The most terrible thing about diabetes is not the disease itself, but the complications of diabetes.
Although this is a chronic metabolic disease, if blood sugar is not well controlled, in the process of development, patients will not only have symptoms such as vision changes, dizziness and fatigue, but also cause complications such as kidney failure, blindness, amputation and so on.
Therefore, for sugar friends, controlling blood sugar is a crucial operation.
Eating cookies to cure diabetes? This time it's really no joke
Recently, according to media reports, the team of Liu Tao, a professor from the School of Pharmacy of Peking University, and the team of Ye Haifeng from East China Normal University published the latest research report in the international top medical journal "Natural Chemical Biology".
They successfully used synthetic biology techniques to develop a new cell, using specific amino acid biscuits, successfully implanted in the diabetic mice of the new cells, and found that mice could lower their sugar in 90 minutes, which was equivalent to the onset time of insulin injection.
This biscuit does not directly lower blood sugar, but is just a "key" to insulin.
The special artificial amino acids in the biscuits are paired with codons to connect the unnatural amino acids with specific transporter RNAs, which in turn opens the translation process of insulin and achieves the effect of controlling blood sugar.
Of course, this research is still in progress, and further verification is needed to see whether it can be achieved in humans or whether it can become a new means of hypoglycemic reduction in the future.
For elderly sugar friends, what range should blood sugar be lowered to?
At different ages, there are also certain differences in what range blood glucose control is. And what range should the elderly diabetics lower their blood sugar?
Clinical experience shows that today, blood glucose control standards for diabetics or the general population are individualized.
Especially in the elderly group, if the blood sugar is too low, it will increase the risk of dizziness, falls, etc., and even cause the problem of rising mortality, it is recommended that diabetic patients control blood sugar according to China's diabetes diagnosis and treatment guidelines.
Normally, in prediabetes patients, fasting blood glucose should be stabilized below 6.1 mmo/L to prevent the development of diabetes.
The blood glucose control standards for patients with type 1 diabetes are as follows: fasting blood glucose 4.4-7.0 mmol/L, postprandial blood glucose
In order to avoid complications, sugar friends must also do the following 3 things
At the same time, in addition to taking drugs to inject insulin, you must also start from your living habits, do these few things well, and perhaps better avoid complications.
1. Pay attention to diet
If you want to stabilize blood sugar, diet is crucial, on the one hand, first of all, pay attention to the combination of diet.
For example, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, beans, eat fish, poultry, eggs in moderation, and stay away from foods with high fat and high sugar.
The second is to control the time of three meals, in general, 7:00 to 8:00 in the morning to eat the best, lunch between 11:00 and 13:00, because the energy left in the human body at this time is relatively low, timely eat high-energy and high-nutrient foods, in order to stabilize blood sugar levels, and it is best to eat eight full at night, and to ensure a rich variety.
2. Regular movement
For people with diabetes, the benefits of exercise are twofold, one is to reduce fat content, lower blood sugar concentrations, and secondly, to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin.
However, it should be noted that the older people have a weaker physique, must not do too intense exercise, and exercise after eating to prevent hypoglycemia problems during exercise.
3. Monitor blood sugar
In fact, if you want to better control blood sugar within a safe range, you must understand the changes in blood sugar.
Especially people who are taking medicine or injecting insulin, they should carry a blood glucose instrument with them to measure it, and adjust the dose of drugs and insulin according to the value of blood sugar.
Elderly diabetics must lower blood sugar in the right way, and it is recommended to refer to three methods, including paying attention to diet, regular exercise, and regular monitoring of blood sugar.
In addition, blood sugar reduction should also be moderate, otherwise it is likely to occur in the case of hypoglycemia, normally, refer to the values mentioned above, in order to prevent the problem.