A person's digestion and absorption of nutrients is limited, if the one-time intake is too much, the food ingested can not be converted, it will form a fat accumulation in the body, resulting in obesity, increasing the risk of high blood lipids, diabetes and other diseases.
And if you do not eat for too long, it will also lead to too much hunger in the stomach, so that you can eat too fast, which is not good for gastrointestinal function.
Therefore, it has always been advocated to eat less and eat more meals, which will be more conducive to good health.
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Many people have a wrong understanding of eating less and eating more meals
Although it has always been said that eating less and eating more meals is more conducive to good health, many people have a wrong understanding of eating less and eating more meals, thinking that the more times they are divided, the better the effect.
In fact, eating less and more meals means that on the basis of three meals a day, at least 2 to 3 hours apart to add meals, and the calories of the three meals should be divided into additional meals, otherwise it will only increase the burden on the body, rather than benefiting the health of the body.
Generally speaking, eat less and more meals, a day is also divided into up to 6 meals, that is, breakfast, morning meal, Chinese food, afternoon meal, dinner, evening meal, if there are more than 6 meals a day, even if each meal is eaten too little, it is not conducive to good health.
Eating less and eating more meals is not correct, and it is not conducive to health
Originally, sugar friends are required to eat less and more meals, so that it is conducive to the control of blood sugar, but because the pancreatic function of sugar friends is generally impaired, if too many meals, the pancreas has been in a working state, which will increase the burden on the pancreas, thereby aggravating the condition of diabetic patients, and it is not conducive to the control of blood sugar.
Therefore, diabetics must accurately understand the definition of eating less and eating more meals, and do not think that the more meals are divided, the better the sugar control effect.
Sugar friends eat less and eat more meals, they should eat like this
1. 5 to 6 meals a day
Diabetic patients eat less and more meals should be divided into 5 to 6 meals a day to ingest, and the time of each meal should not be too long, generally controlled at 10 to 15 minutes, especially can not be divided into meals into several times to eat, otherwise the pancreas will always be in a working state.
2. 1/3 of the total calories of the main meal
Diabetic patients add meals in order to better control postprandial blood sugar, avoid eating too much each time, thereby increasing the burden on the pancreas, so it is necessary to reduce the calories of the main meal by 1/3, and put these 1/3 of the calories on the meal.
And the food requirements for meals generally include staple foods such as fruits, bread or biscuits, proteins such as milk or soy milk, and should first drink watery foods such as milk, then eat fruit, and finally eat bread or biscuits, of course, you can also eat a little nuts when adding meals.
3. Be cautious when adding meals to dinner
If the day is divided into 6 meals, it is equivalent to adding meals in the evening, but this additional meal should be noted, if the time of the meal is not right or the amount of the meal is not controlled, it is easy to cause the next day abdominal blood sugar to rise.
Especially if you eat too late for dinner or go to bed too early at night, or when you are not hungry after dinner, it is generally not recommended to add food at night, otherwise it may be more detrimental to blood sugar control.
Of course, if because of blood sugar control, blood sugar is a little low at night or the stomach is too hungry, you should add food at this time, and try to eat some small water meals, such as a piece of bread or a cookie or half an apple, etc., to avoid low blood sugar at night, or cause the morning blood sugar reflex to rise.
Although eating less and eating more meals is a healthy way of eating, but eating less and eating more meals is also to pay attention to methods and methods, otherwise it will damage human health, especially diabetics must pay attention.
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