Scientific and reasonable diet is the basis for controlling diabetes, but many diabetic patients have the following misconceptions about diet therapy
1, excessive dieting, all-vegetarian diet or even “Purgatory”
At the beginning, the calorie intake is reduced, so that blood sugar and urine sugar temporarily drop, but then due to insufficient nutrient intake, the energy for human activities can only be supplied by the body’s fat decomposition, the product of which is ketone bodies, so it will cause ketoacidosis, serious cases can be life-threatening. This method is not advisable.
2.Insulin can be eaten at will
Some patients change to insulin therapy because of the poor control of blood sugar by oral medication, thinking that with insulin there is “peace in the world” and no need to bother with diet control. In fact, the purpose of insulin therapy is to stabilize blood glucose control, and the amount of insulin used must be adjusted on the basis of a fixed diet. If the diet is not controlled, the blood sugar will be more unstable. Therefore, insulin therapy is not only needed in conjunction with nutritional therapy, but also very necessary.
3.Non-vegetarian oil can not be eaten, vegetable oil is fine to eat more
Although vegetable oil contains more unsaturated fatty acids, but no matter animal oil, vegetable oil, are fat, are high calorie food. If not controlled, it is easy to exceed the total daily calories specified. Therefore, vegetable oil can not be eaten casually.
4.If it is not sweet, you can just eat it
Some patients wrongly believe that diabetes should not eat sweet food, salty bread, salty cookies and a large number of diabetes-specific sweeteners on the market do not contain sugar, you can use them to fill up when hungry, do not need to control. In fact, all kinds of bread and cookies are made of grain, and like rice and steamed buns, they will be converted into glucose in the body when eaten, leading to a rise in blood sugar. Therefore, such foods can be used to improve the monotonous taste and enhance the pleasure of life, but must be calculated into the total calories.
5.Eat more and add medicine on
Some patients often can’t help but eat more when they feel hungry, and they think that increasing the dose of their original medication will offset the extra food they ate. In fact, this not only makes the diet control virtually useless, but also increases the burden on the pancreas at the same time, increasing the possibility of hypoglycemia and drug toxic side effects, which is very detrimental to the control of the disease.
6.Control the main meals, snacks are not limited
Some patients have ideal control of three meals, but due to hunger or other reasons have developed the habit of eating snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds and snack foods. In fact, this also undermines the diet control. Most snacks are foods that contain high amounts of fat or calories, and arbitrary consumption will lead to an excess of total calories.
7.Eat one less meal to save one medicine
Some patients take it upon themselves to eat one less meal, especially breakfast, in order to control their blood sugar well, thinking that they can save a meal of medicine. In fact, taking medicine is not only to fight against the high blood sugar caused by diet, but also to reduce the high blood sugar caused by metabolism and other hormones that raise blood sugar in the body. Moreover, not eating on time can easily induce premeal hypoglycemia and become dangerous. In addition, eating less of one meal is bound to increase the amount of the next meal, which in turn leads to unstable blood sugar control. Therefore, it is important to take medication and eat on time and regularly.
8.Soybean products can be eaten more
Eating soy products (soy milk, tofu, etc.) in moderation is really good for health. Soy products do not contain sugar, but they also contain calories. Especially for the elderly and long course of diabetes, if you do not pay attention, a large amount of excessive consumption of vegetable protein, will cause excessive nitrogenous waste in the body, increasing the burden on the kidneys. In particular, combined with renal insufficiency, it is best to prohibit the consumption of beans, protein intake as much as possible to fish, poultry and other white meat.
9, with diabetes, afraid to eat fruit again
Diabetes should be a reasonable and balanced diet. Fruits contain many trace elements, such as chromium and manganese, which are very helpful to improve insulin activity in the body. In the case of blood sugar control, the appropriate consumption of various fruits is very beneficial to the human body.
10, pumpkin can lower sugar
Pumpkin polysaccharide contained in pumpkin has a good effect on the control of blood sugar, but pumpkin also contains a large number of sugar substances, if eaten too much will make the post-prandial blood sugar rise rapidly. Therefore, it is best for diabetic patients to eat a little bit of pumpkin as a vegetable, rather than eating a lot at will.