Can’t you drink porridge with diabetes?

Clinically diabetic patients are not recommended to eat porridge, because porridge is rich in carbohydrates, high degree of pasteurization, high glycemic index, after digestion and absorption of rapid entry into the bloodstream can lead to roller-coaster-like changes in blood glucose. Excessive fluctuations in blood glucose can cause endothelial cell damage leading to oxidative stress, which can accelerate the process of chronic complications of diabetes, and is not conducive to the control of the patient’s condition. At the same time, porridge fast into the blood can lead to a roller coaster-like blood glucose increase is not conducive to the control of the patient’s blood glucose, especially blood glucose is obviously elevated in the case of eating porridge can lead to a significant increase in blood glucose, there is a risk of inducing diabetic ketoacidosis and other acute complications. Therefore, diabetic patients are not recommended to drink porridge.