Since the diagnosis of diabetes, controlling the diet has become a big problem, and many people, faced with the food they used to prefer, do not know whether they can still eat it or not, and do not know if they can eat it, how much they can eat in a day. Starting with Issue 9, 2018, we continue to focus on and answer your concerns about whether or not a certain food can be eaten and how much you can eat, to help people with diabetes eat well and control their blood sugar.

Spring rolls

Spring rolls are deep-fried foods with high energy, about 465 kcal per 100 grams, in addition to high carbohydrate, fat and sodium content, which should not be consumed regularly by diabetic patients. If you eat should also be limited, a consumption of 1 2 enough, and calculated into the total daily energy.

Recommended for diabetics to eat a spring roll - Vietnamese spring rolls, the biggest difference with the Chinese spring rolls is that they do not need to deep-frying process, the crust does not need to be made of dough, but with rice batter made of rice wrapped in the skin, and its fillings can be shrimp, pork, and vegetables as the main, or all the vegetables as fillings, it is quite a prevalent snacks in Vietnam. To make it, soften the rice skin with warm water, lay it flat on a clean cutting board, put the right amount of vegetables in turn, roll it up and serve it on a plate, and eat it with a sauce according to your personal taste.

Rice vermicelli

Rice vermicelli is a common foodstuff in southern China, which is made of rice, soaked, steamed and pressed into strips. Rice noodles have a glycemic index (GI) of 61, which is a medium GI (GI between 55% and 70%) food. Medium GI food is between high GI and low GI and can be chosen by diabetic patients with controlled consumption. Specifically how much can be eaten, need to be converted according to the amount of personal day staple food, generally a meal of 100 150 grams (dry weight), and pay attention to with a sufficient amount of vegetables is appropriate.

Scrambled eggs with tofu

Can diabetics eat scrambled eggs with tofu? It needs to be explained one by one according to the ingredients. First of all, diabetic patients can eat eggs. Eggs are rich in protein, which is good for human digestion, absorption and utilization. Although the cholesterol content of eggs is high, it is also rich in lecithin, which can promote fat and cholesterol metabolism, and eggs are rich in vitamin A, which can improve immunity. In addition, egg yolks are rich in iron, which is good for preventing anemia. Usually recommended for diabetic patients to consume 1 egg per day, combined with dyslipidemia patients can eat half of the egg yolk, and the egg white contains low cholesterol, can be completely eaten.

Secondly, the toon is rich in vitamin C and carotene, etc., and there is also heat and dampness and appetizing effect, eat some toon in moderation is good for the body. Diabetic patients a serving size of about 300 grams.

Lastly, the cooking method, scrambled eggs with toon need to be fried with vegetable oil, according to the recommendations of the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016)": "The daily intake of cooking oil per person is 25 30 grams, and the energy provided by fat should account for less than 30% of the total energy." Diabetic patients need to pay attention to the control of the amount of oil used when doing fried toon eggs, the total amount of oil used in a day does not exceed the standard can be.

In fact, each season has a seasonal dish that meets its climatic conditions and grows with higher nutritional value. Spring seasonal vegetables such as parsnips, leeks, water chestnuts and amaranth are very suitable ingredients for diabetics, who may want to eat them, but don't forget to cook with less oil and salt and the principle of a well-balanced diet.