Myth 1: I’m still young and won’t get diabetes Modern life has a hectic pace, high work pressure, and a diet that tends to be western high-fat, high-protein, high-calorie food, coupled with more sitting, less exercise, and an irregular diet, so many people are now diagnosed with diabetes in their 40s. Myth 2: Small symptoms don’t matter, but diabetes reveals itself You can’t judge whether you have diabetes by the typical three more or less. Different types and stages of diabetes can have symptoms of different severity, such as itchy skin and unidentified spots, which may be signs of diabetes. Myth 3: Vegetarian grains are harmless Coarse grains contain more dietary fiber, which has the effect of lowering sugar, fat and laxative, but eating too much coarse grains may increase the burden on the stomach and intestines and affect the absorption of nutrients, resulting in malnutrition. Myth 4: Sugar-free foods do not affect blood sugar The so-called sugar-free foods generally refer to foods that do not contain sucrose or are replaced with other sweeteners such as xylitol, which are low calorie sugar or do not produce calorie sugar. However, sugar-free cookies, sugar-free bread, etc. are still made of grain, and these foods can also be converted into glucose in the body and lead to an increase in blood sugar when eaten. Therefore, these types of foods should still be calculated into the total calorie range can not be consumed excessively. Myth 5: Diet therapy is hunger therapy Many people think that the less they eat, the more effective it is for disease control. In fact, due to insufficient intake of staple foods, the total calories cannot meet the body’s metabolic needs and lead to excessive decomposition of body fat and protein, body wasting, malnutrition, hypoglycemia, and even starvation ketosis. Myth 6: You don’t need to control your diet if you use medication Some patients think that their diet has increased and more glucose-lowering medication can offset the extra food they eat, which is actually wrong. If you overeat, it will increase the burden on the pancreas, because overdose of drugs will increase the probability of toxic side effects of drugs; grain of rice will not enter, there will be hypoglycemia is not conducive to disease control.