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Blood Sugar Levels
By Greg Gennings
Including the proper foods in a diabetic diet may help reduce your blood sugar scale naturally. Keeping blood glucose scale at a normal level helps the health of a diabetic. A diabetic patient must understand first how he or she got a high reading of blood glucose in the blood before bringing it down to normal level.
Avoiding foods which increase blood sugar and including nutritious foods that reduce blood sugar in a diabetic diet can help improve the blood sugar scale. To avoid increase of blood sugar for diabetic patients, it is necessary to count carbohydrate intake. Many changes can be essential in the diabetic diet, so by following an example of diabetic menus it can help in keeping a standard blood sugar scale. The normal glucose count for diabetic patient is between 70 and 180 whether the reading was taken before or after eating. This is different from the normal count of a non-diabetic person which falls typically between 70 and 120.
It is necessary for diabetic patients to look for ways to maintain the lower level because of the consequences of an elevated blood glucose scale on health. If the body can not make adequate insulin to bring glucose to the cells of the body for energy, the blood glucose that is intended to go in the cells is being left within the blood. The kidney filters out the extra blood sugar which is excreted through the urine. It is a must for the kidneys to extract water from some bodily tissues to produce sufficient amount of urine to pass out all the excess sugar. The extraction of water by the kidneys from bodily tissues will result in dehydration. The overworked kidneys are impacted eventually by the additional load and the bodily organs that depend on hydration like the eyes, are affected also.
Blood sugars represent the total amount of glucose found in the human blood. It gives energy to the body, but too much sugar or less sugar may cause problems in health. Blood glucose may be calculated in few several ways; it can be FBS (fasting blood sugar) test which is done after 8 hours of no intake and random blood glucose test which can be performed anytime to measure sugar levels. Both tests can be performed to aid in diagnosing some medical conditions. For instance, pregnant women are being screened for gestational diabetes. Random blood glucose tests are done also by people that have to keep an eye in their glucose scale. Normal result of the fasting blood glucose test is 70 – 100 mg/dl and the normal reading of blood glucose scale performed without fasting ranges from 70 – 140 mg/dl. Hypoglycemia is the condition when the glucose reading is below 70 mg/dl. If the levels are elevated to more than 140 in a random test, the condition is called hyperglycemia. Blood glucose maybe checked from small quantity of blood. Though tests can be done at the laboratory or hospitals, home sugar monitoring devices can also be used. Little quantity of blood is taken through finger stick and placed in a strip then inserted to a digital glucose meter; a readout will show up after a while.
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Jameth Sheridan Discusses Superfoods Cacao and Raw Chocolate
Jameth Sheridan Interviewed by Kevin Gianni
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View all articles by Kevin Gianni This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni’s Rawkathon, which can be found at http://www.Rawkathon.com. In this excerpt, Jameth Sheridan shares on superfoods including cacao and raw chocolate.
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Kevin: Let’s move into, there’s a bunch of superfoods and a bunch of stuff I want to talk about. When we were in the car on the way over here, we started talking about chocolate.
Jameth: Yes.
Kevin: And cacao. And so, I want to kind of, I just want to get your scope on it. What’s the deal, what’s your experience with it?
Jameth: Sure.
Kevin: Maybe that can instruct some people.
Jameth: Sure. As far as for flavoring of things, chocolate has replaced carob over the years on the raw foods community. The whole idea is that raw, cacao is what raw chocolate is really called, and the whole idea is because it’s raw, it’s healthy. Just like I talked about earlier, there are two categories of food, raw and cooked. So chocolate, that has negative effects on people, that actually kills a lot of animals, all of a sudden because it’s raw, now it’s good for you. I wouldn’t call it a half truth, it’s maybe like a quarter truth or a fifth truth..
If you have a regular chocolate bar, it’s got pasteurized milk, it’s got hydrogenated oil, it’s got white sugar, it’s got artificial flavorings. None of it is organic. It’s got pesticide residues. It’s absolute crap. I would consider that poisonous for the body. In addition, it’s got caffeine and theobromine from the chocolate. And the chocolate’s probably been heated up to a temperature that’s not raw for sure.
You then can move into, let’s say, a whole food vegan chocolate bar where you have organic cocoa butter, organic cacao, sweetened with some sort of organic, more whole food natural sugar and no flavorings whatsoever. That is much healthier than a regular chocolate bar.
When you move into a raw chocolate-type product, you’ve got cacao and cacao butter, almost always of which are organic. The sweetener, instead of let’s say a refined sugar or a less refined sugar, in the vegan chocolate bar, is now something like agave nectar, or yacon, or lucuma, which are whole food sweeteners. Vastly healthier. And, if there’s vanilla in it, it’s actually vanilla bean. If there’s coconut in there, it’s not coconut flavoring or coconut flakes, it’s actual coconut. So, the raw chocolate bar is much more whole foods. It’s much more blood sugar balanced. Everything in there is, for the most part, a healthy ingredient.
But, you still have a cacao in there. And, cacao still has, it’s either caffeine or theobromine or both in there, they’re almost exactly the same chemicals. And, caffeine is not good for you. Whether it’s in the form of yerba matte or cacao. Caffeine artificially increases your heart rate. It can give you heart palpitations, it artificially increases your respiration. If you take enough of it, you actually can die. You can induce death if you take enough of it because your heart won’t be able to beat that fast. And, I’ve seen it mess a lot of people’s health up. If you take cacao before bed, you cannot sleep, period, because it’s going to keep you awake. It’s similar, we also talked about it in the car, people take No-Doze, they take caffeine to keep themselves up, like a whole food version of that. I consider cacao a whole food medicinal, recreational drug. And I don’t think any evidence suggests anything otherwise than that, it’s just it has this cache it has this thing that because it’s raw we can have it in any quantity and just pound it in and I’ve seen people really mess up their health and their lives by following that advice and I think it’s actually reckless.
Kevin: And you had mentioned in terms of antioxidants, I mean it’s good compared to some things.
