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How do diabetics eat staple foods, and do they eat less or not?
As an experienced TCM practitioner, I am well aware of the confusion that diabetics have when it comes to diet. For diabetics, the choice of staple foods is crucial.
So, how should diabetics eat staple foods?Should I eat less or not?Next, I will answer this question for you from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
First, we need to understand the pathogenesis of diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is mainly due to insufficient or impaired insulin secretion in the body, resulting in an increase in blood sugar. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diabetes is related to factors such as spleen and stomach dysfunction, dampness and heat. Therefore, for diabetic patients, it is very important to regulate the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness.
Staple foods are an important part of the diet of people with diabetes.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that staple foods have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and nourishing blood. However, due to the great changes in the diet of modern people, excessive intake of staple foods can easily lead to an increase in blood sugar. Therefore, diabetic patients need to reasonably control the intake of staple foods.
So, how should diabetics choose staple foods?Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that diabetics should choose low-sugar, low-fat, and high-fiber staple foods, such as brown rice, whole-wheat bread, oats, etc. These staple foods are rich in dietary fiber, which can increase satiety and slow the rate at which blood sugar rises. In addition, TCM also recommends diabetic patients to adopt a separate meal system to reduce the burden on the spleen and stomach.
Of course, different patients have different conditions, and the choice of staple food should also vary from person to person.
For patients with milder disease, the intake of staple foods can be appropriately increased, but excessive intake should be avoided.
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