JAKARTA - People with diabetes mellitus (DM) must pay attention to the choice of sugar consumed to keep blood sugar from rising drastically. Sugar, which is usually consumed by the public or sold in the market, is usually white sugar and contains sucrose.

So, how to choose the right sugar? "What we have to pay attention to first is DM or not, blood sugar is not high, diabetes is not, if people with diabetes, if I suggest only substitute sugar, otherwise diabetes can be a maximum of 4 tablespoons," National Brain Center Hospital nutrition specialist Prof. Dr. dr. Mahar Mardjono Jakarta, dr. Rozana Nurfitri Yulia, M. Nutri, Sp.GK quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, September 4.

He said that people with diabetes sucrosa are still allowed to be consumed in their natural numbers. Which is a danger if sucrose has become a sweetener in packaged drinks.

"The danger of sucrose being put into packaging causes an increase in gout," he said.

Regarding the choice of sugar, he said that both white sugar and brown sugar have sucroses, but in brown sugar still has minerals that are not contained in white sugar, which does not cause a drastic spike in blood sugar.

"What is often abused to become a sweetener is honey, it's also not allowed for DM people because from their research in all institutions that our honey is almost 50 percent containing sucrose, if I never suggest consuming honey," he said.

Diader diabetes harus berhati-hati mengongonalkan madu yang dijual di pasar karena sebagian besar besar mengandung sukrosa berlebih.

The doctor who graduated from the University of Indonesia said that diabetics are usually used to excessive sweet tastes so that sweet receptors on the tongue become uncontrollable. That's why sugar consumption is also excessive.

Ia mengatakan hal itu bisa dilatih dengan menurunkan asupan gula pada makanan dan minuman sehari-hari seperti memilih yang kandungan gula lebih rendah dan rendah kalori.

As a solution, Rozana recommends using substitute sugar such as saset sugar which is intended for diabetics. It is also recommended to consume only one sachet per day.

"We practice only one sachet, if we train it because he is used to the sweet taste, it can decrease, my advice is to consume only one per day if people with diabetes mellitus," he said.


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