Jameth: It’s up there, it’s one of the higher whole food type antioxidants. But when you compare it to lots of herbs like sage or oregano or rosemary or even if you start to get into herbal extracts or some fruit and vegetable extracts like resveratrol from grapes has about 40 times more antioxidants than cacao in it. Cacao is an OK antioxidant but if you are looking to take cacao to increase you antioxidant levels it’s a bad way to do it because cacao increases your metabolism, in an artificial way, it makes your heart beat faster and creates, actually, adrenaline in your body. It actually uses up more antioxidants than it provides you.
I use cacao what I call ceremonially. If I’m going to work out and I’m tired anyway, and I figure you know, I’m not going to work today at all, I will take a little bit of cacao or other things sometimes or green tea or other things with caffeine to just kind of kick myself in the ass and actually go out and do an hour or two workout. But just a little bit. If it’s already late at night and my wife and I want to stay up and watch a movie we’ll have a little bit of cacao. But we use it very, very carefully because its unbalanced power can easily be upset.
Kevin: Yeah.
Interesting. Let’s talk about another staple in the raw food diet which is nama shoyu, even tamari, for those people who find raw tamari, let’s talk about that.
Jameth: Sure. If I can start with that by talking about salt in general.
Kevin: Yeah, good.
Jameth: There’s the idea that some people think you should be on a completely low sodium diet because so much research has shown that low sodium diets lower blood pressure, it lowers your risk for kidney disease, for heart disease and so forth. Now that research is based on regular white table salt which is heated anywhere from 300 to 1200 degrees. It has chemicals added to it, it has inorganic iodine added to it, and inorganic iodine is toxic and can kill you if you have enough of it. Regular table salt is absolutely abysmal for your health and that should never be. Because that is so bad some people have thrown the baby out with the bath-water and say all salt is bad.
When you have no salt in your diet, or for example let’s talk about when you water fast, you have large amounts of water, no salt in the water and you would thing you would be extremely hydrated but when you water fast you’re actually slightly dehydrated. Because when you have too much salt from any source you hold too much water in your body, there’s too much water held in solution in your body you become puffy and retain fluids. If you have too little salt, salt is what allows you to hold on to fluids, you can’t hold on to enough fluids and no matter how much water you drink, in fact the more water you drink when you don’t have enough salt, the more dehydrated you become and the more work your kidneys have to do to maintain the salt you have in your system. So salt balance is essential.
Now you would think that on a natural diet you should be able to get enough salt from salty vegetables like celery or tomatoes and in some cases I think that’s accurate. But for anyone sweating or doing anything athletic or people who genetically have low blood pressure or most people in my experience need to have additional sources of organic sodium. If you look to animals in nature whenever there is a salt-lick around the animals flock to it and start consuming that salt- lick. Even animals in nature, you even find predator and prey near each other at salt-licks licking the salt because the prey is so drawn to that salt that they’ll risk getting eaten by a predator just so they can have that salt. There’s something very valuable about it.
The best form of salt in my opinion by far in any community is miso, because miso used to be considered cooked which was completely wrong because miso starts out cooked but it’s aged for two years. Usually it’s in wooden casks like they used to do in the old days and its treated with probiotics and enzymes and by the time miso comes out every square molecule of that miso has undergone enzymatic and probiotic action and miso actually has a huge life force field around it. It’s anti-cancer, it’s anti-radiation, it’s a tremendous antioxidant, it’s a tremendous healing food and only a small part of it is salt. To me it’s the number one, I actually consider miso a superfood. A hardcore superfood up there with any other superfood and it compares statistically and with research. It’s a live, living salt.
The next salt, the next things you would go to I think would be a shoyu type or tamari soy sauce. Years ago there was a mistake in the raw food community that someone thought or was led to believe that nama shoyu was raw soy sauce and tamari was not. People said tamari is poisonous crap, it’s cooked, and nama shoyu is the way to go. And let me tell you the truth on that, I’ve done a lot of research on this. Tamari is the world’s original soy sauce, made in Japan, back to recorded records. Miso was made, and the liquid that floated to the top of the miso was tamari, that was what was tamari. It was aged. It was fermented in a good way with bacteria and enzymes and no wheat was ever added to this there was no such thing as wheat in Asia. And today tamari is made on its own and fermented on its own.
Nama shoyu is very recent, thousands and thousands of years there was tamari and the ingredients are soy beans, water and salt, enzymes and probiotics that treat this. Nama shoyu is made differently whereas today they add westernized wheat to nama shoyu. The wheat actually when it ferments forms a large amount of alcohol. So it has a less full bodied flavor than tamari and it has a larger alcohol content which isn’t necessarily a problem but there’s less flavor to it and since it has wheat in it people with wheat allergies and people with gluten intolerance which is a big percentage of the population cannot consume it. And tamari, unless someone actually went out of the way to pasteurize, it is not cooked. Tamari is raw, so is nama shoyu. They’re equally as raw, but tamari is made the traditional healthy way, has a stronger better flavor than
nama shoyu and is completely gluten free.
Nama shoyu has destroyed, I mean absolutely reeked havoc, destroyed raw food cuisine for anyone who is wheat sensitive or anyone who has celiac disease which means they can’t have any gluten whatsoever. It’s just eliminated that for them and it’s less healthy for them than tamari. There’s no reason you need to be having wheat in your tamari, in your soy sauce. So to me, tamari, excuse me nama shoyu’s time has come due to an error, someone thinking it was raw and tamari was not and it’s now time for it to go. It has no place in the raw food community, I don’t think whatsoever, because we have superior alternatives and that would be gluten-free tamari.
Source: Kevin Gianni
Diabetic Cooking: The Importance Of Diet
By Liat Nachman
For the individual living with diabetes, there is perhaps nothing more important than living a healthy lifestyle, which includes both diet and nutrition. Diabetic cooking and proper nutrition and diet can be the determining factors in the quality of life they will have. Developing healthy eating habits can not only help a diabetic control his or her weight, but it can also play an important role in helping them control their blood pressure, prevent heart disease, and maintain healthy blood-glucose levels.
