What do you do when you start feeling a little peckish between meals? As a type 2 diabetic you cannot give yourself a boost with a bar of chocolate, a few sweets or a sticky bun. Here are a few suggestions. Continue reading “Snacks for beating diabetes”
Category: Nutrition
Foods for beating diabetes
The key to beating diabetes—bringing your blood glucose levels under control and minimising your risk of heart disease, neuropathy, kidney failure, blindness and a host of other horrible conditions—lies in the food you eat. Here are a few really great diabetes-beating foods. Continue reading “Foods for beating diabetes”
Boost your metabolism to lose weight
Losing weight is one of the keys to beating your diabetes. One way to lose weight is by speeding up the number of calories your body burns in one day. But how can you boost your metabolism to lose weight? Continue reading “Boost your metabolism to lose weight”
Diabetes and Global Warming — the Link
To beat their diabetes, diabetics are increasingly turning to a plant-focused diet. But this is at a time when rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are sapping some vital nutrients out of the grains and legumes diabetics need to eat.
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Probiotics for Diabetics
Probiotics are a big buzz word in nutrition these days. But what are probiotics? How do they work? Are they safe? How are they helpful? Can they help you control your diabetes? Continue reading “Probiotics for Diabetics”
When to opt for a vegan diet
A plant-focused but non-vegetarian diet will enable most type 2 diabetics to control their blood glucose levels. But what do you do if your readings are nevertheless rising inexplicably? Continue reading “When to opt for a vegan diet”
Nine reasons your blood sugar can go up
Diet is the primary way diabetics control the level of sugar in our blood. Doing so, however, is not simple. Here are 9 reasons why blood glucose levels can increase. Continue reading “Nine reasons your blood sugar can go up”
Reversing type 2 diabetes — is it possible?
Diabetes is a slow developing disease for which there is no cure. However you can halt its progress so that the damaging effects it is having on your body are mitigated, as I have managed to do. But can you reverse your diabetes so that it disappears altogether? Continue reading “Reversing type 2 diabetes — is it possible?”
Should Diabetics Eat Chocolate?
If you have type 2 diabetes then fat is bad for you and you have to reduce your sugar intake as much as possible. Chocolate is full of fat and sugar. But can type 2 diabetics still eat chocolate? Strangely, the answer is ‘sort of’. Continue reading “Should Diabetics Eat Chocolate?”
Asserting Control over Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a hard disease to beat. However the consequences of not doing so are horrendous: a slow, painful and messy end to your life. Here are some of the things you must do as a minimum to beat your diabetes. Continue reading “Asserting Control over Type 2 Diabetes”