Many diabetic patients have some misunderstandings in dietary therapy, thinking that it is necessary to avoid all staple foods, but they don't know that this can easily lead to the occurrence of some diseases, so what are the specific misunderstandings of diabetic patients? Let's take a look.

Eat small, frequent meals at regular intervals

Diabetic patients should have regular meals and additional meals every day, and should not skip a meal at will, nor overeat, especially the carbohydrate intake should be basically equal to each meal every day. Under the premise that the amount of staple food throughout the day remains unchanged, the amount of staple food throughout the day should be divided into at least 50 meals, and the proportion of 0/0, 0/0, and 0/0 will be distributed to three meals. Patients using insulin or some oral hypoglycemic drugs should arrange additional meals when the drug has the strongest effect, and the time of additional meals can be arranged at 0:0 in the morning, 0:0 in the afternoon and before going to bed in the evening (0:0), and the food of the additional meal can be evenly distributed from the main meal 0~0 grams of staple food. Foods with high protein content, such as milk and eggs, can also be used as meals before bedtime, because the speed of protein conversion into glucose is slow, which is conducive to the prevention and treatment of nocturnal hypoglycemia. In addition, when the patient has a large amount of exercise or heavy physical labor, the intake of staple foods can be appropriately increased.

Get the calories you need to maintain your ideal weight

Different patients have different daily calorie requirements due to different heights, weights and labor intensity. Patients can develop daily caloric requirements under the guidance of a diabetes specialist or nutritionist according to their specific situation. In general, emaciated people and heavy manual workers should need more calories to maintain their ideal weight; On the contrary, obese people and light manual workers should have fewer calories to maintain their ideal weight.

Drink plenty of water and limit alcohol consumption

Drinking water is conducive to the full elimination of waste products in the body and the dilution of blood sugar, and does not increase the burden on the kidneys. Alcohol has a high caloric energy, 7 g of alcohol produces 0 Kcal, and does not contain other nutrients, and puts a burden on the liver. Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach predisposes to hypoglycemia, especially when insulin is injected or sulfonamides are taken by mouth. If you can't avoid it, try not to drink liquor, but choose beer and fruit wine with low alcohol concentration, and avoid drinking on an empty stomach.

Increase dietary fiber and vitamin intake

新鲜蔬菜与水果中含有丰富膳食纤维与维生素。膳食纤维在胃肠道不断被消化吸收而不产生热量，但能促进肠道蠕动，具有降血糖、降血脂、保持大便畅通并减少饥饿感等作用，膳食纤维的摄入量约为25～30g/天。除了进餐时使用蔬菜外，糖尿病还可以适当选择一些低糖分的水果，如青梅、西瓜、甜瓜、椰子、橙、柠檬等。不少蔬菜可作为水果食用，如西红柿、黄瓜、菜瓜等糖分含量很低，又富含维生素，很适合糖尿病病人食用。吃水果的时间可安排在上午10：00或下午4：00左右。同主食一样要定时、定量，注意血糖监测。