There are dozens of diets on the market today, and different approaches to diabetic cooking that claim to have benefits for a variety of groups. However for the diabetic, most experts in the field recommend a diet that is relatively high in carbohydrate intake. In fact, a typical recommended diet for a diabetic may allow for more than half of the individual’s daily calories to come from carbohydrates, while allowing less than thirty percent of the individual’s daily calories to come from fat and protein, respectively.
In terms of diabetic cooking, this means having to employ the technique of cooking and eating several small meals throughout the day, instead of a few large ones, is also recommended, as this has been shown to both help keep the body’s metabolism operating at high levels, and prevent spikes or drops in blood-glucose levels. A diabetic diet and diabetic cooking does not have to be limiting, or flavorless. Foods from every group can be a part of a diabetics’ diet, without having to compromise health or taste.
From the fruit group, diabetic cooking can include a variety of fruits, including apples, oranges, peaches, and plums. Each of these fruits provides plenty of soluble fiber, as well as added sugar for the body. Whole grain bread, as well as whole meal pasta and breakfast cereals that are high in insoluble fiber, are also beneficial to a diabetic’s diet. The minerals they supply can actually help enhance the action of insulin. Fish can literally serve as lifesavers for diabetics, especially considering the fact that fish like salmon and sardines are full of omega 3 fatty acids, which most experts agree can help reduce the risk of heart disease.
Diabetic cooking should always include a little seafood. To wash down all of that healthy food, consider the old standard: water. Beverages that are herb-based are also highly recommended for diabetics. Coffee and other drinks that contain caffeine should be avoided if possible, as should alcohol. If you have to have that cold glass of milk, fill up a glass with skim milk, since it is lower in fat that the other choices. Since vegetables are rich in fiber and carbohydrates, they are certainly a welcome part of any diabetic diet. Beans and lentils are especially recommended, as are asparagus, broccoli, and cauliflower, as well as spinach, kale, tomatoes, and green beans. A good serving of cucumbers, and even a few onions and some garlic have also proven beneficial.
After going through the carbs and the fats, a diabetic now has to make choices related to protein. Lean meat and red meat, along with skinless poultry and fish, have proven to be excellent sources of protein, and important to healthy diabetic cooking. The key when eating meat is to limit the amount of fat that is consumed, since it is one of the best ways to maintain weight, and keep the body’s cholesterol levels low
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Caffeine Causes Glucose Level Spikes in Type 2 Diabetes
By Brenda Skidmore
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Did you know that nearly 18 million Americans have been diagnosed as having diabetes, and this figure continues to rise? Of those diagnosed, 95 percent have adult-onset (or Type 2) diabetes, and only about half of them are even aware that they have the disorder. Adult-onset diabetes used to be a rare occurrence, developing in an individual around the mid-forties. Now, however, it is becoming increasingly more common at younger ages, and even among children.
Although there have been some research studies that have shown how caffeine (from coffee consumption) can stabilize insulin levels in Type 2 diabetes, a recent study conducted at Duke University, headed by James D. Lane, PHD. shows quite the opposite effect. This small study focused only on 14 individuals who had Type 2 diabetes, which is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. It occurs when the body does not respond correctly to insulin, a hormone released by the pancreas. The results revealed that when caffeine was ingested together with meals it caused their blood glucose levels to spike wildly, and insulin levels swung out of control.
What is interesting about this study is, that the effects of caffeine on blood sugar levels is not new, or breakthrough scientific news. This has been known for decades, and a commonly learned concept by most first year biochemistry medical school students.
When a Type 2 diabetic ingests caffeine from coffee, or any other caffeinated product, it almost always produces an elevation in their glucose levels, throughout the day, by about 8 percent. Researchers think that caffeine interferes with the glucose transporting process in moving glucose out of the bloodstream and into body cells and muscle tissue where it is burned for fuel.
Caffeine consumption also triggers the release of the hormone and brain neurotransmitter, adrenaline, which raises blood sugar levels. When caffeine is consumed in combination with refined sugars such as white sugar and artificial dairy creamers that many people put in their morning coffee, it will intensify the effects on blood sugar levels. Long-term use of the two can lead to hypoglycemia. Caffeine plus refined sugars, or sugar substitutes, can be a deadly combination for anyone with diabetes, no matter which type.
It would seem to go without saying that a diabetic would would be well-advised to avoid this combination for life, or plan to be fighting their daily control of their insulin levels. Consider this as well, daily and heavy caffeine consumption reduces insulin sensitivity-the effects of which can last up to 12 hours after last ingesting a source of caffeine.
Dehydration is a common effect of drinking too much caffeine. Although you may think you are getting plenty of water in these type of drinks, caffeine, however, works against your body in two ways, it dehydrates body cells, by increasing urination. And, dehydration inhibits insulin secretion in the pancreas.
According to Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., author of “Your Body’s Many Cries For Water”, when adequate water level amounts are denied to the pancreas, by you not drinking enough, the body will adapt by clinging to what water reserves it has left to act upon the most important function it must perform at the time. Digestion of a meal you just ate by breaking it down and neutralizing acid in the intestines comes before proper insulin secretion.
Dr. B explains,in chapter 10, page 125, “As it happens, when insulin secretion is inhibited, except for the brain, the metabolism of the body is severely disrupted. In a dehydrated state, the brain benefits from insulin inhibition. The brain cell itself is not dependent on insulin for its functions. The cells in most other parts of the body are totally dependent on the properties of insulin for their normal function. If we think about it, there is a natural logic to the ultimate production of insulin-independent diabetes in severe chronic dehydration. Why is it called insulin-independent diabetes? Because the Body can still manufacture insulin, although it takes the influence of some chemical agents to promote its secretion.”
“This phenomenon of insulin inhibition with dehydration shows that the primary function of the pancreatic gland is directed at the provision of water for food digestion. The insulin inhibition is an adaption process of the gland to the dehydration of the body.”
Although controlling Type 2 diabetes is, clearly, more complicated than just reducing, or eliminating, one’s caffeine intake, further reading and investigation of this chapter in this book will open some eyes, also, into the important role amino acids play in this disease as well. Diabetes seems, to me at least, to be a disease brought on by the over eating of processed food, the wrong type of fats, and drinking the wrong type of fluids. It’s more than just genetics. A, highly, controllable condition when one maintains the eating of a proper diet.
