During the Chinese New Year, it is a traditional Chinese custom to gather with friends and family for dinner and gourmet meals. While enjoying the food and family reunion, diabetic patients should pay attention to the basic principles of maintaining a regular daily life, medication and diet, which are essential to ensure stable blood sugar during the Chinese New Year. So, let’s talk about the things that people with diabetes should pay attention to during the Chinese New Year. First of all, diet. For diabetic patients, less sugar, less salt, less oil and eight portions are the most important basic principles of dietary treatment. The diet should be light, not too greasy, can be appropriate to eat more vegetables rich in fiber, both to prevent constipation, but also will make people feel full. Three meals a day regular, regular and quantitative meals is also very important. During the Spring Festival, there is a wide variety of food on the table, so the total amount of food eaten at each meal should be controlled, and at the same time, the glycemic index of various foods can be compared to grasp the amount of food eaten. If you want to enjoy a drink with friends and family, you also need to control the amount of alcohol you drink every day (no more than 15 grams for women and 25 grams for men, which is equivalent to a maximum of 450 ml of beer, 150 ml of wine and 50 ml of low-grade white wine for women every day. Men should drink a maximum of 750 ml of beer, 250 ml of wine and 83 ml of low-grade white wine). It’s New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s food is essential. Sugar lovers should try to eat less super high-calorie New Year’s food, such as: chocolate, all kinds of candy, peanuts, melon seeds, pistachios, cashews, walnuts, almonds, pineapple pastry, egg rolls, etc. These snacks contain a lot of sugar fat, eat on some blood sugar will rise. Pork jerky, beef jerky, shredded squid and other snacks in high-calorie foods, is also appropriate to eat as little as possible. Very sweet pastries, cookies, cakes should be eaten less or not, these food carbohydrate composition is relatively high, also contains a lot of sugar. When dining out need to pay attention to: (1) meal before, meal are prepared. New Year’s Eve dining out, eating time is difficult to control, and sometimes encounter the situation of waiting for a seat, diabetics may not eat for a while. Remind everyone to bring candy, pastries, and even glucose tablets to prevent hypoglycemia. (2) Patients who need to inject insulin before meals, pay attention to the time of insulin injection, some insulin needs to be injected 30 minutes in advance. Some patients feel that it is indecent to inject medicine in public and switch to oral hypoglycemic drugs on their own, which may cause fluctuations in blood sugar, and try not to change the treatment plan at will. (3) When eating, do not consume too much sugar, and drink limited amounts of alcohol. Hyperlipidemia can occur with excessive drinking, and hypoglycemia is likely to occur with fasting. Next is the exercise aspect. During the Spring Festival, people tend to be lazy at home and less active, which gives diabetes an opportunity to take advantage of it, but as long as you pay attention to proper exercise, blood sugar can still be well controlled. During the Spring Festival, the weather is still cold, so if outdoor activities are not suitable, you can do various activities indoors, such as housework, stepping in place, squatting, jumping in place, stretching in your seat, walking indoors, climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator, etc. This can increase heat consumption, stimulate insulin secretion, enhance insulin sensitivity and promote blood circulation, which is very beneficial for regulating blood sugar and stabilizing the condition. This is very beneficial to blood sugar regulation and stabilization. However, it is not recommended that patients should exercise in the morning on an empty stomach or immediately after a meal. The third is the use of medication. In the midst of the fun, be sure to take all medications on time and never interrupt or change them without permission. When planning a trip or going home for Chinese New Year, please remember to carry more than double the usual amount of medication in case of emergencies. Patients who use insulin should not miss their shots and should also carry sufficient amounts of insulin with injection needles. If the insulin is kept at a temperature lower than 0 degrees, it will not work and will not be able to play its role in lowering sugar. Therefore, it is important to protect insulin from freezing in cold weather. Also, carry candy or cookies with you in case you cannot eat on time during the journey. The fourth aspect is condition monitoring. Sugar lovers should not forget to monitor their own blood sugar during the holiday season. Those who have a blood glucose meter can monitor their blood glucose 3 to 4 times a day or at least 3 times a week, and at the same time, to ensure the accuracy of the test results, they should also protect their blood glucose meter from the cold. Patients who do not have blood glucose meters can monitor urine sugar or go to the nearest community health service center or site to test blood sugar, and adjust the diet according to the changes in blood sugar or urine sugar. When blood sugar fluctuates greatly, go to the hospital in time and adjust the amount of glucose-lowering drugs under the guidance of the doctor to prevent the aggravation of the condition caused by blood sugar fluctuation. The fifth is to be alert to hypoglycemia. In the early stage of hypoglycemia, there may be various discomforts such as false sweat, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, golden eyes, trembling, hunger, weakness, numbness of hands and feet, slurred speech and so on. When hypoglycemia continues to worsen and severe hypoglycemia occurs, it will cause irritability, personality change, disorientation, seizures and other manifestations, which can trigger coma and even endanger life. Older people are more slow to respond to hypoglycemia, and by the time they feel uncomfortable, severe hypoglycemia often has already occurred. Once diabetic patients suspect that they have a hypoglycemic reaction, it is best to monitor their blood sugar immediately. If it is impossible to monitor, they should quickly eat 1 to 2 sugar cubes, fructose or eat 1 to 2 slices of bread or 5 to 6 pieces of cookies, as these sugars can be absorbed into the blood and raise blood sugar in a relatively short time. If the effect is not satisfactory, you can take an additional meal after 15 minutes. If it is not relieved, go to the hospital promptly. Families of diabetic patients should usually have some knowledge of first aid for hypoglycemia, so that they can handle it actively in critical situations. Diabetics should carry a diabetic blood glucose monitoring record book or first aid card with them in case of emergency. In the unfortunate event of a hypoglycemic coma on the road, the ambulance can infer the cause of the disease at the first time based on the patient’s information when it arrives, and buy valuable time for timely treatment.