Diabetes is a disease of blood sugar metabolism disorder, which will cause many adverse effects on health, so it needs timely treatment and good care in life. So how can diabetics eat a healthy breakfast? What is the best breakfast for diabetics? The breakfast eating principle for diabetics is very simple. Let’s learn more about how to eat breakfast.

1. How do diabetics eat breakfast?

Eat 50 to 100 grams of staple food. Many people skip or eat less staple foods because their blood sugar rises quickly, which will make your brain slower. It is recommended to eat 50 to 100 grams, and eat it frequently in different ways, such as steamed buns, whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, porridge, etc. Diabetic patients with unstable blood sugar should test their blood sugar in the morning. If their blood sugar is high, take medicine first and then eat 50 grams of staple food. If their blood sugar is low, they can drink some water, eat some fruit, and then eat 50 to 100 grams of staple food.

Eat breakfast in time. The time between breakfast and dinner the day before is generally more than 12 hours. At this time, the glycogen stored in the body has been exhausted and should be replenished in time, otherwise hypoglycemia may occur. Research shows that children skipping breakfast will lead to insufficient energy and nutrient intake, which will be difficult to fully supplement from lunch and dinner, which will increase the risk of diabetes.

Eat half an hour after getting up. It is recommended to arrange breakfast between 6:30 and 8:30, with a meal time of 15 to 20 minutes. It is best to eat it half an hour after getting up. The gastric emptying time of mixed food is 4 to 5 hours, and it is recommended that the interval between meals be 4 to 6 hours. People with diabetes should eat small meals frequently. Eating breakfast too late will affect lunch.

2. What do diabetics eat for breakfast?

Milk and soy milk: Milk and soy milk contain a lot of protein and water. They supplement the calcium and high-quality protein needed by diabetics, especially their blood. The Tang production index is very low and has the effect of stabilizing blood sugar. Suitable as a long-term breakfast choice for diabetics, you can choose either one. However, patients with severe kidney disease should avoid soy products.

Cereals: Food Diabetic patients should eat whole-wheat bread, vegetable buns, salty steamed buns, Hanamaki and other cereals as breakfast staple foods. Oatmeal has more fiber than other cereals. It is more suitable for diabetics than traditional rice porridge, especially milk-cooked oatmeal is a better diabetic breakfast food. It is worth noting that since milk powder cannot withstand cooking, the oatmeal should be cooked with water first, then add milk powder and cook briefly before eating. For patients with dyslipidemia, low-fat milk or low-fat milk powder should be chosen. Some diabetic patients especially like to eat noodles and porridge in the morning. At this time, it should be noted that some fish (meat) slices and vegetables should be added to the noodles, and some oatmeal and eggs should be added to the porridge (preferably oatmeal). This combination is more reasonable and avoids the high impact of simple carbohydrate cereals on blood sugar. Big impact.

Protein: If fish, meat and eggs are not added to the staple food, depending on your actual situation, you can also add a boiled egg (note not high-calorie fried poached eggs), or a small amount of lean meat or fish.

Vegetables: If there are some vegetables in breakfast. It's more reasonable. Eating vegetables can help lower blood sugar, provide vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, and can also increase satiety and keep stools smooth. It is very beneficial to the control of diabetes, so diabetic patients should eat more vegetables.

3. Dangers of not eating breakfast for diabetes

If you don’t eat breakfast, your body will automatically eat more at lunch. The way the body stores energy is mainly to convert glucose and protein into Fat, if you don’t eat breakfast for a long time, people will become fat instead. Some obese diabetics skip breakfast in order to lose weight, but end up gaining weight instead.

If you don’t eat breakfast, people with diabetes will inevitably feel hungry in the morning. Therefore, some patients try their best to fill up on snacks, which results in them consuming more calories than eating a healthy breakfast. In addition, hunger will cause diabetic patients to eat more at lunch and dinner, and they will lose sight of one thing.

Clinically proven, patients with good digestion ability can control blood sugar more easily. Some diabetics skip breakfast in order to avoid taking hypoglycemic drugs, which results in hypoglycemia. This result is even more undesirable.

4. How to prevent blood sugar from rising

(1) Eat less at the next meal, eliminate a snack or switch to food with a lower glycemic index (GI). Because for overweight patients with type 2 diabetes, they only need to lose 5 to 10% of their weight to significantly improve their blood sugar conditions. Therefore, as long as you reduce caloric intake appropriately, you can achieve better blood sugar control. The general experience is: reducing carbohydrates by 15 grams (approximately equivalent to 50 grams of rice or 30 grams of steamed buns, 150 grams of apples or pears, 400 ml of milk or 300 ml of sugar-free yogurt) can reduce blood sugar by approximately 1.7mmol/L.

(2) Increase the amount of activity or do more exercise. People with type 2 diabetes generally gain better blood sugar control by exercising more. Even simple exercises, such as walking for 20 minutes a day, can effectively improve insulin resistance and reduce weight as long as you persist. Studies have confirmed that through reasonable exercise, diabetic patients can indeed reduce the dosage of anti-diabetic drugs, and can even completely wean themselves off drug treatment.

(3) Adjust medication (increase the dosage, increase the frequency of medication, or add another antidiabetic drug). Although exercise and dietary changes are economical and have few side effects. Medication does treat high blood sugar more quickly and effectively than the first two methods.

(4) Self-relaxation and emotional regulation Relaxation exercises (such as deep breathing, relaxing muscles with relaxing and soothing music, etc.) can help relieve stress and make anti-diabetic treatment more effective. Learn to regulate emotions and enhance self-efficacy (people's subjective judgment of whether they can successfully perform a certain behavior), thereby overcoming fear, negativity and other negative attitudes after illness, which will also help control blood sugar.

(5) Actively treat other diseases (such as colds, infections, etc.). Problems such as colds and infections will cause an increase in adrenaline in the body, which will lead to an increase in blood sugar.

(6) Increase the intake of sugar-free liquids. Dehydration can also cause blood sugar to rise. People (whether they have diabetes or not) should consume about 2 to 3 liters of sugar-free liquids (water, drinks, soups, etc.) every day. When blood sugar rises, drinking water can not only dilute blood sugar but also avoid excessive food intake. Patients with heart disease or kidney complications need to appropriately limit fluid intake and should consult a doctor or nutritionist for specific details. For hyperglycemia, the most important strategy is prevention. This is generally possible with good self-monitoring of blood glucose.