What are the principles of diabetic diet

  1.Appropriate control of the amount of staple food
  In general, resting patients eat staple foods (rice, noodles, corn, millet, buckwheat, etc.) 250-300 grams per day; 350-400 grams per day for those with light physical labor; 450-550 grams per day for those with heavy physical labor. After the blood sugar drops and urine sugar (+) decreases, the staple food can be increased by 25-50 grams. Staple foods should be rotated or mixed to improve the nutritional value. Patients should pay attention to sum up the change rule between meal and blood sugar and urine sugar, so that the disease is stable, the staple food is fixed; the disease fluctuates, timely adjustment. To be flexible, so that the weight is maintained within the standard range.
  2.Control diet
  By no means means to eat as little as possible, because long-term hunger, calorie deficiency can lead to the body’s own consumption, not only will appear wasted, resistance is weakened, and can aggravate diabetes. Therefore, diabetic patients should follow medical advice, reasonable arrangements for the total daily calories, protein, fat and carbohydrates in the appropriate proportion, to develop their own more ideal recipes.
  3, meal time, the number of meals should be maintained to a certain degree of stability
  Try not to eat snacks, quit smoking and avoid alcohol.
  4.Limit the intake of cholesterol
  Middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients and combined coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia patients, in the diet, but also strictly limit the intake of cholesterol. Animal fat, animal offal contains high cholesterol, should eat less or not, eggs up to two per day.
  5, food should be coarse rather than fine
  In the quantitative range of staple foods as much as possible to eat more coarse grains and beans, vegetables, to green leafy vegetables, such as rape, cabbage, leeks, spinach, celery, etc.. These foods are rich in vitamins and inorganic salts, but also contains more crude fiber, can effectively prevent the rapid absorption of blood sugar, and lower cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis and the role of constipation.
  6, strictly limit sucrose and sweets
  Diabetic patients should not eat sugar, candy, honey and sweets and sugary drinks. These high-sugar foods are easily absorbed by the body and promote blood sugar, increasing the burden on the pancreas, thereby aggravating the disease.
  7, to learn some knowledge of nutritional therapy
  Basically grasp the main nutrients contained in common foods, especially the amount of sugar. At the same time, to understand which foods can be eaten more, which foods should be eaten less, which foods are forbidden, to have a good idea, but also know the interchange of food of equal nutritional value.
  8.Eat fruits in moderation
  According to the patient’s blood sugar, urine sugar control situation flexible control. If fasting blood sugar does not exceed 11 mmolh (2000 mg/dl), urine sugar does not exceed 3 plus, and there is no ketoacidosis, you can eat a small amount of fruit, but to grasp, do not eat a lot, eat up to 150-200 grams a day. According to the measurement: bananas, oranges, apples, pears contain medium sugar: melon, watermelon, cherries contain less sugar, can be preferred to eat; tomatoes, cucumbers contain very low sugar, can be appropriate to eat more instead of fruit.
  General Diabetes Recipes
  I. Breakfast
  1, staple food: high fiber buns or cakes and other high fiber staple food
  2.Side food: ① boiled egg or a lotus egg. ② light soy milk, milk or millet porridge can choose any one. Or vegetables
  Second, lunch
  1, staple food: high-fiber rice, high-fiber buns, high-fiber noodles or other high-fiber staple foods
  2, side dishes: ① lean meat, fish, chicken, duck can be selected according to the situation. ② Stir-fried vegetables, cold vegetables, soy products, etc.
  Three, dinner
  1.Staple food: ①High-fiber steamed buns, high-fiber rice and other high-fiber staple foods. ②People who like to drink porridge can choose millet porridge, mung bean porridge, red bean porridge, etc. according to their personal habits.
  2, side dishes: ① vegetables, soy products, etc. ②Chicken, duck, meat, fish, etc. can be selected according to personal preferences.
  IV. Drink a glass of pure milk, about 300 ml, before going to bed at night.
  Five, instructions
  1.Staple food must be eaten enough every day, not less than 300 grams (dry products).
  2. The vegetables eaten daily must be selected according to the varieties specified in the “Diabetes Diet Treatment Rules”, and must be eaten in excess of 500 grams.
  3.Variety of vegetables and side dishes should be diversified and not monotonous.
  4.Salt should not exceed 6 grams and vegetable oil should not exceed 18 grams.
  5, the daily staple food to do rice, flour mixed consumption to have appropriate health, that is, a day two rice staple food, a noodle staple food; or a rice staple food, two noodle staple food.
  6, Chinese medicine health science that “sweat to sweat, water to drink enough, to clear, in order to live a long life,” so that diabetic patients in a scientific and reasonable diet based on the daily water to drink enough, do not wait until thirsty binge drinking.