Source: Brenda Skidmore
Diabetes Treatment With Vitamins
By David Klein
Diabetes is tagged as the silent killer disease. This is due to the fact that almost all of the patients suffering from this disease rarely know that they have it at all. Diabetes rarely exhibits symptoms. More often than not, patients would feel nothing wrong with them. There won’t be notable changes in their bodies and so they never address the disease until after it is too late.
Right now, there are quite a number of medications that were developed to manage the effects of diabetes in a patient. However, the actual cure is yet to be found. Medical doctors around the world claim that the medicine that could totally wipe out this disease is still in the development stages.
Since doctors can’t fully assure their patients that they can treat them for diabetes, people are constantly looking and trying other methods of treatment. Currently there are a number of natural remedies for diabetes out in the market. But still, the most effective of it all are vitamins and minerals. Patients don’t die due to diabetes. It is the complications of the disease that affect them most. And this is exactly where vitamins play a very crucial role.
Adding the right types of vitamins to your diet would provide you with relief from diabetes and its symptoms. Hopefully, you can maintain that healthy condition throughout your lifetime. Vitamins C, E, A, and B are very good for diabetic patients. Each of these vitamins has their own role to play inside the person’s body. These vitamins could help a lot in regulating sugar production and energy exertion. Vitamin C is the vitamin that can save cells from dying.
Diabetes doesn’t really cause death. What brings rise to severe medical conditions are the complications of the disease. The role of Vitamin C for diabetes patients is to prevent cells from converting sugar into sorbitol, which is another type of sugar but in alcohol form. The build-up of sorbitol in the body could lead to kidney and nerve damages. Diabetes Treatment with B Complex Vitamins If there were one disease that could be treated by the B complex Vitamins, it would be diabetes. Almost all B complex vitamins contribute in alleviating its nasty effects in the body. Niacin, folic acid, thiamin, and Vitamin B6 play a role in converting starches and sugar to energy. Deficiency of the B vitamins would only cause increased sugar content in the body. A complete B vitamin supplements should help your body in managing the disease.
As such, it is strongly recommended that foods rich in these vitamins should be taken regularly. Eat good amounts of fruits and vegetables to ensure that your body gets the necessary nutrient you need each day.
However, it is also important that you tell your doctor the type of diet you are following. Doctors need to monitor a diabetic’s food consumption and weight for better disease management. Examples of food items that you should take are green leafy vegetables, fruits, wholegrain, nuts, and dairy products. Ask your doctor how much and how often you can eat these foods. It should depend upon your body mass index and your way of living. Vitamins are the perfect supplements of the commercial medicines that your physician prescribes. Keep in mind that full recovery form diabetes is attained faster if you continue taking your prescription medicines and not abandon them in favor of the natural remedies.
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How Diabetic Cooking Can Save A Person’s Life
By Sean Tan
Sean is a health freak who also loves to write on topics pertaining to health. He has currently written a flurry of diabetes mellitus self-help articles including articles on Diabetic Cooking. You can read more articles from him at:http://www.diabetic-cooking.org
When people are diagnosed with diabetes, the first thing that comes to their mind is the severe restriction that they will have to face in their food. They may have to give up on most of the things that they like to eat. This becomes a very forbidding proposition. However, this is quite a wrong assumption in reality. Agreed that there will be a lot of restrictions in the diet of diabetic persons, and that they will have to eat certain kinds of food only, but that doesn’t mean it is the end of the food tether for them.
There are two types of diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes mellitus (known as Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, IDDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (known as Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, NIDDM). In the first type, people have a genetic problem that prohibits them from manufacturing insulin naturally in their bodies. It’s not their fault; they haven’t caused any damage to their insulin system. However, the food restrictions remain the same.
In people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the power of insulin to keep blood sugar in control is affected. When this happens in excess, the body insulin can no longer control sugar and needs a supplement from outside for the body to survive. This is when the person will need insulin supplementation. Now, the person needs to monitor what he or she is eating. In many cases, people overload themselves with a lot of inappropriate food, like too many sweets etc. They need to be wary whether the food is contributing to the blood sugar level or increasing the body fat, which can further hamper the proper metabolism of insulin.
That is the cause why food recipes need to be different from normal cooking. Cooking recipes can actually save a patient’s life. This sort of cooking focuses more on fibers and the healthy nutrients and less on the fatty stuff which will accumulate in the body and cause harm. An integral part of this cooking will be to stop oil in the diet as much as possible. In recipe favorite food, healthy and nutritious food definitely scores over palatability.
When starting with a diabetic diet, the first real advice would be to visit your dietician. Depending on your body type, he or she will suggest what the right kind of diabetes food for you will be. There are certain foods like bitter gourd and neem (Azadirachta indica) which can help to bring the blood sugar level down. Though these are not very appealing to eat, you will need to include them in your diet. Your dietician will tell you in what measure you need to take them. You will also have a lot of delicious options in your healthy recipes.
Being with the condition you are, a diabetic diet will give you mental peace. You will have the satisfaction of having started on a healthy way of life. You will be happy you are eating right and actively controlling your health condition. No wonder, doctors handling diabetes believe in the adage ‘control over the palate is the best control over diabetes’.
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Good Healthy Food Choices For Diabetes
By Carol Bell
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It is true that if you have diabetes there are limitations to what you can eat but that does not mean you will no longer be able to enjoy your food. Regrettably, to stay healthy it will require strict adherence to a special diet which for some people may be the grounds they contracted diabetes in the first place. The situation today is much simpler than it used to be as there are particular diabetic recipes available which make the task of arranging a diet much simpler.
Firstly, one of the main ends for a diabetic diet is to lower your weight and maintain it. Diabetic diets actually help you here by ensuring you only consume the correct amount of food from the four main groups. Two complications linked with diabetes are coronary illness and strokes but by sticking to your diabetic diet plan you should reduce the risk of having these problems.
Diabetic recipes are designed to be healthy, ensuring a low fat diabetic diet which should help with some of the familiar symptoms associated with the condition such as blurred vision, low energy levels and endless thirst.
