Type 2 diabetes: Include this vegetable in your diet to lower blood sugar | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Type 2 diabetes: Include this vegetable in your diet to lower blood sugar | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 14, 2019 4:02:03 pm

Type 2 diabetes: Include this vegetable in your diet to lower blood sugar

Since diabetes is a condition that is difficult to treat and expensive to manage, diet constitutes a crucial aspect of its overall management, which may involve diet alone, diet with oral hypoglycemic drugs, or diet with insulin.

Drinking a glass of bottle gourd juice everyday is considered to be highly beneficial for diabetes patients. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Bottle gourd or lauki, which contains 92 per cent water and eight per cent fiber, is considered one of the healthiest vegetables to fight diabetes. Since it has negligible amount of glucose and sugar related compounds, it is considered an ideal food for diabetics. Including lauki in your daily diet helps reduce blood sugar levels, suggest various studies.