What to do if your blood pressure and blood sugar are high? Pay attention to your daily diet

With the improvement of modern living standards, people have more and more food to choose from and consume more and more food. Coupled with irregular eating habits and lack of daily exercise, more and more people now have high blood pressure and blood sugar. People with high blood pressure and blood sugar are also extra careful about their daily diet to avoid diseases such as high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

1: The staple food is generally rice and noodles, but we recommend coarse grains, such as oats, cereals, cornmeal, etc., because these foods contain more inorganic salts and vitamins, and are rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber has the effect of lowering blood sugar and is beneficial to controlling blood sugar.

1: For patients with high blood sugar, soybeans and soy products are the best source of protein. On the one hand, they contain high-quality protein; on the other hand, they do not contain cholesterol and have a lipid-lowering effect, so they can replace some animal foods, such as meat.

1: Fruits contain glucose and fructose, which can increase blood sugar levels. Therefore, when blood and urine sugar levels are relatively stable, fasting blood sugar <7.8mmol/L or 2-hour postprandial blood sugar <10mmol/L, you can eat fruits between meals or before going to bed, but you should also reduce the corresponding staple food.

1: Alcohol mainly contains alcohol, which is highly heat-producing, but contains very little other nutrients, so it is best not to drink it.

1: During the period of calorie control, if you still feel hungry, you can eat vegetables with low sugar content, boil them in water, add some seasonings and eat them. Vegetables are essential foods for diabetic patients because they contain a lot of dietary fiber and water, have low heat energy and have a satiety effect.

1: Prohibited foods include: white sugar, brown sugar, glucose and sugar-based sweets, such as candy, cakes, jam, preserves, ice cream, sweet drinks, etc. In addition, potatoes, yams, taro, lotus roots, garlic sprouts, carrots, etc., which are high in carbohydrates, should be used less or the corresponding staple food should be reduced after consumption.

2: Use less or no lard, tallow, kerosene, butter, etc. that are rich in saturated fatty acids. Vegetable oil can be used to replace some animal oils. Peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, and melon seeds also contain a lot of fat. Try not to eat them, eat less, or reduce oil intake.

3: Egg yolks and animal offal such as liver, brain, and kidneys contain high levels of cholesterol and should be used as little as possible or not at all.

In addition to total calories, food should also be diversified, but because of the restriction of sugar and salt, the dishes taste monotonous. In response to this, a variety of sweeteners such as xylitol, stevia, and sweet sugar are produced on the market, which are low in calories and do not contain any nutrients. Among the existing sweeteners, xylitol can participate in human metabolism. After entering the blood, it can penetrate cells without insulin and has a fast metabolism rate, and will not cause blood sugar to rise. It is the most suitable nutritious sugar substitute for diabetic patients and has been widely used in various fields such as medicine and food.