It is not good to be "starved" for diabetes. Do not diet excessively during hypoglycemic treatment.

A diabetic patient told Huazi that he had been constipated and uncomfortable for a while, and had insomnia at night, but his blood sugar was well controlled. Why did he have these symptoms? During the conversation, Huazi found that his problem was with "eating".

He said that he was afraid of high blood sugar, so he only ate a small amount of staple food every day; he was afraid of high cholesterol, so he didn't dare to eat meat, milk, and eggs. Every day he just ate a little food and a little fruit. Huazi told him that his problem was that he took in too little nutrition. Of course, he would feel uncomfortable if his body was malnourished. Moreover, if he ate so little, his gastrointestinal tract lacked normal stimulation, and the peristalsis would slow down, which would cause constipation.

1. Two worries of diabetics Huazi asked him why he didn't eat more? He said he was afraid that eating too much would increase his blood sugar. Huazi said he could use hypoglycemic drugs to control blood sugar. He also said, what if taking too much medicine would affect the liver and kidneys?

In fact, this patient represents the "two worries" that most diabetics have. One worry is that high blood sugar will cause harm to the body; the other worry is that taking too many medications will cause side effects. Under these two worries, many diabetics will choose to reduce their food intake as much as possible and increase their exercise.

2. Don’t be “over-indulgent” when controlling your diet. Diabetics need to control their diet, but they should not starve themselves, because starvation cannot cure diabetes. Diabetes is a disease of abnormal blood sugar metabolism. Because tissue cells cannot use blood sugar, blood sugar rises. When blood sugar is high, the body’s tissue cells are actually in a “starved” state.

We need to find a way to make blood sugar available to tissue cells, rather than simply reducing dietary intake. Relying on reducing food intake to lower blood sugar will only make the condition worse. Therefore, hypoglycemic treatment requires dietary control, but it is necessary to control the total calories of dietary intake while ensuring balanced and adequate nutrition.

3. Diet is the basis for medication and exercise. There are two reasons for the occurrence of diabetes. The first reason is insufficient insulin secretion; the second reason is that the body's tissue cells weaken their response to insulin, resulting in insulin resistance. Humans have not fully understood the factors that lead to these two reasons, so once diabetes occurs, we can only use drugs to control symptoms, and it is difficult to reverse and cure diabetes.

The use of hypoglycemic drugs is a necessary choice for the treatment of diabetes. Don't worry about using drugs. Current drugs have undergone a large number of clinical trials and will only be put on the market after ensuring safety. As long as the drugs are used normally under the guidance of a doctor, the probability of serious adverse reactions is less than winning the lottery.

The role of hypoglycemic drugs is not just to lower blood sugar, but to promote the use of blood sugar by tissue cells to maintain the normal functioning of the body. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure adequate nutrition intake to maintain good health. The basis of hypoglycemic treatment is to use drugs to regulate blood sugar levels on the premise of adequate nutrition intake, rather than starving yourself.

Exercise is also very important for diabetic patients. During exercise, skeletal muscles consume a lot of blood sugar, and exercise can also improve insulin resistance, which can slow down the progression of diabetes. However, excessive exercise may cause hypoglycemia, while insufficient exercise will increase blood sugar. Therefore, diabetic patients need to find a balance among the three factors of medication, diet and exercise. Among them, diet is the most important, which is the basis of medication and exercise.

To sum up, in the hypoglycemic treatment of diabetes, it is necessary to grasp the "degree". Diabetes cannot be cured by starving yourself. Too strict dietary control not only reduces the quality of life, but also causes malnutrition and physical discomfort. Therefore, diabetic patients should, under the guidance of an endocrinologist and according to their actual situation, strike a balance between medication, diet and exercise to better control blood sugar and avoid the occurrence of complications. I am pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.