| If you are reading this you had a wakeup call | | | | blood stream will be relieved enough to release its |
| about your blood sugar level. You probable were | | | | hold on sugar. |
| told that it is inevitable since you have a genetic | | | | It is hard to believe that a food that begins with |
| link to diabetes by way of your father or mother. | | | | the word sweet could bring you some semblance |
| This is enough to make you happy that you can | | | | of joy with its health benefits. This food might |
| grab your syringe with insulin... Here is some news | | | | even help you adjust the intensity of your sweet |
| to turn your joy to ecstasy. By simply adding | | | | tooth. Sweet potato can help stabilize your blood |
| these 3 life saving, satisfying foods that lower | | | | sugar. It helps your cells to respond to the |
| blood sugar to your diet you can be back to | | | | hormone insulin, which facilitates the movement of |
| normal before you can say, 'where's the sugar'. | | | | sugar from your blood stream. The beta-carotene |
| Most grains are good for people with high blood | | | | in the sweet potato is responsible for this reversal |
| sugar but I love the idea of playing with my food | | | | of insulin resistance. Sweet potatoes also have a |
| with oats. Go into a whole food market and you | | | | significant amount of Vitamin B6 which helps in |
| will find several bins of different kinds of granola. | | | | resisting diabetic heart disease. |
| Read the label on the bins and look for the sugar | | | | Of course you know better than to make sweet |
| content. Some will be as low as 3 grams of sugar, | | | | potato pie! Simply bake your sweet potato in the |
| but there will be the tempting granola with 20 | | | | microwave following the instruction of your model |
| grams of sugar. Because you have a high blood | | | | for baking vegetables. Add to salads, make a |
| sugar problem I would guess that you would | | | | blended sweet potato soup or dice and stir into |
| gravitate towards the 20 gram sugar. Here is | | | | cooked brown rice, or bean soups. Your creativity |
| where your concern for your adrenals and blood | | | | will lead you in the right direction and away from |
| stream should kick in and help you to pick a | | | | the French fries. |
| granola cereal with 8 grams or less of sugar. | | | | During the day snack on nuts. Roast your own |
| Make breakfast the meal with food that lower | | | | raw nuts. Turn on the oven to 425 degrees. |
| your blood sugar. Give your blood stream a rest | | | | Roast 10 minutes. I don't trust nuts that come in |
| from the white bread, doughnuts, croissants, | | | | tin containers because I don't know the source of |
| pancakes, biscuits, hot pockets or what ever | | | | the oils they are prepared in. Diabetics need to be |
| sugar laden food you were told to give up. You | | | | more mindful about what fats they put into their |
| will find that you will soon change your palate and | | | | bodies. Although I don't worship at the good fat , |
| satisfy your need to be well again with this head | | | | bad fat alter, it is more beneficial for you not to |
| start of your day. Here is an idea. With 2 handfuls | | | | eat any rancid or old oil if you are diabetic and |
| of granola added to ½ cup of plain low fat | | | | want foods that lower your blood sugar. |
| yogurt and ½ cup low fat milk you can | | | | These 3 little baby steps used regularly will get |
| begin the foods that lower blood sugar sweet life. | | | | you well on your way to discarding your syringe |
| My favorite is coconut, almond granola. This mix is | | | | and jumping for joy. After all the sticking and |
| loaded with fiber from the coconut and the oats | | | | testing, success with diabetes is about cooking |
| and fortified with good fat from the almonds - | | | | and eating wisdom. |
| bring on the fiber! You heart will sing and your | | | | |