How to spend Chinese New Year with diabetes?

       The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for Chinese people, with gatherings of family and friends, and mingling of friends and family. During the holiday season, people will more or less change their usual habits and diet structure, which may not be a problem for normal people, but for the majority of diabetic patients increases the difficulty of diet control. Every year after the Spring Festival holiday, many diabetic patients often have to report to the hospital after the holiday due to too much socializing, frequent late nights and irregular life.  Some patients have to be hospitalized for life-threatening emergencies due to excessive changes in blood sugar or even diabetic ketoacidosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which brings no small trouble to families. Therefore, diabetic patients should be healthy, happy and safe for the Spring Festival.  1, maintain the regularity of life To ensure adequate sleep and good mood, do not disrupt the normal routine of life because of the festival, and do not overwork due to reunions with family members, playing mahjong, poker, watching movies, watching television and other activities. Patients with hypertension should avoid large emotional fluctuations, regularly measure blood pressure and adjust the dosage of antihypertensive drugs, patients with cardiovascular disease should carry emergency drugs (such as nitroglycerin, etc.), in case of an emergency.  2, maintain a reasonable diet During the holidays, many patients will inadvertently increase the intake of some snacks, such as peanuts, melon seeds, pistachios, etc.. As these foods contain more fat and higher calories, eating more of them will cause blood sugar to rise, therefore, diabetic patients should not eat more of them.  Diabetic patients must control the total amount of calories in their diet, and generally focus on low-calorie, low-fat, low-sugar and high-fiber meals. Three meals a day should be regular, quantitative, less greasy fried food, moderate amount of fish, chicken and lean meat, eat more fresh vegetables. It is best to mix coarse and fine grains, and you can eat foods with high coarse dietary fiber.  When going to a banquet, you should inform others of your condition and let the restaurant provide some special services, such as not putting sugar in the stir-fry, putting less oil and salt, arranging several low-fat or sugar-free dishes, etc. In the face of banquet high-calorie, high-fat, high-sugar food should be properly tasted, as diverse as dragonflies to taste a little to meet the mouth, selectively eat less to avoid overdose. Drink less wine, more tea.  Banquets are often cheered up with wine, and it is common for friends and family to toast each other with a few cups. But drinking alcohol has more harm than good for diabetes. Alcohol is high in calories, and drinking large amounts of alcohol often affects normal eating and causes blood sugar fluctuations. Long-term drinking can also cause elevated blood lipids, arteriosclerosis, fatty liver, etc., so it is better for diabetics not to drink. But the banquet in order not to make everyone spoiled, in the case of the condition allows a small cup of dry red or beer, but should be minus half two main food, preferably tea instead of wine.  3, appropriate to increase the amount of exercise, pay attention to keep warm During the holidays, patients tend to eat more, move less. Therefore, one hour after the meal should go out for a walk to maintain a happy mood and lower blood sugar. However, diabetic patients should pay attention to the control of time when exercising, generally within 30 minutes of easy activity is very beneficial.  When going out for exercise, you should combine work and rest, moderate activity, and pay attention to the warmth of hands and feet, ears and other end parts. Avoid crowded public places as much as possible to prevent the aggravation of the cold, and exercise indoors in foggy weather.  4. Follow medical advice on medication and strengthen blood sugar monitoring During the holiday season, many patients tend to disrupt their usual treatment plan because they are visiting friends and relatives or receiving guests. However, as a diabetic patient, it is crucial to adhere to medication to stabilize blood glucose, and careful monitoring of blood glucose can keep track of changes in the condition, so diabetic patients must monitor blood glucose and take medication in time for the holidays.