However, apart from sweets, does unsweetened food have no effect on blood sugar? We should understand these five dietary misunderstandings of diabetes:
Eat anything that is not sweet.
Many people who love sugar think that the fluctuation of blood sugar is mainly caused by eating sweets, so in the process of diet control, foods with high sugar content, such as cakes, sweets and fruits, will be restricted.
And some unsweetened foods are also unrestrained. Therefore, the control situation of many sugar friends is very unsatisfactory, which may often be due to problems in food selection. For example, unconsciously eating too many calories, and for diabetics, the most important thing is to control the total amount of carbohydrates, which is also the amount of staple food.
For unsweetened food, we should distinguish the main nutritional components of the food. For example, root vegetables such as potatoes contain more starch, which is more suitable for people who love sugar to replace some staple foods.
Food can lower blood sugar.
Among diabetic patients, there has been a saying that some foods can lower blood sugar, which is due to the health care effect of some foods on diabetes, also known as health food.
However, it is incorrect to say that food has hypoglycemic effect, but this kind of food is low in calories, and the range of raising blood sugar by moderate intake is very small. For health food, everyone should also understand its nutritional components and allocate them to three meals reasonably.
Dare not eat meat
Many diabetic friends are afraid to eat meat, for fear that eating meat will affect blood sugar, so they eat some vegetables every day. In fact, eating like this is not good for the patient's condition. If diabetics have been vegetarian, the intake of staple food will increase accordingly, which will still affect blood sugar.
If you don't eat meat for a long time, your body will lack protein nutrition, which will easily lead to the decline of physical fitness and resistance. Therefore, it is suggested that sugar friends should not eat fat, and choose more lean meat, chicken and fish.
Add medicine if you eat too much.
Many sugar friends have developed the habit of uncontrolled diet because of the good effect of taking medicine to control sugar, and feel that they can take a lot of hypoglycemic drugs after eating.
In fact, this is also a serious misunderstanding, which is not only equal to not controlling the total calories, but also increasing the burden of pancreatic islets and increasing the burden of liver and kidney metabolism, so it is extremely dangerous for diabetic patients.
Miscellaneous grains can help stabilize postprandial blood sugar
Many sugar friends are obsessed with miscellaneous grains and think that eating more miscellaneous grains often helps to stabilize blood sugar. In fact, this idea is wrong.
Coarse grains account for 1/3- 1/2 of the staple food, otherwise it may cause indigestion. Although the glycemic index of many miscellaneous grains is lower than that of rice, it will still increase the postprandial blood sugar, and if some miscellaneous grains are finely processed and have a high degree of gelatinization, it will easily lead to blood sugar fluctuations.
Therefore, it is suggested that when choosing staple foods, try to choose those that have not been sorted out.
The above five dietary misunderstandings are more common. People with diabetes should know in detail and avoid these dietary misunderstandings, so as to ensure a balanced diet and maintain the stability of blood sugar.
Blood sugar must be monitored on time in daily life. When you find that your blood sugar fluctuates greatly, check your life and diet in time and get out of the misunderstanding of diet as soon as possible, and your blood sugar will be controlled better and better!