Eating healthy involves eating a wide assortment of nutrients that embrace the whole diet spectrum with the help of the diabetic menu containing the food pyramid of vegetables, entire grains, fruits, non-fat dairy products, beans, lean meats, poultry, and fish.
In diabetic, low carbohydrate diets, the foodstuffs that are approved are meats, fish, poultry, eggs and cheese and certain vegetables like kidney beans, carrots, avocados. Diabetic recipes should not contain saturated fats and foodstuffs but foods that are low in cholesterol such as skinless poultry, with fresh fruit and vegetables as talked about previously.
A diabetic is not just about eating the right foodstuffs, as it is also serious that the amount consumed is correct to ensure the calorific intake is not too high, so weighing the food will become second nature. Using the food labels in the supermarkets will also become second nature when you are preparing your diabetic recipes as they contain useful information, usually based on a diet of 2,000 calories per day.
If you have been prescribed 2,000 calories per day on your diabetic diet program then for breakfast you may be allowed some sugar free yoghurt or skimmed milk two slices of bread or alternatively pasta or rice cakes plus an egg and some fruit. However, if a lower one thousand eight hundred calorie per day has been advised for your diabetic diet program then your diabetic recipes book might suggest something like a cup of skimmed milk, a tablespoon of cheese, a couple of slices of bread and a serving of fruit.
In the afternoon a snack might comprise of a half cup of tea or coffee with substitute sweeteners a couple of crackers and some more fruit. Alternatively, to vary your diabetic diet you could always have a cup of skimmed milk or yoghurt to replace the tea or coffee. There is no reason for you to believe that you can no longer savor your food if you’re restrained to a diabetic diet, because diabetic recipes are designed to have plenty of variety.
Source: Carol Bell
5 Ways to Formulate a Diabetes Diet
Simple Ways to Formulate a Diabetes Diet
By Tom Parker
Tom Parker owns and operates a number of useful fitness resources and websites. For more detailed information on how to formulate a healthy diabetes diet please visit; http://blog.freefitnesstips.co.uk/diabetes-healthy-diet.html
Since the food we eat is very closely linked with our blood sugar levels, it is not surprising that diet is one of the most effective tools we have available when combating diabetes. In this article I discuss five simple dietary changes that can help keep your diabetes under control.
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One of the main symptoms of diabetes is higher than normal blood sugar levels which is brought on by the lack of insulin in a diabetic person’s body. The food you eat has a direct impact on your blood sugar levels and because of this diet is one of your best tools in the fight against diabetes. In this article I will be discussing five ways your diet can be modified to keep your blood sugar levels normal and keep your diabetes under control.
1) EAT 5 OR 6 SMALL MEALS PER DAY:
- Most people eat 3 main meals per day; breakfast, lunch and dinner. Whilst blood sugar levels to rise to some extent following meals, eating large amounts of food in one sitting can cause them to increase significantly and then drop a few hours later. This is why you may experience a sudden burst of energy immediately after a large meal but then feel tired and sleepy a few hours later. By breaking your meals down into 5 or 6 smaller meals you can minimise these blood sugar surges and spread them more evenly throughout the day, meaning that your blood sugar levels will fluctuate less and be much more stable.
2) LIMIT YOUR DAILY CALORIES:
-Developing a general understanding of how many calories are in the foods that you eat and how many calories you need to maintain a healthy body weight is a great way to keep your weight under control. But why is this important for diabetics? Well, fat cells have a number of characteristics that can aggravate diabetes one of which is that they have a lower number of insulin receptors than muscle cells. Therefore, by reducing your body fat levels you can increase your body’s receptiveness to insulin making it easier for your body to control your blood sugar levels.
3) INCREASE YOUR SOLUBLEFIBRE CONSUMPTION:
- One of the benefits of soluble fibre is that it holds food in the digestive tract for longer. This in turn means that sugars are released into the blood in a slower and more controlled way. Therefore, consuming more soluble fibre can help keep your blood sugar levels under control and minimise any rapid changes in your blood sugar levels. Fruits and vegetables are great sources of soluble fibre with apples, oranges and mushrooms being particularly rich in the substance.
4) REDUCE YOUR SALT INTAKE:
- Although salt does not directly affect your blood sugar levels it can affect your blood pressure and with high blood pressure comes further complications such as heart disease. People with diabetes have a greater chance of developing high blood pressure than people without the condition. Therefore, combining the two is a recipe for disaster (excuse the pun). The recommended daily intake for salt is 6g so you should try and make sure that your maximum daily intake does not exceed this.
5) REDUCE YOUR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION:
- Moderate alcohol consumption does not pose a significant to most people’s health. However, excessive alcohol intake can have a negative impact on your diabetes with the complications including hyperglycaemia (extremely low blood sugar levels). Therefore, you need to moderate when it comes to alcohol intake. Men should try to stick to 3-4 units per day whilst women should try to stick with 1 or 2 units per day.
Since diet is so closely linked with blood sugar levels it comes as no surprise that it must be closely managed in order to keep your diabetes under control. However, this does not mean that it has to be restrictive or boring. I hope this article has shown you how some simple dietary changes can significantly improve your diabetes.
Every intention has been made to make this article accurate and informative but it is intended for general information only. Diabetes is a medical condition and this article is not intended as a substitute for the advice of your doctor or a qualified medical practitioner. If you have any concerns regarding any form of diabetes you should seek the advice of your doctor immediately.
By Tom Parker
Reverse Diabetes With Natural Medicine
Dr. Lucy Rojo on Naturopathic Medicine
Source: LarryCook on YouTube, Posted August 13, 2009
See http://www.thenaturalguide.com/natural-medicine.htm – Naturopathic Doctor Lucy Rojo – http://www.DrLucyRojo.us – explains how she uses Naturopathic Medicine to reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Produced by Larry Cook. Distributed by Tubemogul.
What Foods To Eat And Not To Eat For Diabetes?
Posted August 11, 2009
By Dr. Eswararamanan VR
If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, there are ways to improve and control the symptoms of your disease. It is very important to find out what to eat and not to eat for diabetics. Scientists report the global rates of Type 2 diabetes are likely to double in the next twenty years.
