The Effect of Red Fragon Fruit toward Blood Glucose Levels Decreased Rostiodertina Girsang, Dewi Tiansa Barus, Rentawati Purba, Nur Mala Sari, Tetty Junita Purba Health Institute of DELI HUSADA,Jl.Besar Delitua No 77,Medan Keywords: Diabetes Melitus, Fasting Blood Glucose Level, Dragon Fruit Abstract: Diabetes mellitus prevalence continues to increase every year, World Health Organization data says about 346 million people suffer from diabetes and Indonesia is ranked fourth in the number of people with diabetes in the world. Diets management of DM patients needs to be modified, especially fibre and antioxidants intake. Dragon fruit can control blood glucose levels so as to prevent complications. The numbers of respondents were 30 people, the sampling technique with purposive sampling. This research was quasi-experimental study with non equivalent control group design. From the study results, average blood glucose levels before treatment 349.73 mg / dl and after 323.27 mg / dl. There is decrease in glucose levels after consuming dragon fruit juice for 14 days because of its fibre and vitamin C content so that DM sufferers have decreased glucose levels up to 29 mg / dl. 1 INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease whose prevalence is increasing rapidly every year throughout the world. DM sufferers in the world in 2000 totalled 171 million people, in 2011 totalled 346 million and it is expected to double in 2030 (Glauber, 2016; WHO, 2015). Indonesia is fourth ranked that has most DM sufferers in the world. Sedentary diet and lifestyle are risk factors that influence the increased prevalence of DM, the shift in eating patterns towards high-energy, fat and low- fibre diets trigger an imbalance in nutritional intake that leads to the development of degenerative diseases such as DM which is as serious health problem and difficult to overcome until now (Widya, et al, 2016). An increasing sufferer’s number of non-communicable diseases occurs consistently, it shows that diabetes mellitus is health problem that needs special attention from various parties including the government. The health policies that have been made by Indonesia Government are listed in the Regulation of Health Minister of Indonesia Republic Number: 1144 / Menkes / per / VIII / 2010 concern the Organization and Administration of Health Ministry, the government has established Sub-Directorate for controlling diabetes mellitus and metabolic diseases. In Indonesia, DM is the main cause of death which is 2.1% of all deaths (MOH, 2016). One feature of DM is blood glucose levels that rise above normal called hyperglycaemia. Uncontrolled glucose levels cause various complications, including cardiovascular disease such as coronary heart disease which is characterized by high levels of cholesterol and blood lipids (Shrivastava et all, 2016; Farnz et al, 2016: bernaurd, 2016). Diabetes mellitus is a disease that is mostly suffered by most Indonesian people. However, people still perceive diabetes mellitus as elderly disease or disease that only arises because of heredity. In fact, anyone can have diabetes mellitus both young and old because the main factors causing diabetes mellitus are diet and sedentary lifestyle. Diabetes mellitus is disorder that occurs due to the body's lack of the hormone insulin, as a result glucose continues to circulate in the bloodstream and it is difficult to penetrate the cell wall. The absence of glucose entering the cell causes the cell experience less energy for cellular metabolic processes. The reported incidence of pre diabetes continues to increase. 4-9% of pre diabetes sufferers will become diabetic every year (PERKENI, 2011). Based on DM prevalence illustrates the importance of early prevention for the disease. DM management is very effective in the early stages before the 66 Girsang, R., Purba, R., Barus, D., Sari, N. and Purba, T. The Effect of Red Fragon Fruit toward Blood Glucose Levels Decreased. DOI: 10.5220/0009463600660073 In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology (ICHIMAT 2019), pages 66-73 ISBN: 978-989-758-460-2 Copyright c  2020 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved