April 28, 2009

Control of blood sugar, the three measures of diabetes control in elderly

A control diet, the promotion of light. Appropriate number of coarse grains to eat daily coarse grains (bean flour, cornmeal, noodles hazelnut, millet noodles, etc.) accounted for more than half of the staple food, with reasonable, non-staple food should eat some cucumber, tomatoes and celery and cabbage and other vegetables crude fiber, can also be appropriate to eat some fish, shrimp, meat, oils and fats to eat less food, less cooking should also put some oil. There are many elderly people eat pumpkin hypoglycemic, and even eat the pumpkin, pumpkin Dr. Zhao said that although there is a certain degree of hypoglycemic effect, but should not eat more in order to moderate to good. In addition high blood glucose not eating fruits, low blood sugar can be an empty stomach between meals eating some fruit, but can not eat after dinner. Eat less sugar and calorie intake to control the staple food in 300g / day-500g / day. Quit smoking and avoid alcohol. Reporters in an interview that there is an old lady in Qingdao to begin a relatively high blood sugar, then eat buckwheat and tomatoes a long time, blood glucose has been maintained at 5mmol / L or so. There is an old lady almost every day to eat bitter gourd, the original control high blood sugar better.

Second, adequate exercise. The elderly, such as heart and lung as a result of the carrying capacity of organs decline, should be appropriate according to its own situation quickly taken away, playing Taijiquan, the elderly, such as dancing to withstand physical activities, not to promote running, intense activities such as mountain climbing fast. Enough is enough movement, not reluctantly, but also on a regular basis, in order to feel relaxed the whole body, loss of appetite for a good reduction.

Third, changes in the way of life. Control through diet and activities to strengthen the control of the ideal body weight range (-105 height = weight kilograms), at the same time to control high blood pressure, high cholesterol, which are beneficial to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

Hypoglycemic agents can not be arbitrary service

Mild diabetes can be controlled through exercise and good diet can achieve the effect of prevention or treatment. However, if the control diet and to strengthen the movement of blood glucose still increased significantly after the patients, drug therapy should consider taking some of the role of comparative ease, the prevention of neurovascular complications of oral medication to help, under normal circumstances does not require treatment with insulin.

Note that the drugs must be under the guidance of a doctor, can not serve chaos, Dr. Zhao has a woman being treated, people with diabetes has not been the treatment of doctors, but their condition according to their own repeatedly that exacerbations eat some medicine to alleviate the conditions that do not eat, plus a good diet does not control, and do not want to do exercise, blood sugar has been increased to 10.5mmol / L or more, unable to feel full. Later, under the guidance of Dr. Zhao, the old lady after the treatment, and now has decreased body weight, physical strength is also, and also do some regular exercise, blood sugar has dropped to 6mmol / L or so.