Karen’s Free Health and Fitness Tips

Diabetes is one of the conditions that are increasingly gaining the attention of medical practitioners and health experts all over the world. Its causes are simple enough and its prevention is easy enough to do, but once it develops, there is very little that can be done to reverse the condition. The only thing left for anyone who develops diabetes is to control the condition so that it does not progress any further. There are ways to lower blood sugar levels and prevent the development of diabetes, or for those who already have it, prevent it from causing any more harmful diseases.

Here are some tips that anyone who is possibly suffering from diabetes could benefit from in their quest to lower blood sugar levels:

1. Consult your physician. Get yourself diagnosed. You should not go around self-medicating. When it comes to anything that concerns your health, you should definitely go to your physician first before trying any kind of medication, therapy, and any kind of dietary and lifestyle changes. Your physician can actually help you or hook you up with a dietician or nutritionist to draw up a diabetic diet menu for you to reduce blood sugar levels.

2. Watch your carbohydrates. Foods rich in carbohydrates are in danger of having their blood glucose levels shoot up. Carbohydrates are turned into sugar when it is digested and so it adds more to your blood glucose levels. To effectively lower blood glucose, foods that are low in carbohydrates should be eaten. Green leafies, broccoli, asparagus, and bean sprouts are great low carbohydrates vegetables. Three to four servings of low carbohydrate vegetables are recommended in diabetic diet menu plans.

3. Stay away from sugary foods. Hold off on that sweet tooth. You do not need anymore sugar into your body. High sugar levels in the bloodstream could be dangerous. Do not eat or drink any more food containing sugar. Food and drinks like candy bars, pastries, donuts, soda, and artificial fruit juices are not good for those who are trying to lower blood glucose levels. Even fruits and vegetables that are high in sugar and carbohydrates should be avoided to reduce blood sugar levels.

4. Get up and active. Use up those sugars. Exercise can get more sugar into your body’s cellular system to be burned as energy instead of staying in your bloodstream. The more you exercise, the less insulin is needed for the body to take in the sugars that you eat. A good and easy way to exercise is to go for brisk walks either in the morning or in the afternoon before or after you go to work. Just thirty minutes of this kind of exercise everyday would be good enough for you to burn up enough sugar for energy.

5. Monitor your blood glucose levels. You should check and record your blood glucose levels on a regular basis to ensure that you are maintaining your blood glucose levels are at normal levels at all times. Regular monitoring of your blood glucose levels will allow you to observe and analyze how your body responds to certain food, activities, medication, or any other factor that could affect blood sugar levels.

For those suffering from diabetes, sugar levels can be effectively controlled by following all of these simple tips. These are common-sensical tips that everyone will find fairly easy to follow. Simple adjustments to one’s diet and lifestyle would be all that is needed to be able to lower blood glucose levels and stop the diabetes from progressing to a more serious illness. The right amount of discipline and self-restraint would be critical in taking these tips to lower blood sugar levels.

By: Dr. Eswararamanan VR

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