Every Spring Festival is a hurdle for diabetics.

During festivals, there are more fruits and snacks at home, and many people inadvertently increase their intake of snacks, such as potato chips, melon seeds, peanuts, dried fruits, etc.

These foods contain a lot of fat and calories. Eating too much will cause blood sugar to rise. All kinds of delicious food can easily make people with diabetes lose control.

What should sugar lovers eat during the Spring Festival?

Director Zhang Haitao of the Department of Metabolic Endocrinology of Hunan Second People's Hospital suggests: First of all, diabetic patients should adhere to total intake control and reduce the intake of staple foods after eating snacks.

Diabetes lovers should set the total daily dietary calories according to the standard weight requirements, and the daily staple food should not exceed 300 grams.

You can eat 2/3 of fine rice and flour products and 1/3 of cereal starch foods, such as yams, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., and distribute these reasonably among three meals a day.

As for vegetables, those with normal weight and no need to lose weight should have a daily intake of 400-500 grams, with green leafy vegetables preferably accounting for half.

Eating more fiber-rich vegetables can prevent constipation and make people feel full.

Secondly, you can also eat fruits, but you have to follow the rules.

Only diabetics with good blood sugar control are recommended to eat less than 200g of fruit between meals.

And you should choose those with low sugar content, such as strawberries, cherries, kiwis, grapefruits, oranges, apples, pears, papayas, dragon fruit, etc.

If blood sugar is too high, cucumbers and tomatoes should be substituted.

In addition to the above regular diet, you can only taste nuts, snacks, etc., and the calories of these foods should be deducted from the staple food.

Third, there is an old saying in China that “no feast is complete without wine.” During the holidays, when relatives and friends gather together, drinking is inevitable. Diabetic patients are best to drink dry red wine without sugar, not strong white wine, and not on an empty stomach.

Drink, not to overindulge. If you really can't resist the hospitality, you can add some boiled water or mineral water to the wine to dilute it, thereby reducing the alcohol content and calorie content.

Finally, Director Zhang Haitao specially reminded that during the holidays, you must insist on taking medicines as prescribed by your doctor and strengthen blood sugar monitoring. Do not forget to take medicines or disrupt your usual treatment arrangements or stop medicines without authorization because you are visiting relatives, friends or receiving guests. This may cause serious consequences.

, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma and other complications.