After having diabetes, you should pay extra attention to your diet, not only to avoid eating too much food, which will lead to excessive calories, thereby raising blood sugar levels, but also not to let yourself have too much hunger, so as not to have low blood sugar and affect your health. So, if you're feeling hungry, add a proper meal.
Then, when diabetics add meals, please pay attention to the following 2 points:
◎Pay attention to the snack time. For diabetics, the time for adding meals should be set between meals, generally about 2 hours after eating the main meal, and most of them are suitable for adding meals between lunch and dinner.
◎The food added to the meal should be nutritionally matched with the main meal. For example, eat less protein during meals, and eat more foods high in protein during meals. If you eat less vegetables at the main meal, then you can often choose tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. when adding meals.
Specifically, what kind of extra meals are suitable for diabetics? Reminder: The following 5 "snacks" are full and nutritious, and they are not easy to raise blood sugar.
The first is chickpeas
After cooking, the glycemic index of chickpeas is only 33, containing 6g of net carbs, rich in dietary fiber, vitamins B1 and B6, as well as potassium, magnesium and other nutrients. If you eat chickpeas regularly, you can replenish the nutrients needed by the body.
Cooked chickpeas taste good and the cooking method is relatively simple: first, soak the chickpeas in water for 12 hours, which can not only soften the chickpeas, but also remove the anti-nutritional factors present in the beans. After soaking, you can add appropriate water, add a small amount of salt, and cook for about 25 minutes.
The second type is sauced beef
There is a lot of protein in sauced beef, as well as heme iron, as well as zinc, selenium, and B vitamins.
There are a lot of sauced beef in the market, but many of them have added sugar, salt and other seasonings, and the calories are relatively high. Therefore, for diabetics, if you want to eat beef in sauce, try to choose less salt and sugar-free, and you can eat 3-4 slices when adding meals.
The third type: dried tofu
Dried tofu is rich in nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, fat, calcium, iron, phosphorus, etc., which are beneficial to human health. However, some dried tofu snacks will be made with salt, peppercorns, fennel, spices, dried ginger, etc., so that the dried tofu tastes very good, and is called "vegetarian ham".
Therefore, if the blood sugar level of diabetics is stable, you can choose low-salt, sugar-free dried tofu.
Fourth: cucumber
Cucumber is a very classic vegetable and fruit, and it is also suitable for diabetics to eat with meals. Cucumbers have a lot of water in them, as well as a lot of dietary fiber, and they are very low in calories. There are only 15 kcal in 100 grams of cucumber, so diabetics don't have to worry about blood sugar levels when they eat cucumbers. Cucumbers can be eaten in many ways, such as cold dressing, boiling soup, or directly eaten raw.
Fifth: tomatoes
Tomatoes are also a very well-known low-energy food, with only 19 kcal of energy per 100 grams of tomatoes, so tomatoes are also trustworthy if diabetics want to add to their meals.
Tomatoes are divided into large tomatoes and cherry tomatoes (i.e. small tomatoes), which have a more delicious taste than large tomatoes, but have a slightly higher sugar content. You can eat about 15 cherry tomatoes between meals, or you can eat a large tomato.
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