One of the diabetic diet myths: blindly emphasize eating coarse grains and diabetic foods. In the impression of many diabetics fine grains contain high sugar and coarse grains are low, but in fact there is no significant difference in the amount of carbohydrates contained between the two. Just because coarse grains are rich in plant fiber, and the rich plant fiber can inhibit the absorption of intestinal glucose. For example, eating 100 grams of steamed bun 90% becomes blood sugar, the same amount of nest only 80%. The purpose of dietary therapy is to control total calories and a balanced diet, and not to eat the so-called “diabetic food” exclusively. In fact, the nutrients in diabetic food are no different from ordinary food, and can be turned into sugar through absorption and transformation in the human body. Patients who do not pay attention to the principles of diabetic diet treatment and think that as long as they eat “diabetic food” blood sugar will not be a problem, but do not control the total calories and maintain a balanced diet, this is very dangerous. Diabetes diet misconception two: diet control has been very strict, eat a little snack to fill the hunger does not matter. Some people have ideal control of three meals, but develop the habit of snacking due to hunger or other reasons. But also afraid to eat cookies, fruit. Think peanuts, melon seeds and other foods do not contain sugar, eat some okay. But melon seeds, peanuts contain low sugar, but high in fat, 100 grams of peanuts contain calories = 200 grams of steamed bread, fat in the body can become sugar, eat 30 peanut rice stir-fry without oil. Diabetes diet misconception No. 3: sweets, fruits containing high sugar, from then on no longer ask for it. Diabetes should avoid foods containing sucrose, glucose, meringue, aspartame, xylitol, saccharin and other sweetening improvers for improving the taste of food is more suitable for diabetics. The sweetness of fruits is determined by fructose, and fructose metabolism does not depend on insulin. Fruits can be consumed if the postprandial blood sugar is <10mmol/L. If the patient has always liked fruits and his condition is stable, he can eat small amount of fruits, but he must reduce the amount of main food. The general method is to eat 200 grams of fruits, such as pears, apples, peaches, etc., every day, which can reduce the main food by 25 grams. Fruits with high sugar content should not be eaten as much as possible, so as not to increase the burden on pancreatic islet cells. Choose to eat fresh fruits and do not eat canned fruits with high sugar content. Try to drink less or no juice, because the juice has less dietary fiber. Diabetes diet myth No. 4: eat more food can be digested by increasing the dose of oral hypoglycemic drugs. Some patients often can not resist eating more when they feel hungry, at this time they may take the method of increasing the original dose of medication, mistakenly believing that the diet has increased, more glucose-lowering drugs can be eaten to offset the extra food. In fact, this not only makes the diet control null and void, but also increases the burden on the pancreas. At the same time increased the possibility of hypoglycemia; increased drug toxicity, very detrimental to the control of the disease. Diabetes diet misconceptions of the fifth: the problem of alcohol and tobacco. Alcohol contains 14.64 kJ (3.5 kcal) of calories per gram, which is a high-calorie food. Excess alcohol can occur as hyperlipidemia or cause metabolic disorders and increase the burden on the liver. The reduction in the amount of staple foods eaten after drinking alcohol can inhibit the breakdown of liver glycogen and reduce the amount of glucose in the blood, making it easy to develop hypoglycemic symptoms, smoking affects microcirculation and can easily lead to diabetic foot, so it is advocated to quit smoking. Therefore, patients who are using insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs should be strictly prohibited from drinking alcohol and actively quit smoking at the same time. Diabetic diet myth No. 6: Use no staple food to control blood sugar. Some people believe that in the treatment of diabetes, the important thing is diet therapy, and diet therapy is to control the intake of staple foods to achieve the purpose of controlling the rise of blood sugar. This idea, is not entirely correct. This is because glucose is the main source of energy in the body. If you do not eat staple foods or eat too little, the lack of glucose sources, the body will necessarily use fat, due to excessive production of fatty acids, often accompanied by ketone body production, through the kidney excretion can appear ketonuria. Therefore, whether it is a normal person or a diabetic patient, the daily staple food should not be less than 150 grams, i.e., the amount of carbohydrates should not be less than 150 grams, otherwise ketonuria can easily occur. In addition, not eating staple food can also appear hyperglycemia. As the body needs calories, in the state of hunger, protein and fat need to be used, so that they can be converted into glucose to supplement the shortage of blood sugar. In the long run, the patient can have a thin body and weakened resistance to easily develop various complications.