Tips On Maintaining Sugar Direct For Patients With Diabetes, Eating Little But Frequently

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JAKARTA - People with diabetes are advised to eat in small portions but the frequency is more frequent. Rice as a source of carbohydrates is also not a "host" if the portion is adjusted and combined with pieces of vegetables that contain carbohydrates.

"It's less able to push sugar into cells, so it's better to eat a small but frequent portion," said nutritionist Ekky M. Rahardja, MS, Sp.GK, from the Indonesian Clinical Nutrition Specialist Association.

The portion of eating that is common for healthy people can be divided into two, and eaten with a three-hour lag. All healthy foods can be consumed, as long as they do not contain preservatives or other additional substances.

"The simplest thing is to eat each time, five tablespoons of rice, plus vegetables such as carrots, beans, broccoli, corn or siam and steam labs," explained Ekky, quoted from ANTARA, Thursday, November 11.

The steaming process didn't have to take too long, just two minutes. Mix the vegetable pieces with rice so that blood sugar levels rise slowly after eating.

"Sayur can eat as much as possible as possible, don't use additions such as peanut spice or vegetables," he advised.

If the patient's body weight is normal, a healthy diet can be maintained. However, if he is overweight, he recommends limiting the intake of fat and carbohydrates that are easily absorbed and quickly raises blood sugar.

Limit the use of sugar, because sugar intake in healthy people should not be too much. In Indonesia, the recommended daily sugar intake limit provisions have been stated in Minister of Health Regulation Number 30 of 2013 where sugar consumption in adults is a maximum of 50 grams or four tablespoons per day to avoid the risk of diseases such as diabetes.

"It's a sweetener's job, if you don't have to sweetener, you don't have to use sugar," he said.

If you really want to consume something sweet, try to consume it, not when your stomach is empty because it is easy for the body to absorb. However, he did not recommend diabetic patients to consume sweet drinks, including softdrink for health.

Everyone, including diabetics, needs all good nutrition for the body, including nutrition from fruit. For the consumption of fruit, people with diabetes are advised to eat fruit after eating. For example, diabetic patients can eat oranges, after a break of a few hours the patient can eat three dates, then after that people with diabetes can enjoy six pieces of fruit, such as papaya slices.

Ekky said that daily foods need to be considered not only for diabetics, but also for everyone. "Use also natural sweeteners without calories, so that blood sugar remains controlled every day," he explained.