How do people with diabetes eat mooncakes? Five key points to remember

1. When choosing mooncakes, be sure to look at the mooncake ingredients

Try to choose mooncakes with simple ingredients and low sugar and fat content.

2. Mooncakes are difficult to digest food and are not easy to eat in excess.

A piece of mooncake contains about 250kcal, which is about the same energy as a bowl of rice. Therefore, diabetic patients must maintain stable blood sugar control. Eat 1/4 of the mooncake at one time and don’t eat more in a day.

At the same time, the amount of other staple foods should be appropriately reduced.

3. Pay attention to the time of eating mooncakes

Mooncakes are suitable for breakfast, paired with vegetables, milk and other non-staple foods.

As a snack between meals, eat a small amount. Eating a whole mooncake may cause your blood sugar to get out of control.

4. Don’t trust “sugar-free mooncakes”

In addition to sugar, “sugar-free mooncakes” also contain other ingredients such as oil and flour, which will also be converted into sugar in the body.

Compared with other types of mooncakes, "sugar-free mooncakes" have relatively fewer calories.

5. Pay attention to the storage and shelf life of mooncakes