Diabetes diet is “starvation therapy:”
Diabetes diet is not a “starvation diet”. The diabetic diet is, first of all, a balanced diet. Patients should maintain their standard weight and consume the amount of food consistent with their standard weight and activity intensity. If the starvation approach is used, it may cause the consumption of its own substances, resulting in weight loss and metabolic disorders. Too much time can lead to nutritional imbalance, which is not only detrimental to the control of diabetes, but also aggravates the disease.
Feeling unbearable hunger in diet therapy.
Firstly, hunger is a symptom of diabetes, and hunger will be reduced after the condition improves. Secondly, the amount of food eaten is significantly reduced, and the gastrointestinal tract is not adapted, but hunger will be slowly reduced after a few days of adaptation. The solution is to eat more low-calorie, high-volume food, such as a variety of vegetables, the second is a small number of meals, the main meal will be even out 1/4 of the amount of the main meal as an additional meal, the third is to choose more coarse grains instead of fine grains, can have a stronger sense of satiety, and finally the taste becomes light, will also reduce appetite
Diabetes diet is more meat and less food.
Diabetic diet is not more meat and less food. The diabetic diet is first of all a balanced diet, and a certain ratio between various nutrients needs to be maintained. The fat and protein contained in meat foods can also raise blood sugar levels. If carbohydrates are not consumed at a ratio of 60-70%, it will likely lead to excessive breakdown of fat, ketosis, and even acidosis. Therefore, the amount of staple food for diabetic patients should generally not be less than 150-200 grams.
Diabetic diet is to eat more vegetarian dishes and no meat.
It is also not correct. As mentioned earlier, the diabetic diet is first of all a balanced diet, and a certain ratio needs to be maintained between various nutrients. Due to the reduction of meat food intake, it is inevitable that the body does not have enough protein, which can easily lead to a decrease in the patient’s resistance and more prone to infection. Lack of meat food recipes, because there is no fat satiety, patients are very easy to hunger, so it is not easy to adhere to the diet treatment.
Diabetic patients cannot eat fruits: Sun Hui, Department of Endocrinology, Wuhan Union Hospital
Diabetic patients can eat fruits. Fruits have good taste and can supplement a lot of vitamins, fruit acids and minerals, so patients can choose fruits, but they must master the timing as well as the quantity. For example, fruits can be chosen when blood sugar is stable (blood sugar is below 180mg/dl 2 hours after meal) and HbA1c (below 7.5%); the calories of fruits should be included in the total daily caloric energy, and the corresponding amount of carbohydrates should be subtracted when choosing. It is better to eat fruits as extra meal between two meals, not only to avoid too high blood sugar, but also to prevent hypoglycemia; fruits such as watermelon, apple, pear, orange and mille-feuille have relatively low sugar content, while bananas, red dates, lychees, persimmons and red fruits with relatively high sugar content should be taken in moderation; blood sugar should be monitored