Myth 1: Diet therapy is starvation therapy Some diabetics are afraid to eat anything once they are diagnosed. Every day only eat some so-called low-sugar food, such as bean noodles, oat noodles, mixed noodles, oats and other hunger, hoping to control blood sugar in this way. In fact, the sugar content of these foods is about 60% to 70%, but it is difficult to absorb. Eating these foods for a long time will easily lead to nutritional disorders of the patient, making the patient increasingly fatigued, lethargic, and the body’s immunity decreases, which is not conducive to the recovery of pancreatic islet function. As a result of such a single-minded pursuit of dietary control, many diabetic patients develop nutritional deficiencies. At the same time, because of insufficient nutritional intake, the energy required for human activities can only be provided by the body’s decomposition of fat, which may cause ketoacidosis, and in serious cases, even life-threatening. Myth 2: You can eat more food if it is not sweet The sweetness of food is because it contains monosaccharides or disaccharides such as glucose, fructose and sucrose, and the intake of these sugars can cause an increase in blood sugar. Some polysaccharide foods such as starch, although not sweet, will be broken down into glucose after digestion, which will also lead to an increase in blood sugar. Therefore, in regulating the diet, not only sweet foods with high sugar content should be restricted, but also foods that are not sweet such as rice, steamed buns and cookies. The general principle is to control the total amount of carbohydrates, including monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides (mainly referring to starch), and not only sweet foods. In other words, as long as to ensure a reasonable total carbohydrate intake, sweets can also eat a little in moderation. Myth 3: Coarse grains contain less sugar, eat more harmless Coarse grains contain more dietary fiber, although dietary fiber has lower sugar, lower fat, laxative effect, beneficial to the body, but eat more may increase the burden on the gastrointestinal, and affect the absorption of nutrients, long-term will cause malnutrition, and not good for the body. Myth 4: Only control the main food, side dishes can eat more side dishes such as meat, eggs, milk, etc. Although the sugar content is not high, but rich in protein and fat, in the body can be converted into glucose, this process is particularly active for diabetic patients, so more food will also raise blood sugar. Myth 5: Pumpkin can lower sugar The pumpkin polysaccharide contained in pumpkin has a good effect on controlling blood sugar, but pumpkin also contains a large amount 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 pumpkin as a vegetable, rather than eating a lot at will. Myth 6: Soybean products can eat more Soybean products contain little sugar and calories, where the soy isoflavones have a certain role in blood sugar control, so soybean products are more suitable for diabetic patients compared to animal protein, but for some patients, the onset of diabetes is usually combined with kidney disease, and the intake of large amounts of protein will bring a great burden on the kidneys, and even cause irreversible damage. Therefore, patients with diabetic nephropathy cannot blindly eat more soy products to avoid aggravating their condition.