How diabetics control blood sugar

There are three elements to controlling blood sugar: smart eating, regular exercise and correct medication.

1. Master smart food and easily control blood sugar

Dietary considerations for diabetics:

② A balanced diet helps maintain health;

② Regular and quantitative meals, diabetic patients can formulate a diet plan that suits them and abide by it;

③ Control sugar intake;

④ Maintain weight; patients who are overweight or obese are advised to lose weight;

⑤ It is light and low in oil. You can choose boiling, steaming, cold dressing, etc. when cooking, and avoid high-oil cooking methods such as deep-frying, pan-frying, and puff pastry;

⑥ Use less sugar and less salt. Try to avoid overly salty foods and sugary cooking methods. Sugary foods and snacks should be avoided as much as possible.

⑦ Eat less foods rich in saturated fatty acids, such as lard, fat meat, animal skins, etc. Foods rich in trans fatty acids should also be reduced, such as dairy products; alcohol consumption should be limited to no more than 1 can of beer or 1 small glass of spirits per day, and avoid drinking on an empty stomach to avoid hypoglycemia.

2. Regular exercise is healthier.

The greatest benefit of exercise to diabetic patients is that it can increase insulin sensitivity and improve blood flow, effectively reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and maintain a good mood. It is recommended to do aerobic exercise for at least 150 minutes a week and not to go two days in a row without exercise. Avoid exercising before meals or when blood sugar continues to be too high. After prolonged or intense exercise, snacks are required to avoid hypoglycemia. Do not force yourself to exercise when you are sick, and try to avoid exercising in remote areas.

3. Understand hypoglycemic drugs

Since hypoglycemic drugs have different mechanisms of action, doctors may prescribe multiple types of drugs at the same time. Patients must follow the doctor's instructions when taking medications and are not allowed to stop or change medications on their own.

4. Monitor blood sugar according to treatment plan

Blood glucose monitoring is an important part of diabetes management. Its results can help evaluate the degree of glucose metabolism disorder in patients with diabetes, formulate a reasonable hypoglycemic plan, reflect the effect of hypoglycemic treatment, and guide the adjustment of treatment plans.

5. Continuously learn about diabetes

Every diabetic patient should receive diabetes education once diagnosed. The goal of education is to enable patients to fully understand diabetes and master the ability to self-manage diabetes. The overall goal of diabetes self-management education is to support decision-making, self-management behaviors, problem solving, and active collaboration with the healthcare team, ultimately improving clinical outcomes, health status, and quality of life.

6. Actively prevent complications

Diabetes itself is not terrible, but the complications are the most terrible thing. Various complications are the main reason for the decline in the quality of life and increased mortality of diabetics. On the contrary, if you actively adjust your lifestyle, strictly control blood sugar, receive appropriate lipid-lowering, anti-hypertensive and other treatments, and achieve "early diagnosis, early treatment, early achievement of goals, and early benefits", complications can be greatly reduced.

7. Adjust your mood

People with diabetes will experience some psychological fluctuations in the early stages of the disease, such as suspicion, anger, etc.; during treatment, there will also be some emotional changes, such as blind optimism, excessive tension, and even depression, fear, etc. These psychological changes are normal. We don’t have to suppress our emotions. Effective psychological counseling methods can help us overcome difficulties.