The phrase "eat well in the morning, eat well at noon, eat less at night" has been passed down from mouth to mouth, which shows how important breakfast is. After studies show that breakfast has the most significant impact on blood sugar, as long as the scientific eating breakfast can be better control of blood sugar, make blood sugar stabilization, that diabetic patients how to eat breakfast correctly?

1, eat breakfast time

Breakfast eat too little or do not eat breakfast, but can not help control blood sugar, but will make the blood sugar fluctuation is too large, affecting the dose of glucose-lowering drugs or insulin medication, and even cause acute complications. If diabetic patients do not eat breakfast, to lunch and dinner will inevitably overeat, elevated postprandial glucose, increasing the difficulty of blood sugar control. According to research findings, diabetic patients eat breakfast before 8:30, both insulin resistance and blood glucose levels will be reduced, so should be arranged to eat breakfast time. Breakfast can be arranged in the morning 7:00 ~ 8:00, because this time of the most appetite and in line with the biological rhythm.

2, pay attention to breakfast nutrition

Breakfast should include vitamins, minerals, high-quality proteins and carbohydrates, such as two slices of whole-wheat bread, 200 to 500 milliliters of milk, a hard-boiled egg and tomatoes. Breakfast should also have a moderate amount of lean meat or fish and shrimp meat, can provide the body with high-quality protein, prolong the food in the intestine digestion time. Diabetic patients with high activity levels who eat too fine a diet for breakfast will feel hungry at about 10 a.m. and may even experience hypoglycemia. So be sure to focus on breakfast nutrition and make sure that breakfast calories make up 25% of your total calories for the day.

1, with a good proportion of calorie intake in the morning and evening

Diabetic patients in the morning and evening food calorie ratio is 5:3:2, this calorie intake collocation can promote the brain to normal operation, help control appetite, prevent overeating. Feeling hungry between doing work, you may want to choose low-calorie snacks such as yogurt, milk, soy milk or tomatoes as well as cucumbers. Lightly physically active diabetics should limit their calorie intake to 1800 kcal per day.

2, adjust the order of meals

Diabetic patients should adjust the order of meals, eat vegetables first, then eat food containing high-quality protein, and then finally eat carbohydrates, which can prevent the postprandial blood glucose levels rise. Due to the large size of green leafy vegetables, they can give people a certain sense of satiety, and they can also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and reduce the intake of staple foods.

3, meat preferred fish and shrimp meat

Although meat does not affect postprandial blood glucose for a short period of time, however, meat is digested in the body for a long time, and tends to affect fasting blood glucose 3 to 4 hours after dinner or early in the morning. Diabetic patients meat should choose fish, shrimp and poultry, which contain unsaturated fatty acids and low fat content.

Warm tips

Breakfast and dinner for diabetic patients at least 12 hours apart, which can reduce hunger, reduce the amount of food, but also can reduce insulin as well as glucose levels, increase insulin sensitivity, lunch and dinner at least 4 to 6 hours apart. The time to eat dinner should not be more than 19:00, can be arranged at 17:00~19:00 or so, the time to eat dinner is too late to affect the fasting blood glucose and blood lipids on the 2nd day. Usually should pay attention to three meals a day fixed, because of work factors and extend the meal time can not be hungry all the time, you can temporarily eat nuts or milk, etc., to prevent hypoglycemia, to avoid disorders of the digestive tract function.

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