Family support, a force to be reckoned with in diabetes management

We need to have 10 tips:

1. Control daily intake of total calories from all foods to achieve or maintain an ideal body weight;

2. Eat a balanced diet, choosing diverse and nutrient-rich foods;

3. Under the premise of limiting the total amount of fat, you can eat a moderate amount of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, such as walnuts, almonds, peanut oil, etc. Limit your intake of saturated fatty acids and avoid foods high in saturated fat such as butter and lard.

4. Appropriately relax the restrictions on staple foods, reduce or condone monosaccharides and disaccharides;

5. Eat a high-fiber diet and choose foods with a low glycemic index. In the diet can be appropriate selection of coarse grains (such as buckwheat noodles, oatmeal, corn, etc.) and whole grains, eat more vegetables and so on;

6. Reduce salt intake, salt intake is less than 6 grams per day;

7. A small number of meals, meal timing and quantitative;

8. Drink more water, limit tobacco and alcohol, quit smoking;

9. Use steaming, boiling, stewing or cold mixing to process food, and avoid frying, frying, fumigation or shaper processing food.

10. It is recommended that we reduce the number of dining out and try to eat at home, on the one hand to increase emotional communication, but also to consume a variety of food.

On the other hand, exercise properly. Exercise is the best way to control blood sugar and lose weight. In order to develop consistent exercise habits, the whole family can act together and encourage each other to keep their exercise motivation and regularity. You can do half an hour of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise one hour after your first meal every day, and accumulate more than 150 minutes of exercise per week.

04 Master first aid knowledge

Family members should understand the relevant knowledge of acute complications such as hypoglycemia, and can immediately identify and properly treat patients once they have a hypoglycemic reaction.

05 Early detection, early treatment

Early diagnosis and treatment are key to preventing complications of diabetes and achieving health in a life where all family members can be affected by diabetes. We should pay attention to the health of our family members, have regular physical examinations, and pay attention to and intervene if there are abnormal metabolic indicators such as blood lipids and uric acid, because these will affect blood sugar metabolism. In addition, family members' awareness of the signs, symptoms and risk factors of various types of diabetes also plays a crucial role in early detection of diabetes.