People with diabetes should eat a balanced vegetarian diet, prioritize green vegetables, and limit fried foods to better control blood sugar.
Vegetarian diets often prioritize healthy foods from plants, lots of vegetables, whole grains... which help improve symptoms of diabetes.
Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc, Department of Endocrinology - Diabetes, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said vegetarianism is good for health but patients should pay attention to nutritional rules including limiting starch, sugar, Fried foods rich in oil, fast food, soft drinks, candy... Improper vegetarianism can lead to opposite effects.
Vegetarian patients need to ensure a balance of groups of substances necessary for the body including starch, fiber, protein and fat by using a variety of healthy foods.
Starch: Patients should choose whole grains such as brown rice, whole rice, oats, and corn; Avoid starch processed through many stages such as instant noodles, cookies, bread...
Brown rice, boiled vegetables, and sesame salt is a healthy vegetarian dish that helps reduce blood sugar but does not keep you full for long because it lacks protein and fat. This makes some people feel hungry, lethargic or sleepy... leading to more snacking, causing overweight and obesity. Limit imitation meat dishes made from starch because they can increase blood sugar.
Fiber Found in abundance in vegetables, tubers, mushrooms, and fruits. Be careful not to eat too much fruit, especially sweet fruits like durian, jackfruit, watermelon, pineapple, ripe mango...
Doctor Truc examines patients at the Department of Endocrinology - Diabetes. Illustration: Hospital provides
Healthy Fats Found in avocados, sesame, peanuts, almonds, cashews, walnuts, soybeans.
Protein Beneficial for the body from tofu, lentils, chickpeas, chia seeds, unsweetened soy milk, mushrooms, broccoli, kale, oats...
Vegetarian foods are often prepared by frying or stir-frying with a lot of fat to enrich and increase appetite. These are foods that are easy to gain weight and are high in bad fats that increase blood sugar due to insulin resistance in diabetics. Patients should also not add a lot of seasoning when cooking, especially sugar.
Proper lifestyle, living and eating help control type 2 diabetes. Patients need to combine diabetes medication according to doctor's instructions and exercise at least 30 minutes a day. Check blood sugar at home more often, follow-up as directed by an Endocrinologist - Diabetes doctor to receive more detailed advice on diet based on physical condition and work characteristics, to ensure sugar stability. blood but still have enough nutrition.
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