How to control blood sugar?
Blood sugar control is very important for diabetics.
Oral medication or insulin therapy constitutes 50% of the treatment and 50% of the treatment is provided by nutritional therapy. Diabetics should follow a healthy diet to maintain blood sugar control. For this reason, it is possible for them to be protected from many chronic diseases due to high blood sugar levels and to improve their quality of life.
Berna Ertug , Dietician from the Department of Nutrition and Diet at Memorial Antalya Hospital , gave information about the dietary needs of diabetics .
Blood sugar should be controlled
The main reason for the rise of blood sugar is the absence, deficiency or ineffectiveness of insulin in the body. In healthy individuals, blood sugar is balanced by the hormone insulin. However, in people with diabetes, the body is unable to secrete enough insulin hormone or secreted insulin hormone does not show enough effect on the use of sugar in the blood by the body increases blood sugar.
It is important to know how much of which food to consume
The primary treatment for diabetes is an appropriate nutritional program to control sugar levels. In the treatment of diabetes with nutrition, it is important not to decide which food to choose, but how much to consume which food. At this point, it is very important that diabetics do portion control and receive the necessary nutrition training.
For example; a diabetic; bread, pasta, rice, pies, fruit, sugar, honey, carbohydrate-containing foods, such as over-consumption of sugar in the blood sugar level is difficult to balance. Therefore, an individual with diabetes should know the amount of carbohydrate he needs and from which foods he can provide it. However, in addition to carbohydrate consumption, blood sugar and protein-containing nutrient consumption and meal times should also be considered.
Fat tissue should be reduced first in obese people with diabetes
When programming nutrition of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic individuals, information about the medical treatment of the individual should first be sought. The mechanism of action of insulin used by the patient, nutrient requirement, presence of diseases accompanying diabetes; Meal hours and meal content should be determined according to life habits. The majority of people with Type 2 diabetes, with or without insulin therapy, are overweight or obese. Therefore, it is mandatory that these patients first determine a program to get rid of their excess weight. It is important to investigate the causes of overweight in patients with obese diabetes and to find solutions accordingly.
Dietitian should decide the nutrition program
In particular, snacks are very important in diabetes. Number and content of snacks; individual's diet, lifestyle, blood findings, according to the treatment should be determined. In addition, it should be noted that the food to be consumed at the snack should not have a high glycemic index which increases blood sugar rapidly. Because these food groups have the ability to raise blood sugar in a short time. Foods with a high glycemic index increase satiety blood sugar.
Foods that do not raise blood sugar should be preferred
The main nutrients with low glycemic index and their properties are listed as follows:
Whole grain bread increases blood sugar later and slowly than white bread. Wholemeal biscuits have lower glycemic index than normal sugary biscuits. Glycemic index of grapefruit and apple is lower than other fruits. Whole grain pasta is a healthier choice than bulgur rice, white flour pasta and rice. An unripe fruit causes blood sugar to rise later and slower than a ripe fruit. Continuous glycemic index is not intended to be defined by the concept of glycemic index; higher than the lower. The option with the lowest glycemic index may not be consistently preferred or may not be healthy to administer.
5AXX
A1CNow SelfCheck - Includes Analyzer and 4 Test Strips
