Spring Festival Diet Attention! Carrot Cake Can't Be Eaten As A Meal, High Calorie, Easy To Lose Control Of Blood Sugar

The Spring Festival is approaching. Dietitians remind diabetic patients to pay attention. In the past, 6 out of 10 patients went back to the hospital for treatment due to poor blood sugar control after the new year. It turns out that they often eat a lot during the Spring Festival and eat a lot during the Spring Festival. Eating very little at one meal causes blood sugar to fluctuate significantly. Some people also eat carrot cake as a main meal, causing blood sugar to skyrocket all of a sudden.

Carrot cake is often one of the foods eaten on the table during the New Year. Because the Taiwanese pronunciation of radish is Caitou, it is regarded as "good luck", and "cake" has the meaning of rising, and it is eaten during the festival. It also has the meaning of ushering in a good harvest.

Lai Yuling, a nutritionist at Fengyuan Hospital, said that both carrot cake and rice are starchy foods, and 3 pieces of carrot cake are equivalent to 70% of rice.

After a year, grandpa and grandma's glycated hemoglobin often increased, 1-2% higher than the normal value (7% of the normal value), mainly 7 or 8 pieces of carrot cake as a meal, other protein, Vegetables are not supplemented, resulting in a sudden rise in blood sugar.

Some elderly people think that they eat a lot of lunch and eat a lighter dinner, thinking that blood sugar will return to normal, but they often ignore that the speed of blood sugar decline will not be so fast, but it is likely to cause problems in blood sugar control, such as dizziness, dizziness, Thirst, tiredness, urination and other symptoms.

Don't only eat carrot cake for one meal, it can replace a meal of rice, remember to mix it with vegetables and meat, so that the diet will be balanced and blood sugar will not be out of control.

No holiday for blood sugar and blood pressure

Lai Yuling reminded,There is no holiday for blood sugar during the Chinese New Year. Patients with chronic diseases and diabetes should pay attention to the control of blood sugar and blood pressure, avoid sugary foods and high-salt foods as much as possible, and eat a balanced diet for three meals in order to reduce the rise in blood sugar after the Spring Festival.

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