What are the benefits of a varied diet for diabetics?

Eating small, frequent meals is one of the principles of the diabetic diet**, especially for patients with poor digestive function. The total amount of food per day remains unchanged, increasing the number of meals and reducing the amount of food at each meal is conducive to the digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract, and the blood sugar after meals is not too high, reducing the burden on pancreatic islet cells. Small meals can also allow for a more balanced absorption of glucose, just like taking drugs that delay blood sugar absorption, and can avoid hypoglycemia at the peak of the drug's effect.

Diabetic patients should choose foods with low sugar content and high fiber in their diet. (such as pumpkin, soba noodles), a variety of diet can reduce the burden of pancreatic islets, make blood sugar and blood lipids close to normal values, and maintain normal weight. Prevent or delay the occurrence of cardiovascular complications in infants.

Diet is a relatively basic part of the control of diabetes, many patients often ask, what is the best food to eat, which is particularly different from individuals, to choose according to their own physical condition, in general, food is divided into three categories:

First, carbohydrates. The glycemic index of carbohydrates is relatively high, so when eating carbohydrates, the first thing to pay attention to is the cooking method, and the second is to pay attention to the amount of carbohydrates, and try to avoid eating some foods made of polished rice noodles and relatively thin carbohydrates, such as porridge, this glycemic index will be particularly high. It is more recommended, such as coarse grain steamed buns, multigrain rice, and multigrain porridge, which is not only conducive to the intake of dietary fiber but also does not rise too quickly.

Second, protein foods. Protein food is a more important category in daily life, lean meat, egg whites, fish and shrimp, and soy products all belong to this category, the glycemic index of this kind of food is lower than that of carbohydrates, but the overall intake should be properly controlled, especially for patients with kidney disease for the intake of plant protein should be stricter.

Third, fatty foods. Fatty foods are generally not recommended, but it is inevitable to ingest some in daily life, because long-term diabetic patients will be prone to some vascular problems, and eating a large amount of fatty foods will aggravate the lesions of blood vessels, but there are some nuts that contain some high-quality unsaturated fatty acids, which can be consumed in a small amount appropriately, which is beneficial to the body.

Therefore, the general principle is that the three categories of nutrients are comprehensively matched, and they are selected comprehensively according to their own physical condition, and there is no such thing as which is the best thing to eat.

Avoid obesity and maintain an ideal and appropriate weight.

Eat regularly and quantitatively, and eat according to the planned portion of each meal, and cannot increase or decrease arbitrarily.

Cooking mostly uses steaming, boiling, cold dressing, shabu-shabu, roasting, burning, stewing, marinating and other methods. Do not be too salty, salt intake below 6 grams is advisable to eat not too salty, eat less foods with high cholesterol content, such as kidney flowers, liver, kidney and other animal offal foods.

Cooperate with long-term and appropriate exercise control, medication, and dietary control.

Always choose foods high in fibre, such as unprocessed fruits and vegetables.

Don't drink alcohol. Because the alcohol contained in the wine does not contain other nutrients and only provides heat for energy, each gram of alcohol produces about 7 kilocalories (294 joules), which is not good for the liver when consumed for a long time, and is easy to cause an increase in serum triglycerides. A small number of patients taking sulfonylurea hypoglycemic drugs are prone to palpitation, shortness of breath, and red cheeks after drinking.

Note that patients with insulin drink alcohol on an empty stomach are prone to hypoglycemia, so it is better not to drink alcohol for the safety of the patient.

3. Stewed turtle with corn whiskers: 100 grams of corn whiskers, 1 black electricity, appropriate amount of green onions, salt, cooking wine, stewed cooked meat soup. Suitable for general diabetic patients.

1. Change bad eating habits, reasonably adjust the dietary structure, and control the intake of protein, fat and sugar. Some people are worried that eating more fat will cause high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis, and correspondingly increase carbohydrate intake, which provides regulation for the occurrence of diabetes.

2. Increase the amount of activity. Exercise can improve the function of the endocrine system, increase the body's ability to resist diseases, inhibit obesity, reduce body weight, improve fat metabolism, and promote the oxidation of glucose.

3. Keep your spirits happy, be in a good mood, treat things that don't go your way calmly, deal with them properly, and avoid being impatient and uneasy.

4. Check the body regularly, conduct blood sugar and urine glucose tests, and actively strengthen prevention when glucose tolerance is found.