Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires both medication and diet management. Diet therapy has significant effects on diabetes. Below are some recipes suitable for diabetic patients.
One: Tofu Porridge
【Source】"Compendium of Materia Medica"
【Ingredients】50g of glutinous rice, 500mL of tofu milk, a pinch of salt or sugar.
【Method】Cook the glutinous rice first, then add the tofu milk. Cook until the rice is thick and serve twice daily.
【Suitable for】Diabetic patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Not suitable for diabetic patients with renal failure.
Two: Green Bean Porridge
【Source】"Universal Aid"
【Method】50g of glutinous rice, 50g of green beans, cook together and consume as porridge.
【Suitable for】Green beans have the effect of lowering blood lipids. Suitable for diabetic patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Not suitable for diabetic patients with renal failure.
Three: Wood Ear Mushroom Porridge
【Ingredients】5-10g of white fungus (or 30g of black fungus), 100g of glutinous rice, 3 jujubes.
【Method】Soak the white fungus first, then cook the glutinous rice and jujubes. Add the white fungus and cook as porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with vascular disease. Professor Han Muxi from the University of Minnesota Medical School in the United States believes that eating wood ear mushrooms regularly can reduce and prevent heart attacks. Wood ear mushrooms have a blood clotting effect, pregnant women with diabetes should use with caution.
Four: Radish Porridge
【Source】"Illustrated Canon of Materia Medica"
【Method】Take an appropriate amount of fresh white radish and 50g of glutinous rice, cook together and consume as porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with phlegm-dampness obstruction.
Five: Chinese Yam Porridge
【Source】"Medical Revelations of the Taiping Era"
【Method】60g of fresh Chinese yam, 60g of rice. Cook the rice into porridge, mash the Chinese yam, stir-fry with butter and honey, knead into small pieces, and add to the porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with spleen and kidney qi deficiency, lumbago and fatigue, and diarrhea.
Six: Carrot Porridge
【Source】"Compendium of Materia Medica"
【Method】50g of fresh carrot, 100g of glutinous rice, cook together and consume as porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with hypertension. Pharmacological research shows that potassium succinate in carrots has antihypertensive effects.
Seven: Winter Melon Duck Porridge
【Ingredients】One winter melon, one duck, 200g of rice, 10 shiitake mushrooms, 3g of dried tangerine peel.
【Method】Fry the duck in a pan until fragrant, season with scallion and ginger. Cook the rice until soft, add the duck and cook until soft, then slice the duck. Serve with the porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with hypertension.
Eight: Chrysanthemum Porridge
【Source】"Old and New Sayings"
【Method】Dry chrysanthemums ground into powder, cook 100g of rice into porridge, add 10g of chrysanthemum powder and boil for a short time before consuming.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with blurred vision. Chrysanthemum can clear the liver and improve vision. It is clinically used to prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, and hyperlipidemia.
Nine: Corn Flour Porridge
【Source】"Food Therapy"
【Method】50-100g of glutinous rice, cook until the rice is soft, add 30g of fresh corn flour, cook for a while, and consume.
【Suitable for】Suitable for all types of diabetic patients. Corn contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. Corn oil is a kind of oil rich in multiple unsaturated fatty acids and is a cholesterol absorption inhibitor.
Ten: Lychee Porridge
【Source】"Quanzhou Materia Medica"
【Method】5-7 lychees, 50g of glutinous rice, cook with water and consume as porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for type II diabetic patients.
Eleven: Kudzu Root Powder Porridge
【Source】"Holy Benevolent Prescriptions of the Taiping Era"
【Method】30g of kudzu root powder, 50g of glutinous rice, cook together and consume as porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for elderly diabetic patients or those with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Kudzu root contains flavonoids and has the effects of reducing fever, lowering blood lipids, and lowering blood sugar.
Twelve: Rehmannia Powder Porridge
【Source】"Moon Qu Xian Shen Yin"
【Method】Wash and mash 150g of fresh rehmannia, extract the juice. Cook 50g of glutinous rice into porridge, then add the rehmannia juice and cook for a while before consuming.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with deficiency of both qi and yin.
Thirteen: Pollen Porridge
【Source】"Qian Jin Fang"
【Method】Soak 30g of pollen in warm water for 2 hours, add 200mL of water, simmer until 100mL, then add 50g of glutinous rice and cook into porridge.
【Suitable for】Suitable for diabetic patients with obvious thirst. Pregnant women with diabetes should not use it.
