Congee is generally not recommended for diabetics.
Congee belongs to the easy to digest food, contains a lot of carbohydrates, compared with rice, steamed bread and other staple foods, more likely to cause diabetic patients fluctuations. In addition, if the congee is boiled and thicker, it is also more likely to cause the patient’s blood sugar to rise. Therefore, it is generally not recommended that diabetic patients eat porridge.
For diabetic patients, try to avoid eating foods with high sugar content and high glycemic index, should pay attention to light diet, balanced nutrition, and eat more meals with less food, and try to choose coarse grains, such as corn, rice bran and so on. In terms of cooking methods, diabetic patients should avoid deep-frying, braising and other practices, and try to choose steaming, boiling and other practices.
Diabetic patients do not have absolute what food to eat good, in the choice of food can refer to the principle of diabetic food exchange portion, choose to eat food and portion size. Diabetic patients need to eat regularly, with a reasonable diet, if you do not understand, you can go to the endocrinology department of the diabetes education clinic for specialized guidance.
Diabetic patients should go to regular hospitals for treatment in time and under the guidance of doctors. For more health knowledge of food, you can consult a nutritionist and consume it scientifically and reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.