To control a disease, you must first understand it. "A long-term illness makes a good doctor" refers to the disease treatment knowledge you gradually learn during the disease treatment process. However, diabetes is a lifestyle disease. In the disease management process, you must not only rely on doctors, but also rely on your own daily management. Therefore, Many people are often deceived by some "lies", which makes them live a tiring life and cannot control their condition well.
From now on, you can no longer eat staple food or sweets.
Sugar is the main energy supply substance for the human body, mainly derived from carbohydrates, that is, staple food. Carbohydrates include polysaccharides and simple sugars. People with diabetes know that eating too much sugar-containing food will raise blood sugar, but most people think that sugar-containing food is food with sweet taste. In fact, this is not the case. Simple sugars such as glucose and sucrose contain sweetness, and everyone knows to eat less of them. However, polysaccharides such as starch do not have sweet taste, but they are decomposed into glucose in the human body and can also increase blood sugar.
It does not mean that diabetics cannot eat staple food. The human body requires energy for life activities, and the energy provided by carbohydrates should account for 50% to 60% of the total energy, so you only need to limit the intake of carbohydrates every day. If you like sugar, you can choose sugar alcohols and non-nutritive sweeteners in moderation, which can avoid your blood sugar fluctuations while still satisfying your taste requirements.
From now on, the medicine jar cannot be left behind
When you are sick, you need to take injections and medicines. This is everyone's habitual thinking. Now even the most common fevers and colds may require taking medicines for several days, or even going to the hospital for infusions. Diabetes is a lifestyle disease. In the early stages of diabetes, some patients with milder conditions can control blood sugar without taking medication as long as they maintain a good lifestyle. Other patients may have to rely on medication due to a long course and severe condition. However, if you eat and exercise properly, you can also have a good hypoglycemic effect and reduce the dosage of medication, which will not only save you money, but also Can take less medicine. So don’t be too pessimistic. If you use non-drug treatments well, you can eat less and use less drugs.
Blood sugar levels must be up to standard
Sugar control is the foundation of diabetes treatment, but it does not mean that blood sugar levels must reach the target. Since Aunt Zhao was diagnosed with diabetes, she has determined that as long as she lowers her blood sugar, she will avoid a series of complications caused by high blood sugar. Therefore, the core of Aunt Zhao's diabetes treatment is to control her blood sugar. As long as her blood sugar is high, she will eat less and take more hypoglycemic drugs. She almost suffered from hypoglycemia several times. Recently, Aunt Zhao has had problems with her eyes and cannot see clearly. After going to the hospital for a checkup, she learned that it turned out to be diabetic eye disease. The doctor told her that it was because her blood sugar was controlled too strictly, causing excessive blood sugar fluctuations and complications.
So it does not mean that as long as the blood sugar is lowered, the body will be healthy. Excessive blood sugar fluctuations are often more harmful than high blood sugar, so you should not let this "lie" cover your "eyes" in pursuing health.
If you have diabetes, you will be close to death.
Most newly diagnosed patients have this kind of thinking. They always feel that they are sick, their bodies are malfunctioning, and they do not live as long as healthy people. You have to know that diabetes is not terrible, but its complications are terrible. If you have serious complications of diabetes, it may really affect your lifespan. But if you can actively control your sugar and prevent complications, you can Can live longer, even longer than healthy people.
