Fat people are more likely to get diabetes, so many diabetics want to be thin, but this is a misconception. If a person with diabetes loses more than 10% of their normal weight, it is called wasting. People with diabetes who are too thin will not only reduce the body's immunity and be prone to infection, but also be targeted by tuberculosis and various complications. For example, severely thin people with diabetes often have difficulty healing once foot ulcers occur, and those with heart failure have a higher mortality rate.
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that excessive weight loss significantly increases the risk of death in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. A study of 655 patients with type 1 diabetes from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States showed that patients who gradually become obese as they age are less likely to die, and those who are thin have the highest risk of death. Therefore, thin people with diabetes need to increase their weight to a reasonable range to enhance their resistance. Eating more fat meat can easily lead to obesity. In order to gain weight, can we eat more high-fat foods? ?Some thin sugar lovers are eager to gain weight and have gone into misunderstandings. There are also many skinny and sugary people who are in a dilemma when gaining weight: Eat less to avoid gaining weight, or eat more to increase blood sugar. ?How should skinny diabetics gain weight?
To gain weight is not to increase fat, but to increase muscle content. Therefore, people with diabetes should limit their fat intake, pay attention to a balanced diet when choosing foods, and try to diversify the types as much as possible. The diet of lean diabetic patients is mainly based on high-quality protein, and each meal needs protein, staple foods and vegetables. The protein is mainly high-quality protein such as fish, meat, eggs, and milk. The staple food is mainly rice, steamed buns, and whole grains. Foods that are easy to raise blood sugar such as noodles, porridge, and thickeners are not suitable. Vegetables must be included in every meal to ensure the intake of plant fiber.
Eat small meals frequently and consume more food while maintaining stable blood sugar. For example, you can add a meal between the morning and afternoon meals. The best food for the extra meal is milk, fruit, Nuts, whole grain bars, or high-energy, high-protein medical meals.
Ensure a reasonable amount of exercise. People with diabetes can choose rhythmic whole-body exercises, such as boxing, jogging, badminton or table tennis. Activities such as ballroom dancing and square dancing are especially recommended. Accompanied by rhythmic music, it can not only exercise the whole body and make people feel happy, but also the amount of exercise is very suitable. For thin sugar lovers, swimming and walking are more suitable exercises. They are both systemic and self-limiting exercises. That is, you can take a break when you are tired to avoid excessive exercise.
Severely thin diabetic patients are not suitable for treatment with hypoglycemic drugs such as metformin, which can reduce weight, but are suitable for treatment with insulin. On the basis of excluding other causes, insulin treatment is the first choice for patients with severe weight loss and hyperglycemia. Insulin promotes protein and fat synthesis, inhibits the production of ketone bodies, and promotes the use of ketone bodies by peripheral tissues.
Balanced nutrition, reasonable amounts of protein and fat are not only the basis for survival, but also the basis for blood sugar regulation. Only when the weight is reasonable and the energy intake is reasonable, can a reasonable hypoglycemic plan be formulated. Diabetic patients cannot blindly lose weight in order to control blood sugar. If they rely on weight loss to maintain stable blood sugar, although blood sugar can be controlled temporarily, it will reduce the quality of life and shorten the length of life.
If the patient continues to lose weight, after excluding factors such as diet, drugs, and lifestyle, it is necessary to check whether there are chronic gastroenteritis, hyperthyroidism, kidney disease, tumors and other diseases.