Some people are discouraged after a diagnosis of diabetes and feel that they will never again be able to enjoy the overwhelming pleasure that a sweet tooth brings. However, this is not entirely true, and it is possible to enjoy a little bit of sweets with reasonable control of blood sugar. The first reaction of many patients diagnosed with diabetes is “no more sweets for the rest of my life”, but this is actually a misconception. The bane of diabetes is not eating too much sugar, but a chronic state of hyperglycemia caused by insulin deficiency or insulin resistance. Although eating sugar should be restricted after having diabetes, it is not the same as absolutely no more sweets. A smart patient can control the disease and enjoy sweets at the same time. First, it should be clear what the relationship between sweets and sugar is. The so-called “sweet food” refers to foods that contain a lot of sucrose and glucose, such as glucose water, brown sugar water, cane sugar, ice cream, chocolate, ice cream, moon cakes, etc. The sugar in these foods is quickly absorbed into the body. The sugar in these foods will be quickly absorbed by the body, leading to a rise in blood sugar and last for a period of time. The grains and rice, noodles and steamed buns that we usually eat are starchy foods, which are polysaccharides and are eventually turned into glucose after metabolism in the body. These foods are gradually digested and absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, and the degree of blood sugar rise caused by them is far different from that of eating sweets. For a simple example: the rise in blood sugar level after eating 2 taels of rice is not the same as drinking 2 taels of sugar water; similarly, the rise in blood sugar caused by the same amount of ice cream is not the same, causing the secretion of insulin is also obviously different, which is the reason why diabetics are “afraid of sugar”. Diabetics eat a lot of sweets is quite dangerous, but diabetics are not the same as insulated from sweets. In the case of stable blood sugar, moderate intake of medical sweets is possible. Here you need to pay attention to one is what to eat, two is how much to eat, three is when to eat. Different sweets contain different amounts of sugar, which requires calculating the calories contained, taking care to subtract them from the main food. For example, a large apple produces the same amount of calories as one or two pieces of rice. Therefore, you should not eat more than one slice of watermelon or half an apple at a time, for example. As for when to eat, it is recommended to eat between two meals, such as 10:00 am and 3~4:00 pm. Eating a little less of the main meal and a little sweet food with extra meals is especially suitable for making post-meal blood sugar not too high after treatment with oral hypoglycemic drugs or insulin, and not too high for hypoglycemia to occur before meals. Specifically to the individual patient how much sweets can be eaten, in fact, as long as the blood sugar test can give a good answer. If your blood sugar rises significantly after eating sweets, it means that you are not suitable to eat such food, or you have eaten too much. If you can precisely adjust your diet according to the blood sugar monitoring results, this problem can be easily solved. In fact, diabetics want to eat dessert there is a way, is to use sweeteners to replace sugar. Commonly used sweeteners are stevia, disulfiram, aspartame, xylitol. They are far sweeter than sugar, but have little or no effect on blood sugar and very few or no calories. However, it is important to note that foods with added sweeteners are not really the same as “sugar-free” and should not be eaten in excess. For example, “sugar-free mooncake”, although it does not contain sucrose, but its main components are starch and lipids, which can produce high calories, after eating will significantly increase blood sugar, do not eat a lot.