52-year-old Lao Zhang was diagnosed with prediabetes after being diagnosed with high blood sugar during a physical examination. This frightened Lao Zhang, and after returning home, he began to strictly control sugar, not only taking medicine on time, but even hearing that eating carbohydrates will raise blood sugar, and even the "rice" he ate on weekdays began to "cut corners".
But this state didn't last for a few days, Lao Zhang's body had problems, he couldn't sleep at night, he felt dizzy frequently during the day, and he didn't have any energy. When I went to the hospital for a follow-up, my blood sugar not only did not drop, but it was scary, and the doctor emphasized: The reason why Lao Zhang has this situation is likely to be related to the "rice" he usually eats.
Staple foods are important, and you can't skip meals!
As an important source of staple food in the mainland, steamed buns, rice, noodles and other foods are deeply loved by the Chinese people, but at the same time they are also high-carbohydrate foods, so many diabetics strictly restrict these staple foods as soon as they are found to be sick, or even stop eating them directly, as everyone knows, this practice is not right.
Although these foods are high-carbohydrate foods, they are also the main source of energy for the human body, which can quickly supply energy to the body and help maintain the body's vital activities, which cannot be replaced by other foods. If the intake of staple foods is insufficient, it is easy to over-starve and lead to hypoglycemia, and excessive hunger will also cause the body to secrete glycemic hormones, such as adrenaline and glucagon to cope with the lack of energy in the body, and blood sugar may also gradually rise, which will make diabetic patients experience large blood sugar fluctuations and bring immeasurable damage to the body.
Therefore, it is not recommended for diabetics to completely avoid eating rice, noodles and other foods, but just pay attention to their intake when eating. Generally, for diabetic patients, carbohydrate foods provide 45%-60% of the total calories per day, and if an adult's daily caloric intake level is 7000 kilojoules, it can be seen that adults need to eat about 250-350 grams of staple foods per day.
Attention sugar friends: this kind of carbohydrate is really not edible!
Sugar lovers should pay special attention to foods that contain free sugars, such as cakes, desserts, etc., although such foods also contain sugar, they contain higher calories than rice and steamed bread of the same weight. Not only that, but more importantly, after the starch contained in rice and steamed bread enters the human body, it needs to be decomposed into monosaccharides by amylase in the human body, and then absorbed by the human body. The sugar contained in cakes and drinks is mostly simple sugars such as fructose and glucose, which do not need to be digested and can be directly absorbed by the body, which has a greater impact on blood sugar levels. Therefore, diabetics should strictly limit or prohibit the consumption of such carbohydrates.
This meal is especially important to prevent and treat diabetes!
We often say "eat a good breakfast, eat a full lunch, and eat less dinner", this sentence is especially applicable for diabetics, especially for this meal in the evening, eating the wrong will directly affect the effect of sugar control.
1. Late dinner and poor blood sugar control
Glucose tolerance tests have been conducted in more than 800 people with no history of diabetes. It was found that those who ate dinner 1 hour before bedtime had 6.7% lower insulin levels and 8.3% higher blood sugar than those who ate 4 hours before bedtime. Late intake has been shown to affect insulin secretion, leading to inadequate insulin secretion, which can impair glucose tolerance. Doctors recommend not eating anything at least two hours before bedtime.
2. Eating too much at dinner can also lead to abnormal blood sugar
Studies have found that if you eat too much dinner and account for too many calories in a day, it will repeatedly stimulate a large amount of insulin secretion, which can easily cause abnormal blood sugar and lead to an increased risk of diabetes. The phrase "diabetics eat like beggars for dinner" is not unreasonable, for sugar friends, try to eat dinner until seven minutes full, to the point that you don't feel hungry when you sleep.
3. Try to light dinner
Try not to eat too greasy food for dinner, eat less meat, eat more vegetables, beans and potatoes, and use them to replace staple foods such as steamed bread and rice, which can not only improve satiety, but also reasonably control the rise in blood sugar and prevent the occurrence of diabetes complications.