Eating melon for type 2 diabetes
It is impossible to resist on an August trip to the market and not buy a sunny berry, a melon. A fragrant healing melon slice will give a good mood and nourish the body with the necessary elements. Among those who can harm melon, there are a large number of people with diabetes. Is it possible to eat a melon with diabetes mellitus 2 types, let's try to figure it out.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, its signs and consequences
A person receives a signal in the form of the following symptoms:
- frequent and profuse urination;
- dry mouth and intense thirst day and night;
- itching in intimate places;
- long-term non-healing wounds on the skin.
In type 2 diabetes, insulin is not injected because the cells do not respond to it. In hyperglycemia, sugar is excreted in the urine and production is increased. If you don't follow the doctor's recommendations, diabetes will take your life in 10-15 years. In the last stages, leg amputation and blindness occur. Therefore, only a strict diet and medication support can alleviate the patient's condition and prolong life.
Nutrition for type 2 diabetes
The disease is always accompanied by overweight, regardless of the reasons for its occurrence. And the first thing that will ease the condition is a decrease in body volume. To draw up the correct calorie diet for a diabetic, one must take into account that the most dangerous products are those that, during processing, give carbohydrates - sugars. Carbohydrates are delivered to the digestive system in a bound form, but are released and enter the bloodstream. Some of them disintegrate for a long time, blood sugar rises slightly, others give off carbohydrates immediately and this is dangerous, a coma may occur. Part, fiber and cellulose, in general, are not destroyed.
Therefore, they took glucose as the standard and assigned it an index of 100. That is, it immediately enters the bloodstream, doubling the sugar content. According to the GI table of foods, the glycemic index of the melon is 65, which is a high level. This means that when you eat a piece of melon in 100 g, blood sugar rises for a short time, it comes in 6.2 g, if you eat more, then the time is lengthened depending on the dose.
In addition to GI, the measure is the unit of bread. In this case, all products are equated in the amount of carbohydrates to a 1 cm slice of bread, cut from a standard loaf. A diabetic should consume no more than 15 XE during the day. The diet is designed so that a balanced diet does not exceed the allotted amount of XE. The energy value of the melon is 39 Kcal per 100g. This piece is equal in nutritional value to 1 XE and 2 units of insulin are needed to process it.
Can you eat a melon with diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is of two types.With insulin diabetes, it is necessary to calculate how much insulin is required to process the product and to increase the injection volume. Or eat a melon, excluding other food of equal value in the carbohydrate balance. In the case of insulin diabetes, melon can be consumed in limited quantities, remembering that it increases the intake of sugars, but 40% of carbohydrates are fructose, which does not require insulin to break down.
For type 2 diabetics, things are more complicated. Insulin is present in the body, but it does not fulfill its function. Therefore, melon is an undesirable product for such patients. But since a small piece contributes to the production of hormones of happiness, then for the mood 100-200 g, if included in the menu, will not harm. Moreover, melon has a laxative and diuretic effect. In this case, the calorie menu will even be tougher, since the product is low in calories. Even a little weight loss is possible. Along with other fruits (tangerines, pears, apples, strawberries) in a small amount, it improves mood, which is important for the patient.
Medical research has not yet been presented, but in folk medicine, lowering blood sugar levels with the help of bitter melon, momordica, is becoming increasingly popular. The variety is widespread in Asia. Momordica is brought to Russia in green form. Fruits of a peculiar shape, small. They are really very bitter, and the bitterness is collected in and under the crust. The pulp itself is only slightly bitter. at one time it is recommended to eat a quarter of the peeled fruit. In countries where this melon grows, it is consumed at full ripeness.
The Indians, who discovered the usefulness of bitter melon, believe that the polypeptides present in the fruit contribute to the production of insulin.
Bitter melon is a folk remedy for improving the patient's condition and can be harmful if the sugar level is low. Therefore, a consultation with an endocrinologist before using the product is required.
The question of whether it is possible for diabetics to have a melon is decided individually based on the patient's condition. However, there are ways in which melon is not as dangerous for diabetics. You can eat an unripe fruit:
- the amount of sugar is significantly less;
- an unripe fruit has a lower calorie content;
- if you add a little coconut oil, sugar enters the blood more slowly.
You can use the infusion of melon seeds, which is used as a diuretic, to cleanse all internal organs. Such an infusion will only benefit if consumed regularly. A tablespoon of seeds is brewed in 200 ml of boiling water, infused for 2 hours and drunk during the day in 4 doses. The same recipe will help ease the course of colds.