Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires lifelong life, and when a patient is diagnosed with diabetes, all aspects of daily life need to be paid attention to, especially diet.
As we all know, diabetes is caused by high blood sugar concentration, and many patients feel that as long as they drink more water and let the blood sugar concentration drop, will they be able to make diabetes**? So, is this really the case? Is it right to drink more water when blood sugar is high?
Uncle Wang, 64, was just diagnosed with diabetes at the beginning of this year.
Just a week ago, Uncle Wang saw on his mobile phone that drinking more water can help lower blood sugar, so he began to insist on drinking plenty of water every day.
Because Uncle Wang feels very thirsty every morning, he drinks a large glass of water every night before going to bed; As a result, a week later, I found that my blood sugar had not dropped at all, and there was a problem with my kidneys. Uncle Wang was puzzled and asked the doctor, didn't he say that you can drink more water if your blood sugar is high? Why did I drink so much water and it still didn't work? Is this wrong?
Doctors say that it is right for sugar friends to drink more water, especially in the early stages of diabetes
But not all diabetic patients can drink more water, for example, in the case of this article, Uncle Wang, his kidneys are not good, if he still drinks a lot of water, it will only increase the burden on the kidneys, which will lead to diabetic nephropathy, so diabetics like this situation should drink less water. After listening to the doctor's explanation, Uncle Wang suddenly realized.
In fact, there are many people who think the same way as Uncle Wang, and many people think that diabetics can lower their blood sugar levels by drinking more water, so is this true?
Diabetics drink plenty of water, which plays an important role in balancing blood sugar and can indeed lower blood sugar levels, but if you just want to drink more water to get diabetes, it is unlikely
Because according to our current technology, diabetes is very difficult and difficult, and it requires medication plus diet and daily care and other aspects of care.
One of the classic symptoms of diabetes is "polydipsia, polyuria", so many patients feel that as long as they drink less water, then they will not go to the toilet as often, which is wrong.
The reason why diabetic patients drink more and urinate is because the blood sugar concentration becomes high, which makes the kidneys work frequently. If diabetic patients drink less water, the blood sugar in the blood is not diluted, which may lead to excessive accumulation of blood glucose and waste products in the blood, which cannot be discharged, and in severe cases, it will also lead to electrolyte imbalance in the body, so diabetic patients must drink more water.
For some young diabetic patients, drinking less water may not have such a serious impact on the body, but if it is an older elderly diabetic patient, then you should be careful, drinking less water may make elderly diabetic patients suffer from cerebral thrombosis!
Because drinking more water can improve the circulation of blood and tissue fluid, drinking less water, blood circulation will not increase, and the viscosity and pH will rise, which will eventually lead to the appearance of blood clots. Therefore, elderly diabetic patients should pay more attention to the problem of drinking more water
In addition, when the blood sugar is very high, the human body does not get sufficient water supplementation, which is prone to acute complications of diabetes and ketoacidosis。When this happens, if the rescue is not timely, it is likely to lead to the patient's life-threatening, and doctors recommend that diabetic patients must drink more water and do not wait until they are thirsty before drinking water.
Diabetics are not always able to drink more water, especially during these 2 periods, otherwise it may lead to excessive burden on the kidneys and kidney disease, so diabetics should be careful.
1) Diabetic patients try not to drink water before going to bed:
Many people have the habit of drinking water and milk before going to bed, but for diabeticsDrinking water before going to bed can easily lead to waking up at night and affecting sleepDoctors recommend that diabetics try not to drink water before going to bed.
Drinking water before going to bed will not only cause frequent waking up at night and affect sleep, but also increase the burden on the kidneys. Because when sleeping at night, all organs are in a state of rest, and the kidneys are no exception.
If you drink plenty of water before bedtime to keep your kidneys working, you may increase the burden on your kidneys and cause kidney damage。Therefore, diabetic patients should try not to drink water before going to bed at night, and if they are really thirsty, they can drink some water half an hour before going to bed, and try not to exceed 200 ml.
Diabetic patients should try to drink water during the day, drinking water during the day will not affect sleep, you can drink normally, and you should drink less at night.
