If diabetics need sweets, sweeteners can be used as part of their normal diet. Sweeteners such as sucrose, fructose, corn sweetener, concentrated fruit juice, honey, maltose and various sugar alcohols all produce energy and must be included in the calculation of energy intake.

Studies show that eating sucrose, which accounts for 0/2% ~ 38% of total energy/kloc-,has no adverse effect on blood sugar, which may be due to the low glycemic index of this kind of food. Fructose and rice sugar alcohol do not need insulin for absorption and metabolism in the body, so they have little effect on blood sugar and can be used to replace foods such as sucrose or glucose. However, excessive intake of sucrose, fructose or sugar alcohol may have adverse effects on blood lipids. Therefore, for diabetics, it is not recommended to eat such sweeteners.

Foods suitable for diabetics:

Generally speaking, diabetics can often eat millet porridge. It is rich in phosphorus, calcium, iron, selenium, zinc, magnesium and other elements, which can regulate blood sugar level, diuresis and lower blood pressure. There are also buckwheat cake, corn porridge, red bean porridge, barley porridge, tofu, bean curd, shredded tofu, wheat bran cake, oatmeal, boiled corn shoots, black sesame paste, black bean cake, roasted soybeans, boiled white lentils and mung bean cake.

Vegetables have little effect on blood sugar (except starch vegetables), because vegetables are rich in inorganic salts, vitamins and cellulose. In addition, onions, cabbages, tomatoes and so on. It also contains bioflavonoids, which are natural antioxidants and can maintain the normal function of microvessels. Encourage diabetics to eat more vegetables. There is also bitter gourd, which contains bitter gourd saponin called "plant insulin", which has obvious hypoglycemic effect and is especially suitable for patients with type 2 diabetes.

In addition, kelp, laver, boiled scallop, steamed eel, boiled mussel, stewed mullet, jellyfish skin, stewed loach, stewed snail, stewed crucian carp, stewed silver carp, stewed oyster, stewed herring, stewed yellow croaker and stewed grass carp will also be helpful for the treatment of diabetes.

Although the diet of diabetes needs strict control, it doesn't mean that patients can't eat sweets at all. In fact, patients can eat sweets properly, especially fruits can supplement essential vitamins, so it is ok to eat fruits properly at ordinary times, just in moderation.

Just control it and don't overeat.