increase blood sugar and will also increase the digestive burden on the stomach and intestines.
