Drinking porridge on an empty stomach is likely to cause blood sugar fluctuations, so eat some staple food before drinking porridge. Congee is a carbohydrate, which is easily digested and absorbed, and can be metabolized by the body very quickly. Therefore, after eating a larger amount of congee, there may be an increase in postprandial blood sugar in a short period of time, and because it lasts for a short period of time, it is easy to cause hypoglycemia before the next meal. The glycemic index of congee is higher than that of rice, but it does not mean that diabetics should never eat congee. You can drink congee, but not on an empty stomach. Drinking congee on an empty stomach is likely to cause blood sugar fluctuations, so eat some staple food before drinking congee and then drink congee. Control the amount of food eaten In addition to the digestion and absorption of food, the increase of blood sugar is mainly related to the amount of food eaten, and in the same amount, drinking porridge is higher than eating rice. But the same amount of rice, boiled into porridge will increase the volume of many times than made into dry rice, 2 taels of rice than 1 tael of rice porridge contains high sugar, so the comparison than eating rice blood sugar rise slowly. Choose mixed porridge Drink less white porridge, drink more mixed porridge. Appropriate addition of brown rice, buckwheat, glutinous rice, sorghum, corn grits, oatmeal, mung beans, adzuki beans, white lentils, kidney beans, soybeans, sesame and other mixed grains mixed into the porridge, its glycemic index will be significantly lower than only rice white porridge, can increase dietary fiber, but also reduce the glycemic index of food, but also to improve the utilization of protein. Drinking porridge can also be combined with some vegetables and meat dishes, or with pies, buns and other food with filling, the same can make the mixed food glycemic index decreased. Don’t drink thick, drink more thin porridge, try not to drink too thick. Because the boiling time of porridge is too long, the porridge has a high degree of paste, and although it tastes good, the higher the glycemic index. When drinking porridge, you should drink it slowly and lengthen the eating time, so that the blood sugar will rise slowly.