Diabetes is now a very common chronic disease that, like high blood pressure, is a serious threat to our health. To this day, its incidence has not only not decreased, but has risen year by year. And once you suffer from diabetes, you not only have to take medicine for a long time to control blood sugar, but also have many restrictions on diet. It can be said that this is a very torturous disease.
According to relevant data surveys, now our country has become a "diabetic country", and the number of people suffering from diabetes in our country alone accounts for 1/4 of the number of people suffering from diabetes in the world. Such a high data, behind which are all patients, I have to say, it is frightening. Our country's special diet, people's unhealthy lifestyle, and poor schedule are all factors that cause diabetes.
We all know that after diabetes, there are many restrictions on diet. Xiaomi has always been on the cusp of diabetes. Some people say that drinking millet porridge is like drinking sugar water, after use, it is easy to cause blood sugar to rise. Some people also say that millet can help diabetics stabilize blood sugar, but also strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear heat and detoxification, and is a food that can be eaten more. The two sides insist on each other's opinions and do not give in to each other, so who is right in the end?
Millet is a very common coarse grain in our daily life. Because it is easy to be digested and absorbed, it can also strengthen the spleen and stomach, taste good, rich in nutrition, and has always been a common food on our table.
I believe that everyone has drunk millet porridge, is it silky taste and long aftertaste? This kind of ingredient for all ages, I believe few people can refuse it. This is not, Lao Wang has always liked to drink millet porridge, but since he was diagnosed with diabetes last year, the doctor told him to pay attention to diet and drink less porridge as much as possible, he rarely drank millet porridge.
Because his old neighbor Lao Zhang is also a diabetic, the two patients often communicate about their illness together. Lao Zhang said that millet porridge must not be drunk, and once you drink blood sugar, it is high, which is not good for the disease. However, some time ago, Lao Wang Xin met a chess friend Lao Chen. Lao Chen is also a person with several years of diabetes history, he told Lao Wang that his stomach is not very good, and he likes to drink a bowl of millet porridge in the morning, because it is easy to digest and can also nourish the stomach.
This can't help but make Lao Wang feel very confused, doesn't it mean that diabetes can't drink millet porridge? How old Chen drank too much as if there was nothing at all, is this statement not correct at all. In order to find out, Lao Wang went back to find a lot of books about diabetes, and also found some articles about diabetes on the Internet.
Although some articles say that diabetes can not drink millet porridge, there are also some articles that say that millet not only does not raise blood sugar, but also lowers blood sugar. This completely confused Lao Wang, and finally in order to find out, he decided to test it himself.
(Millet porridge)
In the morning, Lao Wang asked his wife to boil a bowl of millet porridge for him to drink. He was well prepared, and when he got up in the morning on an empty stomach, he measured his blood sugar and found that it was not very different from before, at 5.7mmol/L.
After more than a year, Lao Wang finally drank millet porridge again. Silky millet plus a small spoonful of brown sugar, this taste is not only good, drink it also feels warm stomach, so lao wang can not help but drink more bowl. After drinking for two hours, Lao Wang measured his blood sugar again after the meal and found that his blood sugar soared to 26.7mmol/L.
(Measure blood glucose)
When this value was measured, Lao Wang was startled, and in order to make it more clear, the next morning, Lao Wang drank a bowl of millet porridge again. Unsurprisingly, two hours later, when measuring blood glucose, I found that my glycemic index was 25.8mmol/L.
After this time, Lao Wang realized the harm of millet porridge to diabetes, and he said that he did not dare to drink millet porridge anymore. However, he still has a doubt in his heart, millet porridge can nourish the stomach and digest well, how can diabetes not be touched? And some articles also say that millet can lower blood sugar, what is the matter?
Millet is much smaller than the rice we usually eat on weekdays, and it takes less time to cook than rice. Although it is easy to digest, from the Chinese ingredient list, we can know that the glycemic index of millet porridge is 82, and the glycemic index of rice is 83. From this point of view, the two are comparable, but if it is a small rice, its glycemic production index is only 71.
The same is millet, why is the glycemic production index of "millet porridge" and "millet rice" so different? Because millet itself belongs to the grain, in some places in the north, it is used as a staple food by people. Although it is a whole grain, it is rich in starch, so its sugar-lifting capacity is relatively strong.
In addition, people often boil millet into porridge to eat, when boiling, will stay up for a longer time, boil it soft and rotten. This makes the coarse grain of millet also "fine grain". Moreover, in the process of adding water to boil millet, it will gelatinize the starch it contains, and the sugar content will increase with the increase of boiling time. Sometimes, its glycemic index can even reach more than 90.
As mentioned above, when Lao Wang drank millet porridge, he also added a small spoonful of brown sugar, which is even more incredible, which will make the glycemic index soar. Fortunately, Lao Wang stopped the loss in time, otherwise if he continued like this, it was likely to cause other complications.