2) Before eating, try not to drink too much water:
In order to control their food intake, many people will drink a lot of water before eating, but diabetics cannot do this. Because drinking a lot of water before eating, it will lead to dilution of gastric acid, and after dilution of gastric acid, food cannot be broken down in time, which may lead to abdominal distension and abdominal pain in patients, and will also increase the burden on the kidneys, and in severe cases, there will be a sharp decline in kidney function
Diabetic patients must remember to avoid drinking a lot of water during these 2 time periods.
Diabetic patients drink more water can help maintain blood sugar balance and help lower blood sugar, but if they do not drink correctly, it will lead to excessive burden on the kidneys and diabetic nephropathy, so diabetic patients must learn to drink water correctly! So, what do diabetics do?
Here, the doctor would like to emphasize that diabetics must not wait until they are thirsty to drink water, and at the same time, in the process of drinking water, they should also pay attention to the following points:
1.Drink enough water
Under normal circumstances, healthy adults can consume about 2000-2500 ml of water per day, and diabetics need to drink about the same amount of water as healthy adults, but because diabetics still have the symptom of "polyuria", doctors recommend that diabetics should consume about 2500 ml of water per day
If you want more specific data, you can use the amount of urine you urinate each day to work backwards on how much water you need.
Of course, diabetic patients should not drink too much water at one time, and should drink it separately, otherwise drinking too much water at one time will easily lead to water poisoning. So it's all the more serious. There are also patients with heart and kidney insufficiency and special conditions such as lower limbs or general edema, and they should also drink less water.
Doctors recommend that diabetics drink a glass of warm water every morning when they wake up. Because most diabetic patients have a peak blood sugar in the morning, drinking a glass of warm water at this time has the effect of thinning the blood, preventing blood sugar rise, and preventing cerebral infarction, which has many benefits.
In special circumstances, such as high temperatures in summer, or when sweating a lot during exercise and outdoor play, diabetic patients must replenish water in time.
If diabetics do not hydrate in time, it is not good for blood sugar control. In the case of dehydration, diabetic patients may develop acute complications of diabetes such as diabetic ketosis, so it is important to pay more attention.
In addition, when eating high-calorie and high-fat foods such as hot pot and barbecue, diabetic patients should also properly hydrate, which can promote blood circulation and accelerate metabolism, which is beneficial to the body.
2.Try not to drink hot water
Doctor advised,Diabetic patients should try not to drink hot water, because hot water may burn the mucous membrane of the mouth and digestive tract of diabetic patients, resulting in ulcers and other diseases in diabetic patients
Of course, diabetic patients should also pay attention to try not to drink water half an hour before meals, because drinking water before meals is easy to dilute digestive juices, affect the absorption of food, and is not good for blood sugar control.
3.Try to drink plain water and less sugar water
Many patients like to add some sugar to the water when drinking water, or drink sugar water directly, but this practice is not advisable.
Sugar water can aggravate the rise in blood sugar and easily lead to diabetes complications, so doctors recommend that diabetics should try to drink plain water instead of sugar water
Diabetic patients can also drink some weak tea, but doctors recommend that if you drink weak tea, you must drink it in the morning, because after drinking weak tea in the afternoon or evening, it may lead to inability to sleep.
Under normal circumstances, diabetics do not limit the type of tea, such as orange peel, lemon, American ginseng, wolfberry, etc., can be used to make tea, but it must be weak tea, not strong tea
There are also fruits with high sugar content such as hawthorn and jujube, so diabetics should not use them to make tea, otherwise they may raise blood sugar.
There are many daily dietary taboos for diabetic patients, and everyone must keep in mind this aspect of drinking water.
At the same time, doctors suggest that diabetic patients can try to drink some milk when eating breakfast, milk is rich in protein, vitamins and trace elements and other substances, which are of great help to diabetic patients.
Some diabetic patients with high postprandial blood sugar can drink some soup and eat some green vegetables before eating, and then eat staple foods, which can increase satiety, reduce the intake of staple foods, and help control blood sugar after meals. Diabetic patients must calculate their total daily calorie intake, try not to exceed, and strictly control their dietary intake.
Summary
Diabetics can drink more water to help balance blood sugar, but don't be like Uncle Wang in this article, if the diabetic has kidney disease, then drink less water. The above mentioned two correct ways to drink water, the two stages of not drinking a lot of water, diabetics should also keep in mind, so as to better help control blood sugar and maintain blood sugar balance.
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