Diabetes is a lifelong disease. Once you have diabetes, you need to control your blood sugar from various aspects such as diet and exercise. Don't assume that relying solely on insulin and hypoglycemic drugs will take care of everything. If you don't manage your diet and exercise well, even if you inject insulin daily and take hypoglycemic drugs, complications can still occur.
According to the latest data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in 2011, about 366 million people worldwide had diabetes; this is an increase of nearly 30% compared to the 285 million reported in the 2010 edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas. This year, it is estimated that 4.6 million deaths will be attributed to diabetes, which means one person dies from diabetes every 7 seconds. Most of these patients develop complications due to improper dietary control, mistakenly believing that they can indulge in eating and drinking freely after receiving insulin injections or taking hypoglycemic drugs.
Dietary control is very important for diabetes management. What diabetic patients should eat and what they should avoid are topics of great concern for those with diabetes. Although diabetes cannot be completely cured, it can certainly be controlled. This requires patients to focus on daily health maintenance, manage their diet well, and increase physical activity.