Pu'er tea is known as the "edible antique" and traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of clearing heat, dispelling wind, prolonging life, etc. Regular consumption of Pu'er tea can help with weight loss, lowering blood lipid levels, and anti-aging. But can Pu'er tea really lower blood sugar levels?
One: The most effective method to lower blood sugar
1. Control blood sugar concentration.
Diabetic myopathy focuses on lowering blood sugar levels. High blood sugar is caused by insulin secretion defects or impaired biological effects. We can use insulin therapy or oral medications to lower blood sugar levels. The most significant adverse reaction of insulin therapy is hypoglycemia. Therefore, we also need to strictly control our diet, avoiding spicy and stimulating foods and focusing on a light diet.
2. Physical therapy.
Follow the doctor's advice and engage in physical therapy as much as possible to enhance muscle strength, such as walking training. When lying in bed or sitting, you can massage and knead your muscles to promote blood circulation, which is beneficial for the improvement of the condition. If the muscles are in severe pain, you can ask the doctor to prescribe pain relief medication, such as B vitamins. The muscles and nerves in the body mainly rely on carbohydrates for energy, and B vitamins are substances required for carbohydrate metabolism. Additionally, B vitamins also have the function of promoting cell regeneration.
Two: Pu'er tea effectively lowers blood sugar
Pu'er tea not only lowers blood sugar levels but also has a significant effect. The ability of Pu'er tea to lower blood pressure and blood sugar is due to the presence of theanine, which can inhibit the increase in blood pressure. The alkaloids and flavonoids in Pu'er tea can relax blood vessel walls, increase effective blood vessel diameter, and lower blood pressure.
The content of tea pigment (lowering sugar and fat, nourishing the stomach), tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides (antioxidants), and caffeine (enhancing the effect of lowering blood sugar) in Pu'er tea is higher than that in raw Pu'er tea. In a study of 120 diabetic patients drinking Pu'er tea, it was found that among the participants who continued their medication and did not change their diet, 70% of the diabetic patients experienced a decrease in blood sugar levels to below 7, with an average decrease of 35%. Among them, 40% of the Type II diabetic patients who drank Pu'er tea (without stopping medication) had their blood sugar levels return to normal, while the blood sugar levels of the healthy participants did not change. Scientific consumption of Pu'er tea can help prevent or assist in the treatment of Type II diabetes and reduce complications caused by Type II diabetes.
Research has shown that tea polysaccharides in tea have a significant effect on lowering blood sugar, similar to insulin. After injecting tea polysaccharides into mice for 7 hours, their blood sugar levels decreased by 70%. Pu'er tea contains a higher amount of tea polysaccharides, making it an ideal beverage for preventing and treating diabetes. It is also a common practice in folk medicine to use Pu'er tea to treat mild diabetes, and the coarser the tea, the better the effect.
Three: Drinking more Pu'er tea can lower blood sugar and reduce vascular diseases
Pu'er tea contains components that can effectively lower blood pressure, neutralize blood lipids, and purify the blood. It also contains abundant chlorophyll, which can prevent the absorption of cholesterol in the body and further help in digesting cholesterol. If you can develop a habit of drinking Pu'er tea, it can help eliminate animal fats from the body, increase healthy blood circulation, and promote metabolism. In rural areas of Xishuangbanna, where people have been drinking handmade fried green Pu'er tea from generation to generation, there are very few cases of cardiovascular diseases.
The ability of Pu'er tea to lower blood pressure and blood sugar is due to the theanine, which can inhibit the increase in blood pressure, and the alkaloids and flavonoids that can relax blood vessel walls, increase effective blood vessel diameter, and lower blood sugar. Therefore, friends with high blood pressure can use Pu'er tea to help lower blood pressure.
Four: Pu'er tea can lower blood sugar but cannot replace medication
Pu'er tea has the ability to lower blood sugar, but it can only play a supporting role and cannot replace medication. Currently, the most effective treatment for diabetes is the use of traditional Chinese medicines such as Xuan Shen, Yi Zhi Ren, Sha Wan Zi, Bu Gu Zhi, Lu Rong, Hainan Chen, Ren Shen, and Gou Qi Zi. These medications break the conventional methods of lowering blood sugar and have unique active ingredients that can restore the function of pancreatic islet cells, eliminate the root cause of diabetes - glucotoxicity, and break the biological barriers around insulin beta cells and insulin receptors, restoring normal glucose metabolism in the body and achieving stable blood sugar levels quickly.
