Diabetes is a common disease, multiple diseases, its prevalence is increasing rapidly with the improvement of people's living standards, population aging and lifestyle changes, showing a gradually increasing epidemic trend. And the terrible thing about diabetes is not the diabetes itself, but the complications of diabetes. In the later stage of diabetes, vascular lesions, neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, etc., are also important causes of death and disability of diabetes. As a class of organic compounds necessary for the health of the body, vitamins play an important role in material metabolism and are also very important for diabetics.
B vitamins
- B vitamins have the effect of improving diabetic neuropathy because it plays an important role in maintaining the normal functioning of the nervous system, B vitamins are mainly involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, amino acids, glucose and alcohol, and act as coenzymes and auxiliary groups in the metabolism of substances.
- Metformin can cause vitamin B12 deficiency. Long-term use of metformin can be measured once a year vitamin B12 levels, such as deficiency should be appropriate vitamin B12 supplementation.
Vitamin B is widely present in animal offal as well as meat and fish, as well as milk, eggs and dairy products (curd) and soy products; because the body does not need much vitamin B12 every day, as long as it is not picky, dietary diversification is enough.
Vitamin E
- Vitamin E is an important antioxidant in the body, which can reduce the vascular damage caused by diabetes, prevent and delay the occurrence of diabetic complications, especially cardiovascular complications.
- Before the onset of diabetes, vitamin E antagonizes islet damage caused by diabetic pathogens and has an important islet cell protection effect.
- Vitamin E has a significant protective effect on vascular endothelial function in diabetic patients.
- Vitamin E reduces the incidence of infection by enhancing T cell-mediated immune function markers and boosting immunity in people with diabetes.
Vitamin E, is a fat-soluble vitamin, widely distributed in animal and plant tissues, to wheat germ oil, soybean oil, corn oil content is the most abundant, the human body itself can not synthesize vitamin E, but can be obtained through diet, the need is very small, therefore, generally pay attention to diet can be.
vitamin d
- There are vitamin D receptors on islet B cells, and vitamin D deficiency impairs glucose-induced insulin release. At the same time, it can directly activate the vitamin D receptor in islet cells and thus affect the function of islet B cells;
- Vitamin D can indirectly affect insulin sensitivity through calcium metabolism or by modulating the expression of inflammatory factors.
- At the same time, vitamin D can enhance the activity of insulin receptors, accelerate its response to islets, improve insulin sensitivity and glucose transport, induce an increase in insulin conversion from insulinogen to insulin, and make our body produce more insulin on its own. Vitamin D can effectively control blood sugar, pay attention to their own vitamin D levels, is better attention to their own blood sugar levels.
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents recommend a daily intake of 400 units of vitamin D for adults aged 18 to 64 years old and 600 units per day for the elderly over the age of 65. Diabetics often have osteoporosis, and the recommended intake is 800 units per day. Sun exposure, it is recommended to expose your face, hands and feet when basking in the sun, the time is better to choose 10:00 ~ 14:00, each time 5 ~ 10 minutes, 2 to 3 times a week. Sugar friends have difficulty getting enough vitamin D from their daily diet, and taking vitamin D supplements directly has become the most convenient and direct way.
In short, for sugar friends, vitamin supplementation is also crucial in the treatment process of diabetes, and long-term lack of vitamins will also cause harm to the body and is not conducive to treatment. Therefore, the majority of sugar friends quickly replenish the vitamin bar!