Diabetic diet and dietary fiber Diabetic patients are most familiar with diet control, but also one of the most helpless thing, because diet control is easier said than done. For 365 days a year, no one dares to eat a full meal, and the blood glucose index will go up if they eat a little more than two bites, which is a big headache for both doctors and patients. The most important thing in the dietary treatment of diabetes is to develop a reasonable recipe. Only a properly controlled diet can reduce the insulin load and help to correct the metabolic disorders. Whether diabetic patients are using hypoglycemic drugs or insulin, only a reasonable diet can maximize the stability of the medication dose and prevent blood sugar fluctuations. In recent years, clinical experience has proven that in addition to the control of protein, carbohydrates, fat three nutrients, but also increased a nutrient called dietary fiber, known as the human body essential “fourth major nutrient”. What is dietary fiber (also called dietary fiber)? It is the residue of plant food that cannot be digested and absorbed by the body’s gastrointestinal tract, and it has not received much attention in the past in nutrition. What are the benefits of dietary fiber to the human body? Broadly summarized as the following seven points: 1, dietary effects: dietary fiber into the gastrointestinal absorption of water expansion, gelatinous, delaying the absorption of glucose in food, reduce the burden on insulin beta cells, improve the efficiency of insulin hypoglycemia, reduce blood sugar, especially postprandial hyperglycemia. 2.Lipid-lowering effect: reduce intestinal absorption of cholesterol, promote bile excretion, lower blood cholesterol levels, prevent coronary heart disease and gallstones. 3, anti-hunger effect: dietary fiber in the gastrointestinal swelling after absorption of water, can produce a sense of satiety, which is conducive to improving the quality of diabetic control diet. 4, weight loss: dietary fiber in the gastrointestinal limiting the absorption of some sugar and fat, so that the body fat consumption increased, both to lose weight and not produce discomfort. 5, laxative effect: promote intestinal peristalsis, shorten the intestinal contents through the intestine time, and soften the stool, play the role of laxative, lift constipation. 6, detoxification effect: dietary fiber in the intestinal tract to play a high osmotic pressure, thus playing a diluting effect on harmful substances, but also with carcinogenic substances combined, can reduce the incidence of cancer. 7.Enhance anti-disease ability: improve the activity of phagocytes and macrophages, and enhance the immune function of human body. Dietary fiber has a particularly important role in the dietary treatment of diabetes: 1, dietary fiber plays an important role in the effective control of caloric intake of diabetic patients. Diabetic patients in the diet requirements are relatively strict, if a little inattentive, eat more, immediately after the meal blood sugar up. It is very uncomfortable to not eat enough, and dietary fiber can solve this problem exactly. Dietary fiber is a food that does not produce calories and can form gums in the human colon, allowing the body to absorb food nutrients for a longer period of time, making you feel less hungry for a longer period of time, as well as avoiding the desire to eat something in particular due to the sudden drop in blood sugar from taking hypoglycemic drugs. Soluble dietary fiber mixes with water in the intestine to form gums, thus regulating the body’s blood sugar level, and helps beneficial microorganisms grow in the colon, inhibiting disease-causing bacteria, allowing people to effectively absorb nutrients from food, so that the body can maintain a normal nutritional balance. 2.It has an obvious effect on diabetic patients to effectively lower their blood sugar. Diabetic patients is due to metabolic disorders, blood sugar rises, osmotic diuretic effect caused by polyuria, thirst and excessive drinking, week after week in a vicious cycle, the more you eat, the more you drink, the more sugar loss in the urine, the more serious the condition will be. However, dietary fiber can play a blocking role, which is mainly through the purely mechanical effect on the gastrointestinal tract, such as dietary fiber fully absorbs water, swells rapidly in the gastrointestinal tract and increases the viscosity of food, thus delaying the emptying time of the stomach and the passage of food through the small intestine, increasing the feeling of satiety, reducing the intake of sugar, and preventing a sharp rise in blood sugar after meals. At the same time, the water-soluble fiber absorbs water and forms a “barrier layer” on the mucosal surface of the small intestine, which hinders the absorption of glucose in the intestine and allows the unabsorbed glucose to be excreted with the stool. In addition, dietary fiber can also increase the sensitivity of pancreatic islets and improve the hypoglycemic effect of insulin. 3, dietary fiber can prevent diabetes. The reason is that dietary fiber in the body can delay the digestion of food, reducing the concentration of glucose in the intestine and reducing the absorption of sugar in the small intestine, thus achieving the purpose of preventing diabetes. Dietary fiber is a good food, but not the more you eat, the better. The total daily intake of dietary fiber for a normal person should be a minimum of 27 grams and a maximum of not more than 40 grams. Of the soluble dietary fiber, adults should have at least 22 grams per day, and the maximum should not exceed 32 grams. Children or small adults should have a minimum of 16 grams and a maximum of 24 grams. How can you find the lack of dietary fiber in the body, it is very easy, that is to test your stool, generally normal people defecate once a day, if the stool is dry, and the amount of less than 100 grams, it is necessary to consider whether the lack of dietary fiber problem.