For people with diabetes, foods that tend to raise blood sugar and trigger obesity should be eaten sparingly or not at all. For example, refined sugars such as monosaccharides and disaccharides, including white sugar, brown sugar, honey, candy, jam, canned fruit, and preserved fruit; sugary drinks, including sodas such as Coke and Sprite, bottled tea drinks, fruit flavored/juice drinks, and dairy drinks; and sweet foods rich in sugar and fat, including Western-style snacks such as cakes, chocolate, creamy bread, and cookies, as well as Chinese snacks such as sugary treats, mooncakes, and sachima. Those with a sweet tooth can choose foods containing sweeteners such as meringue and stevia, but again, they should control their intake and reduce their main meal of the day accordingly.
Foods high in starch should be limited and counted as staple foods, including potatoes, groundnuts, yams, taro, and corn. Fruits that are high in sugar should also be consumed in controlled amounts, and try to choose fruits that are low in sugar and high in water.
Alcohol tends to trigger hypoglycemia and hyperlipidemia and should be consumed sparingly or not at all. This includes white wine, beer, red wine, and alcoholic beverages.
People with diabetes are more likely to have cardiovascular disease. Foods high in fat, cholesterol, and salt should be eaten sparingly, including fried, deep-fried, and barbecued foods, animal meats such as fatty pork, fatty beef, and fatty lamb, and foods high in cholesterol such as offal, crabmeat, roe, and squid. Avoid using lard as cooking oil, and reduce the consumption of salt, soy sauce, sauce, pickles, salted meat, salted fish, and smoked products.