Summer diet for diabetic people
Author:zplhelen | Time: 2010-7-14 16:36:59Donts 1: Cold food and drinks is helpful in cooling oneself.
Cool or cold food might cause discomfort in abdomen and could result in gastroenteritis and diarrhea, which could be life-threatening for diabetic people. So it would be better to boil the food before eating.
You may increase your water intake to cool yourself. The chinese peolple always like to drink green bean soup in summer and it would help to cool yourself.Lotus leaf is another choice.
Donts 2:Poor appetite is good for diet control.
People may feel in low appetite in summer when it is too hot. For diabetic people, their glucose level is low with the same amount of anti-diabetic medications, so normal diet is important to maintain their blood glucose level in the right range.Or hypoglycemia may happen.
Donts 3:Never touch sweet fruits
Summer is the season when many kinds of fruits are available. Fruits is a good source of vitamins and other nutritions. Diabetic people also need to ear fruit no matter they are sweeet or not. But when the fruit is quite sweet,the amount need to be limited. Fruit such as grapes and pears are low in sugar so they are recommended for diabetic people.
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