糖尿病是老年人的常见病和多发病,且并发症较多,严重影响着老年人的生活质量和寿命。众所周知,饮食治疗是糖尿病控制的基本措施,约有30%的老年患者,单纯饮食控制的营养治疗即可控制病情。但是,老年糖尿病患者有其特殊的生理、病理特点,其饮食控制与中年人也不完全相同。如糖尿病饮食控制原则中指出,蛋白质摄入量按每公斤体重1克供给。但是,老年人蛋白质丢失较中年人明显增多,且消化功能减弱,对各种营养素的吸收差,严格的饮食控制 Diabetes mellitus is a common and frequently-occurring disease in the elderly with more complications, which seriously affect the quality of life and life expectancy of the elderly. As we all know, diet therapy is the basic measure of diabetes control, about 30% of elderly patients, diet-controlled nutrition treatment can control the disease. However, elderly diabetic patients have their own special physiological and pathological features, and their dietary control is not exactly the same with middle-aged people. As the principle of diet control in diabetes states that the protein intake per kilogram of body weight 1 gram supply. However, the elderly lost significantly more protein than middle-aged, and digestive function weakened, poor absorption of various nutrients, strict diet control