Diabetes is a condition if our body cells do not absorb the glucose from the blood, the glucose accumulates in the blood resulted to a high blood sugar level.
The ideal blood sugar/glucose level should be in the range from 4.
0mmol/L to 7.
0mmol/L (72mg/dL to 126mg/dL).
Reading above this range can cause health complications.
Pancreas; a vital part of our body's organs produces insulin naturally that is needed by our cells to absorb glucose in our blood stream for energy.
The effects from the body's failure to produce insulin naturally and a condition in which the cells fail to use insulin produced properly are most common among diabetic patients.
Diabetes is more a symptom rather than a disease; it is telling us that the immune system is confronted.
The best treatment approach lies in the belief of getting back our immune system to natural state.
It is important that our pancreas stay healthy through proper dietary and physical exercises and enabling it to reproduce insulin naturally again.
Now, let me share with you another foodstuff that is beneficial to Diabetics.
"The Sweet Potato".
Sweet potato is edible tuberous root, found throughout the tropical climate regions.
It is long and tapered and has a smooth peel whose color depends on varieties and range from red, brown, purple and white.
Its flesh varies from white, yellow, orange and purple.
Coincidentally, sweet potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
The flesh tastes sweet and despite of having the name "Sweet", it is a favorable food for diabetics.
Preliminary researches have revealed it helps to stabilize Blood Sugar and lower insulin resistance.
Nutrition facts and Health benefits of Sweet Potato: Sweet Potato has a Starchy flesh when cooked and is rich in complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamin C, B and B6.
Also, it contains great amounts of minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese and potassium.
Chronic diabetes patients need foodstuff, which is rich in complex carbohydrates in their daily diet.
The complex carbohydrates behave like a store for starch in their body system which only raises the blood sugar slowly comparing to foodstuff consumed with compound (simple) sugars.
Nutritious sweet potatoes are low in calories, on comparison with starch rich cereals.
It contains no saturated fats and cholesterol but they are rich source of dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that are essential for body metabolism.
Therefore, sweet potatoes are useful diet and they are highly recommended as a healthy food supplement for Diabetics.