Some articles say that millet can help control blood sugar, and even lower blood sugar, what is going on? Some studies have pointed out that compared with other cereals, millet can better control blood sugar, and long-term consumption of millet can have a considerable effect on glycosylated hemoglobin and lower fasting blood sugar.
At the same time, the study also pointed out that the dietary fiber and resistant starch contained in millet have great help in delaying the digestion and absorption of starch, and can also control blood sugar in the human body. Therefore, in general, millet is more suitable as a staple food for diabetics than wheat and rice. But the way to eat millet is also very exquisite.
When eating millet, it is best to make small rice, because compared to millet porridge, the sugar-raising ability of millet rice is much weaker. And when making small rice, try to put less water, steamed out of the small rice as dry as possible, cook less for a while, so that the cooking of small rice, it will be easier to control blood sugar after meals.
However, it is not to say that millet porridge must not be drunk, if there are people who like to drink millet porridge, it is best to eat some vegetables, or fish before drinking porridge, increase satiety, so that when drinking porridge, you will not drink too much. In addition, do not add brown sugar or white sugar and other things that are fast to sugar in porridge, you can appropriately add some buckwheat or oats and other foods that are slow to rise sugar.
There is also porridge not to stay up for too long, do not boil too bad, because the more rotten the porridge, the higher the degree of starch gelatinization, the higher the sugar-rising ability. Moreover, it is best not to drink porridge in the morning, because of the body's endosteroid secretion, the blood sugar in the human body is generally high in the morning, but at noon and afternoon, the blood sugar in the human body is relatively stable. Therefore, it is better to drink porridge at lunch or dinner.
Many times, our bodies will have some symptoms when they are uncomfortable to remind us. Diabetes is no exception, when the blood sugar in the patient's body is high, the following symptoms will appear.
1. Easy to thirst, frequent urination
When the blood sugar in the body of diabetic patients rises, sugar metabolism will be disturbed, resulting in osmotic diuresis. At this time, the frequency of urination will be greatly increased, so the phenomenon of frequent urination occurs. This will take away a lot of water in the body, making people always feel thirsty, so they will drink a lot of water, and finally they will excrete it in the form of urine. Eventually an endless loop is formed.
(Drink water frequently)
Therefore, when diabetics always drink water and are thirsty, and the number of times they run the toilet a day is very frequent, they must pay attention to their blood sugar problems. However, measuring blood sugar every day is a necessary practice for every sugar buddy.
2. Tingling of hands and feet
If the blood sugar in the body rises, the blood vessels and nerves are prone to reduce function, and if there is a lesion of the local nerve, there will be neuritis, which will affect blood circulation. In addition, the hands and feet are at the end of the human body, if there is a lack of adequate blood pressure circulation, it will cause numbness in the hands and feet.
And this phenomenon is more obvious when sleeping at night, because the function of metabolism in the state of sleep will be reduced, resulting in blood sugar that usually accumulates in the body can not be metabolized out of the body in time, so at night, the symptoms of tingling of hands and feet will be heavier than during the day.
3. Obvious hunger
When the blood sugar in the human body rises, it is easy to feel hungry. Even if the time of eating has only passed soon, you will feel hungry again. Because the islet function in diabetic patients is reduced, this will make the patient's insulin secretion insufficient, resulting in easy elevation of blood sugar. The sugar in food is obtained by the human body, but it cannot be converted into energy to provide to the body, so people will have fast digestion speed and easy hunger.
4. Itchy skin
In normal times, we have itchy symptoms on the body, in general, it is relatively normal. However, if you always feel the itching of the skin frequently for a period of time, if it is not due to environmental factors, then you must consider whether it is the cause of the rise in blood sugar in the body.
Because the glucose content of the skin of diabetic patients will be higher than normal, too high glucose will stimulate the nerve endings in the skin, and eventually make their sensory function disordered, resulting in skin itching.
In addition, the amount of sugar in the blood of diabetic patients is higher than that of ordinary people, and the crystals in the blood will transfer the water in the tissues to the blood when the osmotic pressure is higher than that of the surrounding tissues, triggering the symptoms of long-term chronic dehydration. This leads to dry skin, reduced sweat, and eventually itching throughout the body.
In addition, if diabetic patients have renal insufficiency, the kidneys' ability to excrete urine will be weakened, which will lead to accumulation of urine in the body, and excess urea can only be excreted through the sweat glands, but this will irritate the skin, resulting in itching throughout the body.
Therefore, if the skin is frequently itchy, it is necessary to avoid scratching and rubbing the itchy part, so as to avoid the skin from becoming infected. In addition, the water temperature is best not too hot when bathing, and some body lotion can be applied after bathing, which can alleviate the dry and itchy skin.
Through the above, I believe that friends already know the role of millet on diabetes. Then sugar friends can usually eat millet according to the above method. In fact, a balanced diet is the main thing that every diabetic person pays attention to.
No matter what food you choose, sugar friends must pay attention to the problem of balanced diet, therefore, no matter how good millet is, it cannot be eaten at mealtime, and diet diversification is also very important. Finally, I wish every sugar friend can control their blood sugar steadily.