When it comes to diabetes, the first thing that comes to mind is lifelong medication and various serious complications!
Yes, in most cases, whether it's type 1 or type 2 diabetes, people need long-term, or even lifelong, medication. In particular, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1) can only rely on long-term insulin injections to maintain the condition due to the lack of islet function of the patients themselves. So far, type 2 diabetes has not been completely curable clinically.
Therefore, when some diabetics hear that some people can stabilize blood sugar without drugs, they will be very surprised. Even arbitrarily, they assumed that they were taking some kind of specific drug.
So the question is, why do some people have high blood sugar, but they can stabilize blood sugar without medication?
1. High blood sugar does not equal diabetes
The most typical symptom of diabetes is hyperglycemia, but blood glucose exceeding the normal standard does not directly equate to diabetes. Typically, adult blood glucose exceeding 5.6-7 mmol/L (100-126 mg/dL) is a mild increase in blood sugar.
The clinical diagnosis of diabetes includes two major indicators of fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose, only in line with the diagnostic criteria of diabetes, such as fasting blood glucose per liter more than or equal to 7 millimoles, or two hours after the meal blood glucose index exceeds or equals 11 micromoles per liter, in this case, can be diagnosed as diabetes;
2. Prediabetes can be used without medication
If you only have a slight increase in blood sugar, you are in a pre-diabetic state. Or it is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but the blood sugar exceeding the standard is not serious.
In this case, the doctor will consider the patient's actual situation to see if medication is needed. If it has not yet reached the point of medication, doctors will recommend that patients first adjust from two parts, such as life and diet;
3. Life adjustment
Relevant research surveys have shown that obesity caused by long-term sedentary and excessive eating is a risk factor for insulin resistance, hyperglycemia and diabetes. Therefore, the focus of life intervention is to change your lifestyle.
For example, through scientific and effective exercise, let the weight gradually lose, alleviate the symptoms of insulin resistance. At the same time, patients also need to maintain adequate and regular sleep, learn to relax their mentality, and actively quit smoking and alcohol;
4. Dietary adjustment
Dietary adjustment is the focus of the entire treatment process of prediabetes and diabetic patients. You know, the nutrients, energy and calories that people need in a day come from food, so if you want to stabilize your blood sugar, you should first adjust from your diet.
Patients need to reasonably calculate the total calorie intake throughout the day, on the basis of total calories, reduce the intake of high-fat, high-calorie, high-sugar foods, but to combine the thickness of staple foods, protein, vegetables, and dietary fibers in three meals;
5. Regularly monitor blood glucose
Many people with high blood sugar or diabetes make the mistake of abandoning blood glucose monitoring after an abnormal blood glucose test and not observing regularly.
As everyone knows, whether it is medication treatment or life adjustment, blood glucose should be detected regularly and regularly, and only in this way can the effect of blood sugar control be known.
Finally, we should remind everyone that if after diet and life adjustments, the patient's blood sugar gradually returns to normal levels, in this case, there is no need for medication treatment.
However, if life and dietary adjustments are ineffective and the criteria for diagnosing diabetes have been met, it is also necessary to take medication in a timely manner according to the doctor's advice.