Diabetic patients should not eat rice cakes, which have a high glycemic index. It is recommended to eat vegetables with low glycemic index, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, vegetables and celery. Fruits, such as grapefruit and kiwifruit, should choose high-quality protein, such as lean meat and fish. It is best to choose coarse grains as staple food, such as corn flour, buckwheat flour and oat flour.

What should diabetics pay attention to in diet?

Diabetic patients should not drink alcohol. Because the alcohol contained in the wine contains no other nutrients, it only provides heat energy, and each gram of alcohol produces about 7 kilocalories (294 joules), which is harmful to the liver and easy to cause the increase of serum triglycerides. A few patients who take sulfonylurea hypoglycemic drugs are prone to palpitation, shortness of breath and blushing after drinking. Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach is easy to cause hypoglycemia in insulin patients. For the safety of patients, it is best not to drink alcohol.