These statistics do not have to happen if we can begin to practice what foods to enjoy and avoid. A diet high in fiber, but low in fat is most often recommended for diabetics. You especially want to stay away from saturated fat and limit the amount of sugar you eat. Saturated fat is animal fat such as butter, and lard. Dairy products high in saturated fat include cream, cheese, meat, and chocolate.
What to eat and not to eat for diabetes: Bread is a major source of carbohydrates in our diets. Carbohydrate is an valuable source of energy, vitamins, and minerals. It also provides fiber that helps maintain blood sugar levels. Beans, peas, oats, and barley contain this fiber.
Whole grain products are the wisest choice because it takes longer for your digestive system to break down. This keeps the body from releasing sudden bursts of sugar. Potatoes, corn, and pasta are also carbohydrates.
Vegetables should be included on your list of what to eat and not to eat for diabetes. Tasty samples to include are spinach, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage and cucumbers. You should have three to five servings a day, mixing it up, serving both raw and cooked vegetables.
Fruits contain carbohydrates along with natural sugars, so you must be careful indulging in too much. It is a good idea to mix fruit with a protein or before exercise. Make certain the canned fruits you buy are packed in unsweetened fruit juice. Diabetics require two to four servings of fruit everyday.
Milk and other dairy products should be limited due to being high in carbs. Switching to low-fat milk, and unsweetened yogurt will help keep your diabetes in check, and an added bonus of saving calories. Two to three serving of dairy products are your daily requirement.
Protein can be meat or meat substitutes such as peanut butter, tofu, cheese, and eggs. You only require about six ounces of protein a day, broken up over two to three meals. One tablespoon of peanut butter or an egg weighs an ounce. Fish, poultry, beans, and nuts, are sources of protein.
Fats and Sweets are necessary for our bodies but only in moderation. Avocados make a delicious topping in the place of mayonnaise. Making your own dressing avoids the trans-fat in processed foods. Sweets are allowed for many diabetics if the portion size is strictly under control.
Sugar free desserts are an option, but remember to take the extra carbs into consideration. Take control of your diabetes and look into what a balanced diet plan can do for you. An important step is finding out what to eat and what not to eat for diabetes.
With the popular food choices of today, our bodies are receiving only twenty percent of the necessary nutrients it craves. This fact is considered by experts to be what is behind the overweight crisis seen in many countries. Taking away from our mid-section could also lessen the appearance in development of adult on set diabetes.
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Source: Dr. Eswararamanan VR
Alice Waters: “The Edible Schoolyard”- Video 2:48 min.
Posted August 4, 2009
Alice talks about the importance of exposing children to real food at a early age. People are starting to listen. First Lady Michelle Obama had D.C. children come to the White House and worked with them to create a home garden. This is a direct result of Alice Water’s campaign to educate our children about the importance of real foods. Alice had been advocating for the White House to establish a home garden for several years. It is amazing how one person’s passion can influence a multitude of people and eventually effect change on a global scale!
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Marion Nestle Lectures on Obesity and Diabetes – This Video is 61:00 Minutes
Posted July 20, 2009
Marion Nestle lectures on how the food industry in America confuses people about healthy eating. The industry wants to sell you junk food. That is where they make their money. If you watch this video, it will explain how you are being manipulated from your first step inside your local supermarket.
I don’t like to write all negative articles, but this information has to be shared. It is a very delicate conversation with some people when trying to explain how our food industry is very predatory and is driven by the pursuit of corporate profits. Many people are sure that “Tony the Tiger” is their friend.
The food industry has morphed into a dictating Goliath with the opening of regional and national “super markets”. We are now shopping for manufactured foods. Obesity and type 2 diabetes is becoming NORMAL in our young children. We are being told what to eat. Advertisers are not trying to sell us foods for our health. They are advertising the cheapest and most non-nutritious foods to make the most dollars for food company stockholders. Buy a package of Doritos. What is it? So you may wonder why Americans are dealing with a major national health crisis.
Waymon Tisdale the ex-basketball star and jazz saxephone player extraordninaire died this year of complications from diabetes. One of his legs had been amputated below the knee. He died several months later in his early 40′s. That is about the same age as my oldest daughter. Type 2 diabetes can be avoided. This illness is no joke. It will kill you. Young folks in their 40′s are starting to die.
As a young parent 40 years ago I was not aware of the perils of fast food restaurants and “supermarkets”. I could not protect my children from McDonalds. I know more now. So I write this blog.
Marion Nestle is trying to save millions of people from blindness, amputations, heart attacks, strokes and premature death. Obesity, diabetes, the lack of knowledge of nutrition and the deceptions of our food industry in this country is deadly. It is a uphill battle. We must be more aggressive about our knowledge of nutrition for our bodies and we must be aware of the true motives of corporate food companies.
