Tuesday 17 July 2012

Insulin injections and Diet


Many patients do not pay attention to the process of insulin on the regulation of the diet, some people believe that: I played the insulin, diet, I can easily eat, this view is wrong in the process of insulin injections in the diet, we still need to pay attention. Insulin and diet exactly what kind of relationship? Diet for the treatment of insulin also plays what role?
1, the diet can effectively adjust the insulin dosage
Regular feeding, the role of the insulin effectively, but also could be better, faster insulin dosage and adjusted to the optimum level.
2, the diet can prevent low blood sugar
Why the use of insulin therapy, easy to hypoglycemia reaction it? Because of the slow subcutaneous injection of insulin, insulin absorption and effect. The purpose of the injection of insulin before the meal is a postprandial blood glucose down to a 2-hour postprandial blood sugar down when the subcutaneous injection of insulin is slowly absorbed, its role has not disappeared entirely, so the 2-hour postprandial of blood glucose in insulin action, but also continued to decline. Then, if the food intake, can cause low blood sugar. Low blood sugar can cause a lot of accidents, such as cerebrovascular accidents, cardiac events. Avoid postprandial hypoglycemia, it is necessary to lower blood sugar has gone up a small amount of snacks in the 2-hour postprandial.
3, the diet help reduce the amount of insulin
In general, high-calorie dietary intake, the activities of a small amount of insulin needs large amount of dietary intake is low in calories, volume of the activities insulin requirements. If the diet is reasonable, is bound to rationalize the amount of insulin, can also enhance the body's sensitivity to insulin, thus helping to reduce insulin doses.