People with diabetes should not absolutely abstain from eating sweet

Many people know when they have diabetes start fasting or just eat a single food that makes their body weak and lose weight quickly.

Thien 47 years old in Ho Chi Minh City has had diabetes for 2 years now. Listening to many people advising that in the diet should reduce flour, fat, sugar, so he often fasted or ate very little."At the time when I ate three bowls of rice, I only ate more than one bowl. During the time of my illness I lost weight quickly, my hands and feet were always ragged. But eating more was afraid of increased blood sugar, and the disease progressed" he confided.

People with diabetes should not completely remove sweets, but balance food groups.(Photo: EX).

According to pharmacist Le Kim Phung, a former lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, misconceptions about diabetes like not eating sugar or sweet foods for example, confectionery, fruit, are wrong. There are almost no foods that patients cannot eat and no foods are perfectly good.

"Not only Mr. Thien, but many people with diabetes hear it orally and eat this, drinking that will reduce blood sugar. So, many people for a long time only use one kind of food" , Ms. Phung said.

People with diabetes should break down daily meals, choose foods with low blood sugar index but still balance the sugar powder food groups, protein supply groups, provide fat, trace minerals.

The average total energy for people with diabetes is 1,500 kcal per day and should be divided into 600 kcal in the morning, 500 kcal for the afternoon and 400 kcal in the afternoon.Patients should eat vegetables, soup before eating rice and other food. At the side meals, should choose ready-to-eat foods using isomalt sugar - a functional sugar of natural origin, low energy.

Pharmacist Phung advised people with diabetes to use watercress, peas, onions, bitter melon, sweet potatoes, garlic, pineapple, and cinnamon. These are foods that work to prevent diabetes and help patients have more choices on the menu. However, when using, should pay attention to how to process, dosage accordingly and do not forget to take the medication as directed by the doctor.