Diabetic patients, no matter how to make Laba porridge, should remember the total amount control. No matter how low the glycemic index is, excessive consumption is not conducive to blood sugar control. Try not to put rice and glutinous rice with high starch content, but use buckwheat rice, oat rice and coix seed instead, and then choose a few from red beans, mung beans, black beans, kidney beans, millet, purple rice, lotus seeds, walnuts, yams and almonds.

In laba porridge with indigestion, put less beans that are relatively difficult to digest and easy to produce gas, such as soybeans and black beans. It is suggested to add glutinous rice, brown rice and millet. Laba porridge is large in size and thick in texture, which can bring satiety to the stomach, but its energy is lower than that of rice and white steamed bread, and it is suitable for people who lose weight.

For those with low spleen and stomach function such as sallow complexion, anorexia and emaciation, mental fatigue, japonica rice can be used to warm the spleen and replenish qi. For those suffering from bitter taste, halitosis, sticky stool and thick and greasy tongue coating, Coicis Semen can be added to moisten, clear away heat and strengthen the spleen. Adzuki bean has the functions of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, which is beneficial to overweight and edema of lower limbs.

Nuts are also indispensable accessories, and peanuts have the functions of moistening lung and relieving cough, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. Walnut kernel has the effects of warming and tonifying kidney yang, improving intelligence and brain, strengthening tendons and bones, and can also grow hair by blackening beard, which is a good product for prolonging life. People who often suffer from insomnia can add longan meat to nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. Dry skin, easy to cough after a cold, belongs to yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency, and Lycium barbarum can be added to nourish yin and moisten the lungs. Those with pale or sallow complexion, anorexia and emaciation can increase dates to invigorate the spleen, replenish qi and nourish blood.