In the 1950s and 1960s, diabetes was called a wealthy disease, but in recent years, as people's diet becomes more and more refined, coupled with the decrease in physical activity, the incidence of diabetes is getting higher and higher year by year, and the incidence rate tends to be younger.
Diabetes not only causes patients to suffer from 3 more and one few symptoms, but also poor blood sugar control can induce acute or chronic complications, making all organs in the body unable to survive. Therefore, controlling blood sugar stability is the top priority. In addition to taking medicine strictly according to doctors' precautions and adjusting their lifestyle, diabetic patients can also eat the following foods appropriately, which may help stabilize blood sugar.
What foods can help stabilize blood sugar?
, cinnamon
cinnamon is a seasoning. Some substances contained in it can help improve insulin sensitivity, stimulate the large amount of insulin secretion of insulin , and help stabilize blood sugar. Therefore, you can add an appropriate amount of cinnamon when cooking food.
, snow lotus seeds
Snow lotus seeds contain soluble dietary fiber . After entering the body, it will not generate calories. Instead, it will accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce insulin resistance, and at the same time it can inhibit post-meal blood sugar and avoid large fluctuations in blood sugar.
Modern medicine believes that bitter melon contains a unique bitter melon glycoside, and also contains a variety of amino acids and vitamins. Studies have shown that the extracts in bitter gourd can help lower blood sugar, just like insulin.
How should diabetic patients eat?
. Choose the right staple food
Diabetic patients cannot completely reject carbohydrate , ensuring that carbohydrates must account for 55% of the total energy, fat and protein account for 16% and 27% respectively. The most important thing is to control the intake of staple food, adjust the structure of staple food, and the intake of staple food is about 150~200 grams per day, and make a good combination of coarse and fineness, such as adding oats, brown rice and corn kernels when steaming rice.
. Eat vegetables and fruits scientifically
Diabetic patients should focus on eating fruits and leaves and stems, such as spinach, celery and tomatoes, cucumbers and bitter melons; eat less yam , lotus root, sweet potatoes and potatoes and other vegetables containing carbohydrates, and reduce the intake of staple food after consumption.
blood sugar is stable, that is, fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar are less than 7.0 mmol and 10.0 mmol respectively. When glycated hemoglobin is less than 7.5%, eat about 100 to 200 grams of fruit every day. It is recommended to eat low-sugar fruits, such as cherries, strawberry , apples and grapefruits. Eating fruits between meals cannot be arranged when it is about to eat or after the meal is over.
Diabetic patients cannot completely reject meat. They choose fish first, followed by skinned poultry, lean pork, etc., and refuse to eat processed meat and fat meat. If you don’t like eating meat, you might as well get high-quality protein by drinking skim milk and eating boiled eggs .
. Eating time
Diabetic patients should be regularly and regularly for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so as to better control blood sugar and prevent diabetes complications . If necessary, you need to eat appropriately to prevent hypoglycemia.
Message from the doctor
It is worth noting that although the above foods can help lower blood sugar, they only play an auxiliary role and cannot place the effect of lowering blood sugar in food. Patients must strictly take oral antidiabetic drugs or inject insulin according to the doctor's instructions, and take 2 to 3 days a week to monitor blood sugar, understand blood sugar fluctuations, so as to adjust the dose as soon as possible, and control blood sugar within the normal range. At the same time, regular reviews should be conducted strictly in accordance with the doctor's instructions, especially complication reviews should be conducted.
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