What to eat when blood sugar is high

High blood sugar is one of the three highs of modern people. High blood sugar can cause great harm to the human body, especially diabetes. At the same time, whether a person's blood sugar is too high is closely related to daily living and eating habits. It can be said that unhealthy eating habits are more likely to aggravate the problem of high blood sugar. Therefore, for those patients with high blood sugar, they must pay attention to scientific diet on a daily basis. Only in this way can they stay away from the danger of high blood sugar.

So, is it true that people with high blood sugar can’t eat anything as many people say? In fact, it is not like that. For those who have high blood sugar, as long as they control their diet every day, they can control their blood sugar. So how should they eat when their blood sugar is high?

1. Increase dietary fiber intake appropriately

Cellulose is a polysaccharide that cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body. Properly increasing the intake of dietary fiber for diabetics will have the following benefits: first, high-fiber foods can lower postprandial blood sugar, improve glucose tolerance, reduce the amount of insulin used and lower blood lipids; second, it can reduce the hunger of diabetics; third, it can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and promote intestinal peristalsis, preventing the occurrence of constipation. The following foods are high in fiber and can be frequently eaten by diabetics, such as: mung beans, kelp, buckwheat noodles, corn noodles, oatmeal noodles, sorghum rice, spinach, celery, leeks, bean sprouts, etc. One thing must be noted, although dietary fiber is good for diabetics, it should not be consumed excessively alone. Everything has a limit. It is more important for diabetics to pay attention to nutritional balance.

2. Vegetable oil is the ideal cooking oil

Corn oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, etc., because they contain rich polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are essential fatty acids. They can help the circulation of cholesterol in the body and prevent cholesterol from depositing in the blood vessel walls. Therefore, they have a positive effect on preventing some complications of diabetes, such as arteriosclerosis. For this reason, it is better for diabetics to use vegetable oil as cooking oil. However, vegetable oil should not be consumed in large quantities, as excessive consumption will expose its obvious side effects, such as fat obesity caused by excessive heat production. Scientists suggest that the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids in the diet should be 1:1 to 2.

3. Beneficial soybeans and their products

Soybean is an ideal food for diabetics because the nutrients it contains are beneficial to diabetics. First, soybeans are a source of plant protein, which is not only rich in content but also has high physiological value. It contains a full range of essential amino acids and is comparable to animal food. Secondly, the fat in soybeans contains unsaturated fatty acids, phospholipids and stigmasterol, which are beneficial for lowering blood cholesterol. Third, half of the carbohydrates in soybeans are raffinose and stachyose, which cannot be absorbed by the human body. In addition, soybeans are rich in inorganic salts, trace elements and B vitamins. From the above, it can be seen that soybeans and their products, such as bean curd sheets, tofu shreds, dried tofu, tofu pudding, soy flour, etc., should become common foods for diabetics.

4. How to deal with hunger

Hunger is a common reaction experienced by people with diabetes. It is caused by diabetes and will be alleviated or disappear due to the improvement of diabetes and the patient's adaptation and adjustment. Here are some ways to deal with hunger:

First: Reduce the intake of refined grains and add more fiber foods, such as buckwheat noodles, cornmeal, mung beans, kelp, etc. At present, there are some health foods specially for diabetics in the domestic market, such as buckwheat noodles, mung bean biscuits, etc., which can be used as snacks when hunger is severe.

Second: Eat more low-calorie, high-volume vegetables. Such as tomatoes, spinach, cucumbers, cabbage, rapeseed, bean sprouts, eggplant, leeks, etc.

Third: Use some dietary recipes to add to your meals. If you feel very hungry, you can use 250 grams of winter melon, 100 grams of yam, and 1 pig pancreas (washed), add appropriate amount of seasoning and stew them, then eat them with the soup. You can also use pumpkin, soybeans, tofu and other low-calorie foods to stew the pig pancreas and eat them. Use only to relieve hunger.

Fourth: psychological method. The amount of food a person eats is related to his eating habits. The feeling of hunger can be alleviated through a period of patience and adaptation without affecting the nutritional basis. In addition, patients should believe that reducing the amount of food they eat does not necessarily cause hunger, and they should not prepare for hunger in advance. What is important for diabetics is nutritional balance, and excessive eating will undoubtedly bring a burden to the relevant organs and tissues of the body.

In general, for patients with high blood sugar, only by paying attention to a scientific diet on a daily basis can they stay away from the problem of high blood sugar to the greatest extent. Of course, here I would like to remind patients with high blood sugar that in addition to paying attention to a scientific diet on a daily basis, they should also pay attention to more exercise and measure their blood sugar more often, so that their blood sugar can be better restored to a healthy state.