Middle age, 50-60 years old. High blood sugar. Should we pay attention to diet at ordinary times? What advantages and improvements should I take and what medicine should I take? A friend who knows is in trouble. Hello, diabetes is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. Poor control will lead to some complications. Treatment is usually a combination of diet, exercise and medicine, among which diet therapy is the basis of all treatments. For mild diabetes, only diet therapy can control the condition. The basic principle of dietotherapy is to estimate the total calories needed according to the patient's weight and activity, and arrange the daily diet reasonably. Don't eat foods with high sugar content, eat less foods containing fat and starch, mainly vegetables and miscellaneous grains, with a certain amount of high-quality protein foods such as lean meat, milk, eggs and bean products. Fruit contains sugar, can I eat fruit? It is not appropriate to eat fruit at all, because fruit contains a lot of vitamins, cellulose and minerals, which is beneficial to diabetics. The sugars contained in fruits are glucose, fructose and sucrose, among which fructose does not need insulin to participate in metabolism. Therefore, diabetic patients do not reject fruits after their blood sugar is controlled. Moreover, the sugar content of fruits is different and cannot be treated equally. Foods below 100g10g are: dark plum, watermelon, melon, coconut milk, orange, lemon, grape, peach, plum, apricot, loquat, pineapple, strawberry, sugarcane, coconut, cherry and olive. , available for diabetics to choose from. Fruits with sugar content of 1 1-20g include bananas, pomegranates, grapefruit, oranges, apples, pears, lychees and mangoes. So choose carefully. There are dates and red fruits over 20g, especially dried dates, candied dates, dried persimmons, raisins, dried apricots and longan. It is forbidden to eat because of its high sugar content. Many vegetables can be eaten as fruits, such as tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. Every 100 grams of food contains less than 5 grams of sugar and is rich in vitamins. Can completely replace fruits, is suitable for diabetics and can be popularized. In addition, the amount of food should be matched, not the same. Watermelon contains 4% sugar, pear contains 12% sugar and banana contains 20% sugar. Watermelon contains less sugar, but if you eat 500 grams, it is equivalent to banana 100 grams and pear 170 grams, so you should not eat more. You should also pay attention to the way you eat fruit. Don't eat immediately after meals, but eat between meals or before going to bed. It is best to try to eat, that is, to measure urine sugar 2 hours after meals. If urine sugar increases, it needs to be reduced; If urine sugar is still high after fruit reduction, the amount of staple food should be reduced appropriately. Dietary precautions for diabetes: 1. The staple food of diabetics is generally rice and flour. Coarse grains such as oats, cereals and corn flour contain more inorganic salts and vitamins, and are also rich in dietary fiber, which has the function of lowering blood sugar and is conducive to controlling blood sugar. 2. The protein source of diabetic patients is soybean and its bean products. On the one hand, its protein is of good quality; On the other hand, it contains no cholesterol and has the function of lowering blood fat, so it can replace some animal foods, such as meat. 3. When diabetics are still hungry during calorie control, they can eat vegetables with less sugar, add some seasonings after boiling with water, and they can eat. Vegetables are essential foods for diabetics because of their high dietary fiber, high water content, low thermal energy and strong satiety. 4. Foods forbidden to eat include: white sugar, red pond, glucose and sugary sweets, such as candy, cakes, jam, candied fruit, ice cream and sweet drinks. In addition, there are potatoes, yams, taro, lotus roots, garlic sprouts, carrots and so on. , containing more carbohydrates, using less after eating or reducing the corresponding staple food. 5. Lard, butter, foreign oil, cream, butter, etc. Those rich in saturated fatty acids are seldom used, so it is better not to use them. Vegetable oil can be used instead of some animal oil. Peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds and melon seeds also contain a lot of fat. Try not to eat or eat less or reduce oil intake. 6. Egg yolk and viscera of animals such as liver, brain and waist contain quite high cholesterol and should be used as little as possible or not. 7. Fruit contains glucose and fructose, which can raise blood sugar, so when blood sugar and urine sugar are relatively stable, fasting blood sugar.