Abstract:
There are still many of our people who have never heard or even seen
the shape of the Japanese ants, so sometimes people consume Japanese
ants with different doses between people with each other and even some
who consume Japanese ants are not appropriate doses because they
want to get well soon. The purpose of research to know the relationship
between consumption patterns of Japanese ants and blood sugar levels
of people with diabetes mellitus. The design of this study is correlational
analytic with crossectional approach. Variables of this research there
are two that is the pattern of consumption of Japanese ants as an
independent variable and blood sugar levels as the dependent variable.
The population of this study was all patients with diabetes Mellitus who
had suffered > 5 years who consumed Japanese ants in Grinting Village
Karangjeruk Village Jatirejo Subdistrict Mojokerto regency as many as
10 respondents. in the sampling of researchers using total sampling
technique. Data collection with an observation sheet of Japanese ant
consumption and blood sugar level. The result of the research showed
that most of the respondents consume Japanese ants regularly as much
as 6 respondents (60%) and most respondents have blood sugar level in
the normal category that is between 100-125 mg/dl as many as 6
respondents (60%). Consumption Japanese ants can routinely lower
blood sugar levels of people with diabetes mellitus because ants contain
enzymes that can keep blood sugar levels diabetics.
