Can diabetics eat sweet food?
Dietary control is the basic treatment for all people with diabetes. Diet control is not only limited to the staple food but must also limit total calories. However, people with diabetes are not able to eat sweet foods, but they are mainly determined by the calories of food.
Diabetics should strictly limit the intake of sugar, brown sugar, honey, jams, various desserts, chocolates, sugary drinks, and sweet juices, because most of these foods contain more glucose and sucrose, which have higher caloric content and are absorbed. Will significantly increase blood sugar. For example, in the summer, some diabetic patients may suffer from diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar coma and may be life-threatening because they eat a lot of cola or ice cream because of thirst.
However, patients with diabetes can eat a small amount of fruit. The principle is to use food for fruit. For example, it is possible to reduce half of the staple foods (25 grams of raw rice or 60-70 grams of rice) and eat a certain amount of fruit each day: fresh dates 1, 2 ha, 2 bananas 2, 2 red halves, 2 halves of persimmon, 2 fresh lychees. Two and a half, three apples, two kiwifruits, two peaches, three and a half, two pears, four pineapple two, two oranges, two grapes, two cherry, two cherry, two apricots, two melons, and two strawberries. Watermelon 7 two. Most of these fruits contain fructose, which has a higher sweetness than sucrose, but it absorbs slower than glucose, and the effect of raising blood sugar is also very slow. At the same time, it can supplement dietary fiber and vitamins, which is a useful supplement for diet control.
There are a lot of "sugar-free foods" on the market today, mostly foods with added sweeteners. Common sweeteners on the market are divided into two categories, hot calorie-containing sweeteners and calorie-free sweeteners. The calorie-containing sweeteners include fructose as mentioned above, and xylitol and sorbitol. These sweeteners all contain calories, but the absorption is relatively slow and has little effect on blood sugar. Calorie-free sweeteners include artificial compounds such as saccharin and aspartame, which do not contain calories and do not raise blood sugar. However, some compounds are known to have carcinogenic effects, so it is not recommended to consume large amounts of artificially synthesized sweets. Flavor agent. In addition, diabetics must pay attention before eating “sugar-free food”: the heat contained in starch and oil in food can also increase blood sugar, so don’t think it is “sugar-free” and you can just eat it. .
One thing that diabetics should also note is that most nuts are high in calories, such as peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, etc. They contain about 40-50 grams of fat per 100 grams, which increases blood sugar after eating. , so it must be strictly controlled.
In short, it is recommended that diabetics establish the concept of food calories and try to choose foods with good taste and low calories, which is beneficial to the overall control of diabetes.
