Dietitian Solomatina: everything that contains vitamin C is useful for people with diabetes.
Doctor Elena Solomatina spoke about products that strengthen blood vessels in case of diabetes. Diabetes mellitus, characterized by persistently high blood sugar levels, puts blood vessels at particular risk, and diabetics are often prone to strokes, heart attacks, and high blood pressure. In order to prevent rapidly developing pathological changes in blood vessels, people with diabetes should carefully monitor what foods are included in their diet, Dr. Solomatina emphasized.
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According to the doctor, in order to strengthen blood vessels, diabetics must definitely eat foods rich in antioxidants, such as berries.
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“Antioxidants improve the permeability of small vessels , strengthen them and prevent vision loss. As a rule, in diabetes, damage usually begins precisely with small vessels, ”the doctor told Moscow 24.
Solomatina specified that products containing chromium, rutin, vitamin C and omega fatty acids help maintain and strengthen blood vessels in diabetes. 3.
- Foods with chromium: unsweetened cocoa, seafood and fish, broccoli.
- Foods with rutin: viburnum, chokeberry.
- Foods with omega-3: oily fish, walnuts, flax seeds or linseed oil, Brussels sprouts.
- Products with vitamin C: a nutritionist noted that
“anything that contains vitamin C is good for diabetics, such as bell pepper and blackcurrant.”
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Important ! Information provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. Seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.
Elena Solomatina healthy lifestyle dietitian, candidate of medical sciences