Six Ingredients Helpful to Diabetes

Oct 222018

Being aware of the symptoms of diabetes or pre-diabetes can save your life. Due to changes in dietary and lifestyles habits, diabetes mellitus has increased around the world. Many with this condition have a diet high in carbohydrates. The effects of carbohydrates on the blood glucose level can be indicated by what is known as the ‘glycemic index’.

Because diabetes affects so many people, this article is about six ingredients that can help control carbohydrate and sugar cravings and metabolism.

When you look for a shake or other nutritional product to help with your carbohydrate and sugar cravings, metabolism and glycemic index, you may decide to choose one that contains these ingredients.

Mulberry Leaf Extract

Mulberry leaf extract has been shown to reduce the glycemic index of certain foods.

Green Tea Leaf Extract

Green tea leaf extract promotes healthy insulin activity.

Korean Red Ginseng

Promotes a positive insulin response.

Cinammon Bark Extract

Lowers blood insulin resistance.

Sweet Potato Extract

Helps support healthy fasting blood glucose.

Chromium

Necessary for proper carbohydrate metabolism. Can decrease fasting plasma glucose levels.

According to BeckersHospitalReview.com, November is American Diabetes Month.

Picture credits:

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/home/index.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6113008/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_alba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginseng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginseng

https://www.science.gov/topicpages/s/sweet+potato+extract.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium#Diabetes

Shakin’ Peaches

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Aug 312018

Your blood sugar has a direct effect on how hungry you are and how energetic you feel. Keeping your blood sugar balanced promotes a healthy insulin response. Eat fruit, vegetables, edamame, popcorn, and peaches to help control your blood sugar.

There are also shakes available in peach flavor that have natural blood support ingredients to help you control blood sugar and energy levels. Choose shakes that contain ingredients such as green leaf extract, ginseng root, cinnamon bark extract and sweet potato extract. These ingredients can help you have less fatigue, more energy and less appetite. They can also help curb your sweet tooth cravings.

It may feel like a challenge to eat right to control or prevent diabetes, high blood sugar or low blood sugar, or pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome, but making some simple changes in your diet can make all the difference. You can learn to eat differently and change your relationship with food.

Peach flavored shakes. Yummy!

Peaches are low in calories, important in controlling weight, contain vitamins and fiber, also important in controlling weight and diabetes. So shake your peaches — make them shakin’ peaches in a shake, or fruit bowl.

Pictures and information taken from:

CDC.gov

Wikipedia

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County

Peach Cobbler Shake

Guide to Controlling Pre-Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

Your Feet and Healthy Lifestyles

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Dec 292017

Foot Care And Your Health

They are our foundation. They help with our balance, posture and our personal presentation. With all this considered, it is also true that many of us, especially men, pay little attention to our feet. Unless we identify a problem they, for the most part, are an afterthought in our daily hygiene.

An article from HealthLine, focuses on the diabetic implications of your feet, but it also offers many suggestions that have nothing to do with that particular diagnosis and points out ways that you can prevent serious problems with a few simple steps in your foot care regimen. Healthy foot care and healthy lifestyles go together.

Your Feet and Healthy Lifestyles

You should take discrete care of your feet every day. Develop healthy foot habits. Pay attention to the risks that this article points out. It, as you read it, will surprise you with the ways in which we “ignore” our feet. When was the last time you washed and dried your feet separate from your shower?

The article also discusses toenail care and footwear selection and care. Your feet are an important part of YOU; treat them that way and many problems can be avoided. For example, using a moisturizer regularly can help you avoid dry and cracked skin on your feet, but never use moisturizer between your toes.

I have become increasingly aware of my feet and their care. My company has developed and manufactures a super moisturizer that really makes a difference. They also provide me with first-aid applications when I experience cuts or cracks on my feet. They’re your feet…stay on top of them.

This article came from MakeGreenGoGreen. I have added a little to it and taken a little from it.