As the cause of diabetes is not yet completely clear, it is impossible to cure diabetes, so diabetes has become a lifelong disease that requires long-term treatment, and is a treatable disease, so today we will focus on the philosophy of “eating” diabetes, and diabetics must learn to “eat”. Today, we will focus on the philosophy of “eating” in diabetes, and how diabetics must learn to eat healthily, so that they can eat happily, safely and securely under the condition of nutritional balance and regular time nodes, so that the course of diabetes can be well controlled and the quality of life is not affected. How much is the right amount to eat every day? Diabetes is about diet therapy, and the basic principle is to estimate the total calorie requirement according to the patient’s weight and activity level, and to arrange the daily diet reasonably. For light manual workers of normal weight, the daily calorie requirement is about 25~30 kcal per kg of body weight, while for medium and heavy manual workers, the daily calorie requirement is increased by 5~10 kcal on top of that. Maybe the people are confused about the meaning of kcal, then in layman’s terms, general diabetic patients eat 7 to 8 servings of satiety per meal, and fat diabetic patients eat 4 to 6 servings of satiety per meal. First of all, the diabetic diet program has now changed to grain-based, appropriate protein, low fat, high fiber. “Grain-based” that is, carbohydrate-based staple foods (referring to rice, wheat flour foods, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. accounted for 50% to 55% of total calories) is more in line with the diet of our people, and is conducive to increasing tissue sensitivity to insulin and improving glucose tolerance, but such as dumplings, mooncakes, rice cakes, diabetic patients to “avoid”. Secondly, an appropriate protein diet (15% of the total calories for adults) should be given, about 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for adults, specifically 200 grams of milk and 1 egg for breakfast for adults; 50 grams of beef (or 60 grams of pork, or 60 grams of fish, or 50 grams of chicken, or 100~125 grams of tofu) for lunch and dinner each. Some patients feel tired and weak even when their blood sugar is well controlled, mostly because of overly strict and insufficient protein intake. When the patient’s kidney function is more impaired, the protein intake should be appropriately limited, especially the intake of vegetable protein should be strictly limited. Diabetic patients mostly have fat metabolism disorders, so they should be given a low-fat diet (less than 30% of the total calories of adults). Cereals and meat already contain enough fat, so patients should not purposely eat peanuts, doughnuts and other fat-rich foods. Cooking oil should be limited to 25 grams/day, and vegetable oil should be used to reduce the use of animal oil. In addition, patients can eat more than 500 grams of vegetables such as green vegetables daily, which can provide various vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, but mainly provide fiber to delay the absorption of sugar, improve the metabolism of sugar, and increase the sense of satiety. Fruits are rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients and fiber, which are also beneficial to diabetics and must be eaten. How to distribute eating reasonably? The diabetic diet should be scientifically arranged with staple foods and side dishes, and the diet plan should be adjusted and flexible at any time according to the condition. Smaller and more frequent meals are indeed very beneficial to blood sugar control. Sometimes the patient’s blood sugar control is not ideal, and at this time the diet plan of 2~3 meals per day is changed to 4~5 meals, which often improves blood sugar even without adjusting medication. For staple food, it is better to have no more than 100 grams of staple food (2 taels) per meal. If the daily staple food intake is more than 300 grams, it is better to adopt the method of 4~6 meals per day, i.e. “no less than three meals a day and no more than 100 grams a meal”. At the same time, we should pay attention to the problem of reasonable distribution, for example, a person eats 300 grams of staple food a day, and the method of 100 grams per meal is more conducive to blood sugar control than not eating breakfast, 150 grams at noon and 150 grams at night. If a person eats 350 grams of staple food a day, it is better to divide it into 4~5 meals reasonably. The diabetic diet can be supplemented with fruits, eggs, soy products and other side dishes, and the specific time to add meals can be placed between two meals or between the main meals, such as around 10:00 a.m., before lunch, after nap, before dinner. Diabetic patients must learn to “eat”, diabetes “eat” philosophy requires us to do reasonable meals, balanced nutrition, under the premise of safeguarding nutrition, diet has a certain degree and time rule, so as to ensure that our diabetes is well controlled, but also to make our quality of life much better. This will ensure that our diabetes is well controlled and our quality of life is greatly improved.