Postprandial hyperglycemia is more likely to lead to chronic complications of diabetes (especially cardiovascular disease). Therefore, diabetic patients must control postprandial blood sugar.
If your blood sugar exceeds 10.mmol/L 2 hours after a meal, the following 6 methods can help you.
6 ways to improve postprandial hyperglycemia< /p>
1. Chew slowly, seven to eight minutes full: Appropriately control the amount of food you eat, with seven or seven meals per meal It is enough to be full, and the food that should be eaten less should be tasted.
Chewing slowly can help you control the amount of food you eat. It takes about 20 minutes for the brain to receive the signal of “fullness”. It is recommended that every sugar-loving person chew slowly, and do not gobble it. The meal time for each meal should be controlled at 20 -30 minutes.
2. There are no less than 12 types of food every day: The more diverse the food, the better, because the more food, the longer it takes to absorb, and the better it is to control postprandial blood sugar levels. Eat more than 12 types of food per day and 25 per week.
Meal times are fixed, do not blindly increase the intake of snacks in order to increase the variety of foods.
3. Adjust the order of eating:< /span>It is recommended to eat vegetables first, followed by protein and fat, and eat the rest of the dishes with the staple food.
4. Appropriate exercise after meals: It is generally recommended to exercise after meals and start exercise half an hour before blood sugar peaks . The form of aerobic exercise (such as jogging, brisk walking, etc.) should be selected, and the exercise intensity should not be too large, and the time should be 30 to 45 minutes.
You can use blood sugar monitoring to find out when your blood sugar peaks.
If you don’t have time to exercise, you can’t lie down or sit for 30 minutes after a meal, and it is recommended to take a walk.
5. Control blood sugar before meals:Diabetes patients with recent blood sugar fluctuations should measure their blood sugar before meals. If they can control their blood sugar before meals to less than 7mmol/L, and then eat properly, it will be easier to control their blood sugar after meals. .
6. Seek medical help: In the case of unstable blood sugar, Don’t cross the river by feeling the stones by yourself. Under the guidance of a professional doctor, the blood sugar can be stabilized in the fastest time, and the residual islet function and other tissues and organs can be protected as soon as possible.
For example, by monitoring the level of C-peptide, it is found that the level of endogenously secreted C-peptide in your body is high after meals, but the postprandial blood sugar is always high, indicating the presence of Insulin resistance, the addition of insulin sensitizers such as metformin and pioglitazone can improve the ability of each unit of insulin to lower blood sugar, and your postprandial blood sugar will be easier to control.
If your postprandial C-peptide level is low, indicating insufficient insulin secretion, use an insulin secretagogue (eg, extended-release gliclazide) After taking tablets, repaglinide, etc.) or supplementing exogenous insulin, the postprandial blood sugar also drops.
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Many people with diabetes attach great importance to monitoring fasting blood sugar, while ignoring postprandial blood sugar control.
In fact, postprandial blood glucose can reflect the reserve function of pancreatic islet B cells to a certain extent, that is, stimulate islet B cells to additionally secrete insulin after eating. It can reflect the appropriateness of eating and the use of hypoglycemic drugs, which cannot be reflected by fasting blood sugar.
If your fasting blood sugar has been controlled below 7mmol/L, you should also monitor whether your blood sugar reaches the standard 2 hours after meals.
Can your postprandial blood sugar be controlled below 10.0mmol/L?
Author: Xinxin