With the improvement of living standards, physical health has attracted more and more attention. There are also more and more patients with diabetes. Current medicine can only control the blood sugar of diabetes without increasing it. It’s more about daily diet control. Most people with diabetes want to satisfy their appetites, so their relatives around them must pay special attention to their diet. So what kind of food can people with diabetes eat?

1. What is the best thing for diabetics to eat?

People with diabetes should eat less or no fruit. When the condition is stable, they can eat less fruit. When eating fruits, choose fruits with low sugar content. Eat more lean meat, fish and shrimp, etc., which are high-protein and low-fat foods. It refers to being made from grains with high dietary fiber, such as buckwheat and oats. Although these foods take longer to digest and absorb, they eventually turn into glucose. Vegetables with starch as the main component should be counted in the amount of staple food. These vegetables include potatoes, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, yams, water chestnuts, taro, lilies, water chestnuts, arrowheads, etc. Beans other than soybeans, such as red beans, mung beans, broad beans, kidney beans, and peas, are also mainly composed of starch, so they should also be counted as staple food.

1. Eat non-staple food in moderation.

2. Do not eat peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, pine nuts and other hard fruit foods to satisfy your hunger.

3. Eat more foods containing dietary fiber.

4. Eat less salt.

5. Eat less cholesterol-containing foods.

6. Regarding the issue of eating fruits. Patients with good blood sugar control can eat fruits with low sugar content, such as apples, pears, oranges, oranges, strawberries, etc., but the amount should not be large. The time to eat fruit should be between meals when blood sugar is low. If you eat fruit afterwards, it is equivalent to a snack, and your blood sugar will immediately rise. In addition, after eating watermelon, the sugar is absorbed quickly, so try not to eat it. Bananas have a high starch content and should be considered a staple food.

7. Sweeteners will not be converted into glucose, will not affect changes in blood sugar, and cannot be used as a self-help food for hypoglycemia.

8. People with diabetes must not limit drinking water.

Many vegetables can be eaten as fruits, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, etc. The sugar content of food per 100 grams is less than 5 grams, and it is rich in vitamins. It can completely replace fruits. It is suitable for people with diabetes and can be promoted.

In addition, it is necessary to match the food intake and not be rigid. Watermelon contains 4% sugar, pears 12% and bananas 20%. Although watermelon contains little sugar, eating 500 grams is equivalent to 100 grams of bananas and 170 grams of pears, so don’t eat too much. You should also pay attention to the way you eat fruits. Don't eat them immediately after a meal. You can eat them between meals or before going to bed. It is best to eat on a trial basis, that is, test your urine sugar 2 hours after eating. If urine sugar increases, the amount needs to be reduced; if urine sugar is still high after reducing fruit, the amount of staple food should be appropriately reduced.

2. Precautions for diabetic diet

1. The staple food of diabetic patients is generally rice and noodles. However, there are more coarse grains, such as oats, cereals, cornmeal, etc. It is rich in inorganic salts and vitamins and is rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber has the effect of reducing blood sugar and is beneficial to blood sugar control.

2. Soybeans and their soy products are the best sources of protein for diabetic patients. On the one hand, the protein they contain is high in quality; on the other hand, they do not contain cholesterol and have lipid-lowering effects, so It can replace some animal foods, such as meat.

3. When diabetic patients still feel hungry during the period of controlling calories, they can eat vegetables with low sugar content, boil them in water, add some condiments and mix them before eating. Because vegetables contain a lot of dietary fiber and water, have low heat energy and have a satiety effect, they are an essential food for diabetic patients.

4. Prohibited foods include: white sugar, red sugar, glucose and sugar sweets, such as candies, pastries, jams, preserves, ice cream, sweet drinks, etc. In addition, potatoes, yams, taro, lotus roots, garlic sprouts, carrots, etc. that contain more carbohydrates should be used sparingly or the corresponding amount of staple food should be reduced after consumption.

5. Use lard, butter, foreign oil, cream, butter, etc. that are rich in saturated fatty acids sparingly and preferably not at all.

Vegetable oil can be used to replace some animal oils. Peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, and melon seeds also contain a lot of fat. Try not to eat them or eat less or reduce your oil intake.

6. Egg yolks and animal offal such as liver, brain, waist, etc. contain very high cholesterol and should be used as little or as little as possible.

7. Fruits contain glucose and fructose, which can increase blood sugar. Therefore, when blood and urine sugar control are relatively stable, when fasting blood sugar is 7.8mmol/L or 2 hours after a meal blood sugar is 10mmol/L, It can be eaten between meals or before going to bed, but the corresponding staple food should also be reduced.

8. Alcohol, mainly containing alcohol, produces high heat, but contains very few other nutrients, so it is best not to drink it.

9. In addition to controlling total calories, the diet of diabetic patients should also diversify food. However, due to restrictions on sugar and salt, the taste of dishes is relatively simple. In response to this, a variety of sweeteners have been produced on the market, such as stevia and sweet sugar, which do not produce heat and do not contain any nutrients. In the past two years, there has been a sweetener called protein sugar, which has an amino acid composition and is also It does not produce heat and has no side effects. It is currently an ideal sweetener, such as Newt sugar and Yuanzhen sugar.

10. Insulin-dependent patients also need to strictly implement dietary control under the guidance of doctors and nutritionists. For obese diabetic patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease, in addition to stricter dietary control In addition, avoid eating animal offal, egg yolk, fish roe, etc., and strictly control animal oils such as butter, lard, butter, etc. The saturated fatty acids in them are not good for preventing atherosclerosis.

11. For diabetic patients with renal insufficiency, in addition to controlling total calories, they should pay attention to the intake of less salt, no salt or less sodium and protein according to their condition. The protein supply should not be too high, and Avoid eating soy products. For patients with uremia, they should eat a low-protein diet. The protein should be about 30 grams per day. The staple food should be wheat starch instead of rice and noodles. The protein supply is the first choice for high-quality protein, such as milk, eggs, lean meat, etc.