Diabetes and hypertension are often called "sister diseases" in medicine, and they often coexist. Survey results show that about 70% to 80% of diabetic patients have hypertension. Such patients need to control both blood sugar and blood pressure, and hypoglycemic and antihypertensive treatments need to be carried out at the same time.
In terms of diet
Adhere to the policy of three less and one more, that is, less sugar, less salt, less oil, and more vegetables. Among them, limiting high salt is the top priority when diabetes is complicated by high blood pressure. The daily salt intake needs to be less than 5 grams (about a full cup of toothpaste). At the same time, salt-containing condiments such as soy sauce and soy sauce should also be used less. , vinegar, alkaline noodles, etc., try to buy low sodium salt. If the patient has heart failure, decreased kidney function, edema, oliguria, shortness of breath, cough and asthma, etc., he should stop eating salt completely.
Food Selection
1. Foods that should be selected: Chinese cabbage, spinach, water spinach, celery, winter melon, bitter melon, cucumber, and tomato.
2. Foods that can be used in appropriate amounts: rice, flour, oats, corn, etc. and their products; lotus root, yam, pumpkin, etc.; mung beans, red beans, black beans, soybeans and their products; fish, shrimp, pigs Beef, mutton, poultry, eggs, milk and their products; walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, melon seeds, etc.
3. Foods not recommended: brown sugar, granulated sugar, rock sugar, honey, chocolate, candied fruit, cola, Sprite, canned sugar water, ice cream, desserts, ham, sausage, bacon, etc.
Health tips: Cooking methods to lower the glycemic index of food
1. Don’t cut vegetables if they can’t be cut. Even if you want to cut them, don’t cut them too small, which will affect blood sugar control. Advantageous;
2. Under the premise of ensuring that the food is cooked thoroughly, do not cook it too soft. The higher the degree of gelatinization, the easier it is to increase post-meal blood sugar;
3. Drink less porridge, but it is not completely unacceptable. You can drink multigrain porridge.
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