Monday, September 26, 2011

Practical Ways to Lower Blood Sugar Levels

Overweight issue is the root of lots of health problems. One of the common health problems caused by obesity is body's insulin resistance. It is a physiological condition where insulin turns out to be less effective in lowering the blood sugar. Eventually, this illness will go to the condition called pre-diabetes and when not properly medicated will turn into diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease that is mark by a high sugar level of the blood. From these phases, there is always something you can do to break the sequence or fight any of the illness. That is by lowering the level of you blood sugar. Now, how to lower blood sugar on the body? Here are simple tips on things you can do.
Have a proper exercise. Exercise is the counterpart of obesity. It is the universal answer to most of the health issues that there is. Most of the people think that exercising is a hassle and very inconvenient but to set things straight and to draw you from doing it; the body only needs an average of 30 minutes a day of exercise to maintain blood sugar level. Furthermore, some diabetic patients say that they already experience the good result in just having a regular 20 minutes exercise. By having those short routine work outs, you are not just lowering your blood sugar level but also are protecting yourself from other diseases. Through these exercises, your muscles happen to be more sensitive to insulin and take up more glucose from the blood which lowers the blood sugar.
Another tip on how to lower blood sugar is by eating smart. Limit eating foods with saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, and sodium. Low-glycemic foods, which are food that are slower to digest, are the most suitable for you. This food includes vegetables, fruits, oat meal, peanuts, granola, beans, and peas. Also, foods which are high in glycemic can also facilitate lowering of sugar by producing more insulin for the body. In fact those foods are converted by the body into insulin quicker than candy bars. Included at this type are white bread, potatoes, and rice. Drinking cinnamon, decaffeinated coffee and unsweetened green tea also lowers the sugar level of the body. Another thing that would help on your goal is by maintaining the advisable 8 glasses of water a day. The studies shows that water flushes out toxins, keep the skin healthy, and supports weight loss. In addition with this foods and drinks, recent studies show that herbs also lower blood sugar. Taking ginseng after meals was proven helpful. Other herbal that you can intake are licorice extract, yarrow, and huckleberries. You could also select a diet plan to assure yourself that you will be very compliant with these good eating habits.
The last tip and a worth noting for when you already have diabetes is taking vitamins that lower blood sugar level. These vitamins have the main ingredient of chromium that is an excellent treatment for diabetes. Some of the dieticians and nutritionist would say that relying on drugs to cure diseases is not a very good idea because of its side effects. Maybe it really is? But you can lower the risk of having these side effects by choosing the nature made products. In the contrary, one of the threats these drugs do is that according to some diabetic patients, they increase more weight when they started drinking them. This happen because after consumption of the medicine, they suffer in the condition called hypoglycemia. It is characterize by under normal level of sugar blood. To normalize their sugar level, they tend to eat foods with high sugar contents, and therefore results to an increase on their weight. This could be avoided by proper or moderated intake of the medicine.
Sugar in the blood is one of the primary sources of energy of the body. It is a good chemical that when abused leads to some bad circumstances. One of this is having chains of disorder, such as overweight issue, insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, and diabetes.

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