Now with the popularization of social healthy life concepts, everyone knows that controlling diabetes not only depends on drugs to reduce sugar, but also requires lifestyle intervention, such as stepping on your legs, controlling your mouth, etc.
But it is important for us to control our mouths in daily life, but we also have to figure out what foods are healthy and what are unhealthy, especially those that claim to be "sugar-free" or " low-sugar ".
They may seem good for you, but they may actually be disrupting your efforts to control your blood sugar. Today we will take a look at some of the foods that seem to be good to you but are not.
1. Purchase " sugar-free " food
Supermarkets are filled with diabetes-friendly things because their promotional slogans all claim that there is no added sugar, and even some labels with "0 sugar". However, the sweet taste in many products actually contains sugar substitutes containing carbohydrate , or does not contain sweetness, but there are a large amount of carbohydrates. Regardless, this means they may make your blood sugar levels soar.
Before you put the stuff in the cart, check the nutritional status to see how many grams of carbohydrates are in each serving, and how much sugar is added. Understanding the total amount of carbohydrates in each serving helps control blood sugar levels.
2. Take only vitamin pills
Eat more fruits and vegetables. The diet should give you all the nutrition you need. A complex vitamin may help fill some of your missing microbial species, but it still doesn't match real foods.
Especially some people are prone to misunderstandings, believing that the sugar in fruits or vegetables is not good for them, but they want to obtain vitamins in these fruits, so they just want to supplement daily needs by taking some vitamin pills. In fact, these are wrong. There is no study showing that eating fruits will aggravate the worsening of diabetes. On the contrary, eating a certain amount of fruit every day is conducive to improving the body's sensitivity to insulin , thereby reducing blood sugar.
3. Drink only juice
A cup of apple juice contains 25 grams of sugar and 0.5 grams of fiber. An apple has less sugar (19 grams on average) than a cup of juice, more fiber (4.5 grams) and helps stabilize blood sugar. Additionally, a study found that drinking juice daily increases the risk of diabetes. However, eating whole fruit regularly reduces this possibility. Instead of drinking juice, it is better to eat fruit
4. Drink some weight loss soda
It may not contain calories, carbohydrates and sugar, but you can still eat too much. One study found that overweight people who rely on weight loss soda end up consuming more calories from their food.
Why is this? Weight loss drink lovers may think they have “save” calories on their drinks and can splurge on food.
5. Avoid all fat foods
As we all know, the disease mechanism of diabetes causes the body to regulate fat metabolism and regulation. However, if you restrict fat intake without distinction, it may be extremely unfavorable to the body. If you choose the right type of fat, eating a little fat is good for your body.
You should limit saturated fat (saturated fat in meat and dairy products), but mono unsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat are healthy.
In fact, certain fat-containing foods seem to help people with diabetes. Eating nuts and high-carb foods can prevent blood sugar levels from rising sharply. Of course, any fat-containing food must be kept in mind the principle of small amounts.
