According to dietitian Elena Solomatina, the most useful spice for people with diabetes is cinnamon.
Nutritionist Solomatina explained in an interview that eating cinnamon promotes the distribution of glucose throughout the cells of the body, thereby lowering its concentration in the blood.
“It often happens that in type 2 diabetes, insulin drags glucose into the cell, but it does not open. Cinnamon provides the opening of the cell, into which insulin passes with glucose. Accordingly, the level of sugar in the blood decreases,” the doctor told Moscow 24.
Solomatina added that the aroma of cinnamon “deceives” the body, allowing you to be saturated with less food. The smell of this spice affects certain areas of the brain, so that a person feels full, even if he eats a little. In such a situation, the craving for carbohydrate food, which is tempting for diabetics, but harmful and undesirable for them, also decreases. cinnamon in drinks and dishes, you can make an infusion from it. His recipe: half a teaspoon of spice is brewed with boiling water and infused for 10 minutes.
Nutritionist Solomatina named products that are not obviously dangerous for diabetes
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that savory, but products containing sugar.
Important! Information provided for reference only. 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