Diet plays an important role in treating diabetes. The diet needs to ensure that it provides enough nutrients and necessary energy for the patient and does not cause high blood sugar levels, controlling blood sugar levels within allowable limits.
Good management of diabetes is extremely important. Photo: BVCC
The Central Endocrine Hospital has just received a case of TVD (84 years old, in Thanh Tri, Hanoi). The patient has had diabetes for many years, but because the family and the patient himself are aware of good diabetes management, his health is stable and he has a long life.
Recently, the patient had a fever for a day but was quickly discovered by his family and taken to the Central Endocrine Hospital for examination. Here, the patient was hospitalized and treated at the Intensive Treatment Department. After 3 days of mechanical ventilation, the patient improved and was able to breathe naturally.
It is known that in the patient’s family, an older sister and three younger brothers all have diabetes. Therefore, families also learn and raise awareness about diabetes and promptly handle new developments in the disease.
In fact, diabetes is well controlled when you achieve blood sugar control along with screening and early detection of organ damage for timely prevention and treatment.
Studies on the inheritance of diabetes in families show that in families, children have a very high chance of inheriting diabetes from their parents, up to 75% if both parents are the same. have this disease. If only one parent in the family has the disease, the probability of the child having diabetes is 15-20%.
The following are risk factors for diabetes that patients need to pay attention to:
– People over 45 years old.
– Family members with diabetes (father, mother, siblings).
– People who are sedentary.
– Diet rich in refined carbohydrates or quickly absorbed sugars.
– People with co-morbidities such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, overweight – obesity.
– People with polycystic ovary disease.
– Gestational diabetes, pre-diabetes.
– People with cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis, hypertension…
There are some misconceptions about the diabetes diet that are still spread among many people:
– People with diabetes should only eat vermicelli, not rice: this is completely incorrect. Dong vermicelli and rice are both foods in the group that provide carbohydrates, in which the glycemic index of dong vermicelli is 95, higher than white rice’s 83.
– Diabetic patients need to stop eating starch: This is also an incorrect concept. Diabetic diets should not stop eating starch, but should balance the amount of starch during the day to provide 45 – 55% of the body’s energy.
– Diabetic patients can eat instant noodles instead of rice: This is also not true. Because instant noodles are also in the food group that contains a lot of carbohydrates. Therefore, diabetic patients need to reduce their consumption of instant noodles. When eating instant noodles, you need to add about 150g of green vegetables (bean sprouts, chrysanthemum vegetables,…) and add 3 shrimp or 30g of beef to balance the nutrients and lower the glycemic index. compared to just eating instant noodles.
