You can’t “eat soft, afraid of hard” Nutritionists have found that eating softer food increases blood sugar more quickly. If rice is boiled into porridge, the starch in it has been partially transformed into dextrin, which is easier to digest and absorb than starch, and is quickly transformed into glucose in the body, causing a rapid rise in blood sugar. The longer the porridge is boiled, the more viscous the porridge is, the faster the blood sugar rises after eating. Therefore, it is best for diabetic patients not to “eat soft and afraid of hard”. To “eat hard not soft”, the taste of hard food is digested more slowly, so it is not easy to make the blood sugar rise quickly. You can’t eat “only food” Although foods with a high glycemic index have a greater impact on postprandial blood sugar, but if you pick foods with a low glycemic index to eat, it is easy to lead to nutritional imbalance. Mixing food is an effective way to control postprandial blood sugar. In other words, mix high glycemic index food with low glycemic index food to reduce the effect of food on postprandial blood sugar. Don’t “quench your thirst” Some people with diabetes are afraid to drink more water in order to control their “polyuria” symptoms, so they “quench their thirst”. In fact, diabetic patients need to drink more water. Diabetic patients are in a state of high blood sugar, drinking water can make the plasma osmotic pressure drop or return to normal, to play a role in lowering blood sugar. If you restrict drinking water, it will lead to a reduction in blood volume, which will raise blood sugar, and will aggravate the hypertonic (higher than plasma osmolality) state, which is very detrimental to the condition. It should be reminded that if you wait until you are thirsty to drink water, it is too late, and by then your blood sugar has already fluctuated. Many diabetic patients think that diet therapy is a starvation therapy, so they eat very little or even no staple food (grain) at each meal. If you don’t eat staple foods or eat too little, your body will lack the glucose it needs, so your body will have to use fat to release energy, which will be accompanied by ketone body production, and ketonuria can occur through kidney excretion. Therefore, whether healthy or diabetic, the daily staple food should not be less than 150 grams, otherwise ketosis is likely to occur. It is not advisable to eat too much Many diabetic patients often bloat, burp, nausea, vomiting, etc. after meals, but also with a sour smell, as if the things eaten piled in the stomach can not get down. When these symptoms occur, be alert to the possibility of diabetic gastroparesis. Eating regularly is the basic treatment for diabetic gastroparesis. Patients should absolutely avoid overeating, eat regularly and quantitatively every day, and allocate 1/3 of each of the three meals in the morning, midday and evening. It is not advisable to eat more salt Salt contains sodium, and the internal environment of diabetic patients is very sensitive to changes in the concentration of sodium ions, when the concentration of sodium ions in the body is high, it will increase the blood volume and increase the burden on the heart and kidneys. Under normal circumstances, an adult should have a daily salt intake of 6 grams. Diabetic patients should be 4~5 grams, and if combined with hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular lesions and kidney disease, it should be controlled at 3~4 grams per day, which includes the consumption of soy sauce. Generally 20 ml of soy sauce contains 2~3 grams of salt. Do not drink carbonated drinks Diabetic patients should not drink carbonated drinks containing sugar, such as Coke and Sprite. If a diabetic patient sweats a lot and does not rehydrate in time, or drinks a lot of sugary drinks, it is very easy to lead to diabetic non-ketotic hypertonic coma (a complication of type 2 diabetes, manifested as hyperglycemia, severe dehydration, and impaired consciousness) at this time. Don’t eat fruit immediately after meals Eating fruit immediately after meals can raise blood sugar and increase the burden on the pancreatic islets. In addition, eating fruit immediately after a meal will be eaten first by the indigestible fat, protein “blocked” in the stomach, fruit in the stomach “stationed” for too long, will affect the digestive function, causing flatulence. The best time to eat fruit is between meals. Because the stomach and intestines are empty at this time, the vitamins and minerals in the fruit can be absorbed quickly on an empty stomach, and can avoid flatulence.