Recently, an anxious mother came to ask about the diet of her 8-year-old child, who is a small type 1 diabetic patient and is usually on insulin control, and his condition is quite stable. The child also knows how to behave and follows his mother’s diet strictly, eating limited staple foods and meat and as many vegetables as possible. However, as the mother of the child, looking at the child standing outside the fast food restaurant, smelling the fragrance, although a longing face, but the mouth said: do not eat do not eat. The mother who loves her son is eager to know whether her child can still eat pizza, fries and other fast food in the future, if only occasionally to relieve the child’s cravings, is it possible. In fact, this mother’s question is not a special phenomenon, many people feel that suffering from diabetes, it must be porridge and small dishes, bland to live a rabbit general diet life. But this is not the case. Generally speaking, if the diabetic patient’s blood sugar control is stable, it is appropriate to eat some fast food to relieve cravings. But you have to pay attention to the amount of food you eat and the food that goes with it. Take the child in the article for example, 8 years old, according to the height and weight calculation, the daily energy demand is roughly 1500Kcal, scattered into three meals and additional meals, lunch energy supply can reach 450Kcal. if you want to eat pizza, containing cheese, meat, vegetables, the normal size of the pizza 1/6-1/8 pieces, about 100g, providing energy 250Kcal or so, because The pizza is rich in cheese and meat, so the supply of protein is sufficient, with pizza to eat, we can choose mashed potatoes and vegetable salad, as for fried fries or sweet drinks, or excluded from the meal is better. In this way, the overall carbohydrate, fat and protein ratio of the meal is relatively reasonable, with less impact on blood sugar. This will satisfy your child’s desire to eat pizza without having too much of an impact on your child’s blood sugar.