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Ayurveda, A Holistic Treatment for Diabetes
Sweet Treatment For Diabetes From Ayurveda
June 12, 2009
By Dr. Rajesh Nair
According to Ayurveda, a holistic alternative medical science, the main cause of diabetes are fat, urine, and Kapha buildups due to foods, liquids, lifestyle, stress and others. It generally believes that any disease caused is due to doshic imbalance. The doshas are the three humors that govern the human body, they are vata, pitta and kapha. It includes diabetes in the prameha category, which are a list of urinary disorders especially characterized by profuse urination with several abnormal qualities. Classical Ayurvedic therapy for madhumeha (diabetes) begins with an assessment of the dosha imbalance. In all types of pramehas , kapha is vitiated, but in madhumeha, vata is often aggravated as well. Therefore, therapies will be directed at both vata and kapha simultaneously to restore the balance of the doshas. By determining the causal imbalances at the basis of a disorder, an Ayurveda evaluation strikes the root causes of diabetes which are Overeating and consequent obesity, Excessive intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates, Overloading of proteins and fats which get converted into sugar if taken in excess, Excessive tension, worry, anxiety & grief, Hereditary factors. Common ayurveda remedies include : a) Diet restrictions -Avoid foods that increase kapha dosha like potatoes, rice, sugar, fatty foods and avoiding alcohol. b) Exercise – Regular physical exercise is a must for diabetics. Practising yogic asanas like ‘Halasan’, ‘Paschimottanasan” are found effective. c) Panchakarma Therapy – The greatest benefit of Panchakarma is that it reduces the insulin resistance in the tissues in diabetics which is the primary goal in treating the diabetes. i.e., Ayurveda also addresses the diet modification by eliminating sugar and simple carbohydrates, and emphasizing complex carbohydrates. Protein is limited, as excessive intake can damage the kidneys. Fat is also limited because there is often a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, making fat digestion difficult. Since many diabetics have autoantibodies, Panchakarma is typically used for this cleansing the same. This begins with herbal massages and an herbal steam sauna, followed by fasting to cleanse the body. This is followed by an herbal purge for the liver, pancreas, and spleen. Colon therapy is next, first to cleanse the digestive tract and then to reconstitute the system. Ayurvedic management of Diabetes depends on the strength of patient and type of diabetes he/she has. But some generalized management are mentioned below. If the patient has sufficient strength panchakarma treatment can be started with snehana followed by vamana and virechana. Virechana can be repeated frequently. Dhanwantharam Gritham is apt for snehanam. Pizhichil is good for a week. Takradhara can also yield good results. Internal medicines that can be used are katakakhadiradi kashayam, aragvadhadi kashayam, nisadi kashayam, mehari dravakam and Nisha katakadi qwath. Apart from these ayaskriti and lodhrasavam are good. Mehasamhari gulika, brihantmehantaka gulika, niruryadi gulika, svetagaunjadi gulika, haldi (turmeric), amalaki (gooseberry) choorna, nyagrodadhi churna,Brihat triphala churna, Madhumegha karpagm, nisosiradi tailam,or eladi tailam can be added to the kashayams as the case may be. Shilajit, vasntakusumakara rasa, nag bhasma, vanga bhasma, and chandraprabha vati can be used favorably. Hyponidd tablets, Diabecon tablets, Mehanil tablets, Glucova, Nishakatakadi qwath tablet can be used on regular basis. Sugar in any form like rice, especially from fresh grains, potato, banana, and other such cereals and fruits are to be avoided. Fat intake should also be avoided. Tamarid and salt intake should be minimal. All bitter things are of help in general. Vegetables like bitter gourd, drumstick, patola(sponge gourd), okra (ladies finger) are good. So is neem (Azadirachta indica) and bilva (Aegle marmelos). It is also advised to decrease all food intakes by three quarters of normal. Wheat, barely and all millets are good. Some cases recover fully just with exclusively meat diet. Don’t use polished grains as bryan is good for diabetes. Shadangapaniyam or water boiled with ekanayakam (Salacia reticulate) is excellent to quench thirst in diabetics. Exercise within limits is advisable, yogic exercise, particularly matsyendra asanam is useful. Sleep during daytime, sex, not resting after food intake and excessive labour is to be avoided.
Dr Rajesh Nair is the consultant of world’s largest online ayurvedic store http://www.ayurvedaforall.com.
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Diabetes, Yoga and Halle Berry
Diabetes, Yoga and Halle Berry
May 29, 2009
By Subodh Gupta
Diabetes mellitus, often referred to as Diabetes, is a long-term health condition, develops due to the disordered metabolism and results into abnormally high blood sugar levels (hyperglycaemia). Diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke, amputations, kidney failure, blindness etc and it can remain undetected for years.
There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes develops due to a diminished production of insulin. Type 2 diabetes develops due to resistance to insulin effects and is mostly associated with obesity. However the good news is that Type 2 diabetes which is associated with obesity and makes up around 90% of all diabetes can be controlled.
When Halle Berry was diagnosed with diabetes she went through dramatic diet change. She started to eat fresh vegetables, fresh fish, pasta and cut out red meat. Halle also tries to lead a stress-free lifestyle and became a regular yoga practitioner. She practices yoga daily which helps her to release stress and brings the feeling of tranquility.
By taking up yoga the quality of life can remarkably improve. Daily practice of yoga can help to reduce the stress hormones, bring feeling of relaxation and at the same time can also help in case of diabetes, especially type 2. Research has shown that regular yoga practice can result in significant changes in most of the parameters of the metabolic syndrome including; waist circumference reduction, lowering in systolic blood pressure, reduction in fasting blood glucose level and HDL ‘good’ cholesterol increased.
The major reasons for the lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, cancer etc in the western world is the unhealthy food such as the non-vegetarian fast food and sedentary life style. Britain’s diabetes population has reached almost 2.5 million. Diabetes UK chief executive Douglas Smallwood said the figures were ‘truly alarming’. Human beings are designed to stay healthy and not to die by lifestyle disease such as cancer, heart attack and diabetes.
Diabetes is certainly one of the biggest health challenges facing the world today. Surprisingly the whole medical system is focussed on curing the diseases rather than in the prevention. Though we need the medicines for cure in case the diseases go out of control but if we focus our attention on prevention at the first place then we can certainly stay healthy during our life time with least dependence on medicine.
Maintaining a healthy body is not a rocket science. Our body is made up of food and if we eat healthy vegetarian food and do exercise regularly to keep our stress level under control, we can certainly stay healthy forever. Halle Berry announced in October 2007 that she was no longer insulin dependent.
Healthy lifestyle which includes vegetarian diet and regular yoga practice can go a long way in preventing and controlling the lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. Issued in public interest by Subodh Gupta a holistic health consultant and also the author of the book “7 food habits for weight loss forever”. Subodh Gupta is a celebrity yoga trainer based in London and conducts Yoga, Nutrition, Stress Management and Weight loss sessions.
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Holistic Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes – video 5:58 min.
Source: TheHolisticDoctor.com on YouTube
Type 1 Diabetes results when the body doesn’t produce enough insulin. Approximately 5-10% of Americans have type 1 diabetes. Diabetes treatment consist of diabetes medication and dietary changes
Diabetes, Latin Food and Your Health
Eating healthier with Latin faves
By Rachael Moeller Gorman
The Arizona Daily Star
May 9, 2009
On a recent hazy Saturday afternoon in Mexico City, the pungent scent of ripe mango hung thick in the city’s Polanco neighborhood.
