Chinanews client, Beijing, August 18th (Reporter Zhang Ni) Is drinking too much milk tea is life-threatening?
This is not alarmist.
Recently, a 29-year-old young woman in Guangdong was suddenly diagnosed with "explosive" diabetes and was admitted to the ICU.
The doctor said that a few days before she was admitted to the hospital, she drank more than a dozen sweet drinks and drank milk tea on a daily basis.
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Drinking milk tea madly is also life-threatening?
According to media reports, recently in Guangzhou, Guangdong, 29-year-old Ms. Lin developed symptoms such as dry mouth, abdominal pain, dizziness, and multiple organ failure. She was diagnosed with "explosive" diabetes and was admitted to the ICU.
Ms. Lin has no history of diabetes, but the doctor said that she had drank more than a dozen sweet drinks a few days before admission, and she drank milk tea on a daily basis.
What is "explosive" diabetes?
Why are sweet drinks such as milk tea so "lethal"?
Professor Zhou Yingsheng, director of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Beijing Anzhen Hospital and chairman of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Committee of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, introduced in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that most adults with diabetes have an onset time of 5-10 years, high in sugar and high fat. Unhealthy lifestyle habits such as high-salt diets are important risk factors, and adult diabetes is also called "type 2 diabetes."
Type 1 diabetes or autoimmune diabetes is caused by immune destruction of the insulin secretion function of the pancreas and loss of function. The incidence of adolescents is more than that of adults, but it is different from adult type 2 diabetes.
Zhou Yingsheng emphasized that the sudden onset of diabetes in a few months is called "explosive" diabetes. It is a special manifestation of type 1 diabetes or autoimmune diabetes. The number of cases is far less than that of type 2 diabetes, but it is enough to reflect diabetes The public should actively prevent warnings of the severity of the hazards.
Experts say that the rapid loss of the pancreas's ability to secrete insulin and a sharp increase in blood sugar are the characteristics of "explosive" diabetes. It is a special manifestation of type 1 diabetes or autoimmune diabetes. High-sugar diets or severe infections may be triggers. Severe infections coupled with diabetes and high blood sugar make the condition more serious than most other people's diabetes.
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A cup of milk tea contains more than 30 grams of sugar, do you still dare to drink it?
Milk tea and other sugary beverages are the favorite of many young people, and some even drink it as water.
How high is the sugar content in a cup of milk tea?
As early as 2017, the Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Committee tested 51 best-selling milk teas from 27 mainstream milk tea brands and found that the average sugar content of 27 milk teas with normal sweetness was 34 grams per cup, the highest Up to 62 grams per cup.
According to the standards in the "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)", the average daily added sugar intake per capita is no more than 25g, that is to say, the sugar content of a cup of ordinary milk tea exceeds the upper limit of sugar intake.
Zhou Yingsheng said that drinking sugary drinks can cause obesity and type 2 diabetes, and it is also an important reason for the rapid onset of type 1 diabetes or autoimmune diabetes.
Therefore, experts recommend not drinking sugary beverages every day as much as possible, and reducing the frequency and amount is beneficial to health.
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Obvious trend of younger diabetes
"In the past 40 years, the prevalence of diabetes in China has increased by more than 10 times, and it is still rising."
Zhou Yingsheng revealed that in 1980, the incidence of diabetes in China was less than 1%, but in the past 40 years, the incidence of diabetes in China has increased by more than 10 times, and it is still rising.
According to experts, in China, the trend of younger diabetes is very obvious, and even middle school students have the disease in outpatient clinics.
Obesity caused by unhealthy lifestyles is the main reason for the increase in diabetes among young people in China.
High-sugar, high-fat, and high-salt diets have advanced the onset of diabetes.
He emphasized that blood sugar and other indicators should be checked in the annual health check-up.
If fasting blood glucose ≥ 6.1 millimoles/liter (upper fasting blood glucose) or blood glucose ≥ 7.8 millimoles/liter (upper postprandial blood glucose) at any point in time, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.
In addition, learn to recognize the suspicious symptoms of diabetes, such as polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria, weight loss, decreased vision, and skin infections.
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How to avoid "sweet troubles"?
In daily life, how can we prevent diabetes?
Experts give the following suggestions:
1. Adults (≥18 years old) who possess any of the following must actively prevent diabetes:
•Age ≥40 years old;
• Increased blood sugar in pre-diabetes;
• Overweight or obese (especially abdominal obesity);
• First-degree relatives (parents, children and siblings) have type 2 diabetes;
• Women with a history of gestational diabetes;
•High blood pressure or being treated;
•Dyslipidemia or being treated;
•Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD);
• Those who have a history of sex steroid diabetes;
•Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS);
•Patients who have been treated with antipsychotics and/or antidepressants for a long time.
2. Learn to measure and monitor your weight, waist circumference and body mass index as soon as possible.
Body mass index (BMI) = weight ÷ height 2 (kg/m2).
Overweight is BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2 (kg/m2), and obesity is BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2.
Abdominal obesity is defined as male waist circumference ≥90 cm (cm) and female waist circumference ≥85 cm.
3. It is necessary to learn as soon as possible to properly match the daily diet, including food variety, balanced nutrition, total calorie control, salt reduction, oil reduction, and sugar reduction.
Choose and adhere to appropriate physical exercise methods.
Experts say that diabetes is difficult to cure, but comprehensive interventions such as diet, exercise, and drugs can effectively prevent or postpone the complications of diabetes. Diabetes patients can still work, live, and study normally.
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