Whether diabetic patients can eat chewing gum, need to be specifically analyzed, it is recommended to eat sugar-free or xylitol chewing gum, not recommended to eat ordinary chewing gum.
1. Ordinary chewing gum: general chewing gum in order to taste richer, often with a high degree of sweetness, contains a lot of sugar, is not suitable for diabetic patients to eat, otherwise it is easy to cause the body of blood glucose rise, affecting the condition.
2. Special chewing gum: such as sugar-free chewing gum, or xylitol chewing gum. Xylitol is not sugar, does not contain monosaccharides or disaccharides, and will not enter the human body sugar metabolism, so there is no obvious effect on the body’s blood sugar, can be eaten in moderation. However, it is not recommended that patients eat chewing gum for a long time.
Patients diagnosed with diabetes should strictly implement dietary management and actively cooperate with doctors in treatment. More dietary knowledge can consult the nutritional doctor, under the guidance of the doctor scientific and reasonable consumption.