Patients with high blood sugar need to pay special attention to their diet. If they accidentally eat the wrong things, it can cause their blood sugar to spike, posing a life-threatening risk. Many people like to eat these things in the morning, but for high blood sugar patients, having this for breakfast can lead to an increase in blood sugar. Let’s find out together, what should high blood sugar patients avoid for breakfast?
What high blood sugar patients should avoid for breakfast
1. High-energy, high-fat breakfast
Soy milk, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding are common breakfast items. Fried dough sticks served with soy milk is a popular breakfast combination, but for high blood sugar patients, eating fried dough sticks can lead to weight gain. Studies show that people who eat a fried dough stick daily consume an additional 36,000 kilocalories per year, gain 5 kilograms in weight, increase pancreatic burden, and worsen insulin resistance.
If foods cooked at high temperatures for extended periods contain excessive trans-fatty acids, they are more likely to trigger coronary heart disease and increase the risk of blood clots. However, unsweetened and unsalted soy milk and tofu pudding are healthy foods that can provide protein.
2. Simple low-calorie breakfast
Such as steamed buns, pickled vegetables, and rice porridge. Having a simple breakfast does not mean it won’t raise blood sugar, as steamed buns and rice porridge have high glycemic indexes but low nutrition. Pickled vegetables are high in salt, which is not conducive to controlling blood pressure. These seemingly common breakfast items are actually “nutritional shells” that do not provide enough nutrition in the morning and can lead to malnutrition if consumed over a long period of time.
3. Hearty Western breakfast
Many people believe that eating a full breakfast means they can eat less at other meals and often consume bread, bacon, and omelets for a Western breakfast. In fact, breakfast should focus on quality rather than quantity, and a combination of various highly nutritious ingredients is more important than a lavish meal. A large portion of a Western breakfast may seem nutritious but can cause abnormal postprandial blood sugar spikes, which is not conducive to controlling blood sugar throughout the day.
What to eat for high blood sugar
1. Oats
We all know that oats are highly nutritious, rich in B vitamins, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid, and especially vitamin E, with up to 15 milligrams of vitamin E per 100 grams of oat flour. In addition, the amino acid composition in oats is comprehensive, with all eight essential amino acids being the most abundant, especially lysine, which is as high as 0.68 grams.
Naked oats can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases caused by high blood lipids. Taking 100 grams of naked oats daily for 3 months can significantly reduce cholesterol, triglycerides, and beta-lipoproteins in the cardiovascular system and liver, with an overall effective rate of 87.2%. Diabetes patients must strictly control their starch intake while ensuring the absorption of other nutrients. Naked oats are highly nutritious, high in calories, low in starch, and low in sugar, thereby objectively meeting the dietary needs of diabetes patients.
Suggested consumption: Prepare oatmeal or oat porridge for breakfast, without adding sugar.
2. Seaweed
Seaweed is rich in seaweed polysaccharides, proteins, fats, carotenoids, and vitamins. Seaweed polysaccharides can significantly reduce fasting blood sugar. Diabetic patients can consume seaweed before meals to lower blood sugar. Seaweed can be used to make soups or stews.
Suggested consumption: 10 grams of seaweed, 50 grams of lean pork, 300 grams of clear soup, 10 grams of minced scallion and ginger, 20 grams of cornstarch, and suitable amounts of sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, and vinegar. Rinse the seaweed to remove impurities and chop it finely. Wash the lean pork and cut it into pieces. Add the seaweed when the soup is 80% cooked, thicken it with cornstarch, add minced scallion and ginger, vinegar, and drizzle with sesame oil.
3. Onions
Onions contain aromatic substances such as thiol, disulfides, trisulfides, and various amino acids, with high medicinal value. They can lower blood lipids, have antiplatelet aggregation, anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator, and good blood sugar-lowering effects. Onions can be consumed raw or cooked.
Suggested consumption: 150 grams of onions, 30 grams of soaked dried shrimp, 5 grams of shredded ginger, salt, soy sauce, salad oil, cooking wine, sesame oil, and monosodium glutamate in appropriate amounts. Peel, wash, and slice the onions. Rinse the soaked dried shrimp. Mix cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, salt, and shredded ginger into a sauce and set aside. Heat the salad oil in a wok, add onions and dried shrimp, stir-fry until cooked, drizzle with sesame oil.
4. Garlic
Garlic contains various sulfur-containing volatile compounds, sulfur-containing thioallyl compounds, glycosides, polysaccharides, lipids, and other compounds. Garlic has excellent anti-bacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, blood lipid-lowering, vascular protective, liver-protective effects. In recent years, garlic has been found to have a good blood sugar-lowering effect and can be used as a dietary therapy for diabetic patients. Garlic can be eaten raw, cooked, simmered, or used as an ingredient.
Suggested consumption: 50 grams of garlic, 300 grams of white rice, and 100 grams of chicken breast. Salt and oil in appropriate amounts. Wash the white rice, add water, and cook into porridge. Wash and slice the chicken breast. Slice the garlic finely, fry it in oil until golden brown, and set aside. Add chicken slices to the porridge once it is almost cooked, season with salt, and garnish with the garlic slices.
Principles of diet for high blood sugar
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Break the misconception of “eating more antidiabetic drugs allows you to eat more.”
3. Eat less but more frequently. This ensures both calorie and nutrient intake while avoiding postprandial blood sugar peaks.
4. Avoid consuming honey, white sugar, rock sugar, glucose, and sugar-based sweets.
5. There is no difference between eating desserts and savory snacks; both can cause blood sugar spikes.
6. Eat less or reduce the intake of staple foods that are high in carbohydrates, such as potatoes, yams, taro, lotus roots, water chestnuts, lily bulbs, lotus seeds, water shield, garlic sprouts, carrots, and legumes other than soybeans (such as red beans, mung beans, fava beans, kidney beans, and peas).
7. Do not use peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, and other hard nuts to satisfy hunger.
8. Consume less food high in cholesterol, such as egg yolks, fish roe, and animal offal (such as liver, brain, and kidney).
9. Reduce salt intake.
Conclusion: If you have high blood sugar, you must be very careful about your diet; never eat blindly and disregard your health. These common foods that regular people often consume are like “poisons” that raise blood sugar for high blood sugar patients. Therefore, high blood sugar patients must pay attention to their diet after reading the above article.
