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.
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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
