As one of the three most common diseases in modern times, the total number of people suffering from diabetes on the mainland has approached 120 million people!
So far, the prevalence of diabetes in mainland China has reached about 3.5 to 11.6%. But what is worrying is that because most of them are type 2 diabetics, this type of diabetes has no typical symptoms in the initial stage, so the awareness rate of diabetes in mainland China is actually not high, and nearly 46.5% of adult patients with diabetes have not been diagnosed!
Not only that, but there are many patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes who also have a wrong understanding of the disease. They blindly believe that only rely on hypoglycemic drugs can control blood sugar, as everyone knows, diabetes is a metabolic disease, its treatment is a long-term chronic process, hypoglycemic drugs are only part of it, want blood sugar stability, but also inseparable from diet regulation.
If sugar friends just take the drug and still do not improve their eating habits, it will not only reduce the effect of the drug, but also may cause problems such as elevated blood sugar or hypoglycemia. Therefore, the treatment of diabetes is a comprehensive process, diet, exercise and medication are indispensable. So the question is, what foods can diabetics not eat?
From an objective point of view, diabetics do not have absolutely can not eat, or a bite can not touch the food, only the difference between suitable and inappropriate, the reason why diabetes has many dietary taboos, this is from the perspective of disease control, but also from the perspective of health to consider.
Therefore, we should choose some suitable healthy foods to avoid some types of foods that are not conducive to blood sugar control and are easy to aggravate insulin resistance. For example, the following three types of foods are the minefields for diabetics:
1. Refined staple food
After repeated processing of fine grains or coarse grains, although the taste is very good, but the processed grain is more likely to be digested and absorbed by the stomach, easy to cause postprandial blood sugar fluctuations.
And after processing, grains often add certain sugars, fats, etc., so that foods that are not high in calories become high-calorie foods. Therefore, sugar friends should avoid eating finely processed food and avoid falling into the misunderstanding of coarse grains;
2, a variety of sweets
For example, exquisite Chinese or Western desserts, cream, sugary juices, sweets and so on. This type of food contains a large amount of artificial fructose glucose syrup. After entering the body, this substance is quickly absorbed, causing blood sugar to fluctuate.
Moreover, food such as cake, although delicious and can improve the sense of pleasure, is the hardest hit area with sugar and fat, which not only has no benefit to the weight control of sugar friends, but also causes repeated fluctuations in blood sugar;
3. Salty food
Many sugar friends eat coarse grains, vegetables and the like, in order to improve the taste, they will add a lot of condiments, salt. As everyone knows, salty is also the hardest hit area of diabetes, because long-term salty may increase the risk of diabetic complications, which include diabetic nephropathy, high blood pressure and the like.
Therefore, in addition to controlling calories, diabetics should also avoid excessive sodium intake, try to maintain a light diet principle, and reduce the intake of processed meat, cured foods, and convenience foods.
In addition to the above types of food, high-fat, high-calorie foods are minefields for sugar friends. Of course, this is not to make everyone completely taboo for a lifetime, and it is also okay to eat it once in a while.
It is just that everyone needs to calculate food in the sum of calories ingested throughout the day, and occasionally eat such foods, you should reduce the intake of other foods, so as not to cause excessive calories and increased blood sugar after meals.