Sellers had just sliced their fruit open – orange flesh still dripping with juice and humidity – to lure customers to their stalls. And the customers, typically family members walking hand in hand, haggled and ate. They inspected mounds of papayas, pineapples, guanabana, watermelon, pomegranate and plums at the surrounding tables. Their children chewed peeled oranges on a stick and ran around the tables of red, ripe tomatoes piled on bunches of draped cilantro, huge red beets, an almost infinite variety of peppers, prickly pear pads, avocados and tomatillos.
Not your typical American produce section.
When Mexicans leave their rural homes and move to the cities of the United States, they often leave foods like these behind. They begin eating the American way: a smaller variety of foods; less fresh fruit, rice, and beans; more calories, refined grains, saturated fats, and sugar. Foods they used to eat fresh, they now eat highly processed.
This Americanized diet affects Mexicans the same way it has been affecting the rest of the United States – only worse. According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost three out of four adult Mexican-Americans are overweight. The center also reports that one in four Mexican-Americans over the age of 45 has Type 2 diabetes.
In Mexico City at the end of April, a world-renowned group of scientists, nutritionists and chefs from the United States, Mexico and other Latin American countries came together to figure out how to fix this health crisis.
The issue is a big one in the States. According to the most recent census in 2000, Hispanics now make up 13 percent of the U.S. population.
“The 21st Latin American country is the United States,” said chef and culinary historian Maricel Presilla at the conference. “A new Latin America is being created here.”
The health statistics are scary. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, obesity rates in U.S. Hispanics doubled between 1991 and 2001. Higher weight means a higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, some cancers and other problems. The CDC has found that the risk of diabetes for Mexican-Americans is twice that of similarly-aged non-Hispanic whites. Diabetes potentially leads to amputation, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and death.
People still in Mexico are also suffering.
“Twenty to 30 years ago, we had lots of traditional foods that were very healthy,” said Dr. Hector Bourges, director of nutrition at the National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition in Mexico City. “However, with urbanization we adopted a model we shouldn’t have adopted – the Northern countries’ model.”
Traditional foods were seen as old-fashioned, people began having less time to prepare foods, and fewer people ate at home.
Obesity and its related illnesses are hardly just a problem for the Hispanic community.
“If we continue at this rate, by 2040 everyone in the U.S. will be overweight,” said John Foreyt, professor in the department of medicine at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine.
But scientists say hope exists: Bringing traditional, healthy and tasty Mexican foods back to the family dinner table – and introducing them in American households – is a huge step in the right direction.
At the conference, Oldways Preservation Trust, a food-issues think tank in Boston and the conference organizer, worked with nutrition experts to revamp its Latin American Diet Pyramid, a food pyramid full of healthy Latin American foods.
The pyramid recommends eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains/tubers/beans/nuts at every meal. In the Mexican diet, this means corn, beans, squash, rice and chiles, among many others.
Poultry, fish, plant oils (like olive, corn, peanut or canola) and dairy foods are recommended daily. Red meat, sweets – typically honey – and eggs are for weekly consumption only.
“Traditionally, sweets were not a thing of everyday,” said Hannia Campos, associate professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
Many foods are connections to the past, originating during the time before Europeans came to Latin America. Foods are also a connection to flavor. Native American, Spanish and African influences all have their finger in Latin American cuisine, and the fusion is delicious.
“Mexico, in particular, has made food brilliant,” said Dr. Adolfo Chavez, chief of the Salvador Zubiran Medical Sciences and Nutrition Institute in Mexico City.
Daily physical activity forms the base of the pyramid, and alcohol should be consumed in moderation. The pyramid is quite similar to the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, the gold standard of diets, which has been proven in study after study to reduce heart disease, certain cancers and Type 2 diabetes.
But as we all know, changing how we eat is difficult. Keeping the following themes in mind may help:
● Variety is key. Bring multiple colors, textures and flavors to your diet. Add tropical fruits; they are full of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, and taste. Choose fresh local produce, if possible.
● Use just a little bit of meat for flavor in stews and other dishes. A small amount can go a long way, and too much is unhealthy (red meat and processed meat have been associated with heart disease). Instead, add beans, which studies have shown lower cholesterol and have lots of vitamins like folate for pregnant women. They also contain fiber, which can prevent heart disease and certain cancers, like colon.
● Make dining an event, not something you do in your car or on the run. Set the table, make it appealing and fun, and eat slowly. “Eating in the company of other people is essential for good nutrition and health,” said Bourges.
● Have a big dinner or party once a week; bring family and friends together. The rest of the week eat simple, flavorful dishes that take less time to prepare.
● Choose smaller plates to trick yourself into eating less.
● Food is emotional, passionate, creative – take advantage.
SIDEBAR
Starting small:
Small changes add up to big health benefits. Losing just 5 percent of your body weight – that’s 10 pounds if you’re 200 pounds – can significantly reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other weight-related illnesses. Here are a few little changes to try at home:
Replace candy bars with a square of at least 70 percent dark chocolate, one of Latin America’s best gifts to the world. When the cocoa content is this high, your body benefits from the same heart-protecting compounds that red wine contains. These squares do have some fat, but not as much as regular candy bars. Eat only one or two squares of a bar a day. The flavor is so strong that’s probably all you’ll want.
Add other traditional Latin American grains to your diet, such as quinoa and amaranth. Also continue to use more familiar ones like corn and brown rice. These grains are great sources of complex carbohydrates, and they give you long-lasting energy. They are also full of nutrients like magnesium and B vitamins.
Eat cooked beans, instead of refried beans. They have far less saturated fat, yet still provide the nutrients, protein and fiber.
Replace potato chips, cheese puffs and the like with a handful of peanuts or almonds. Nuts are an excellent source of healthy unsaturated fat, they make you feel full, they have no cholesterol, and they are full of protein and fiber. The salt on the nut is less than what is found in chips, but go for low-salt varieties anyway to reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Eat a handful for a snack in the afternoon or between breakfast and lunch.
Choose corn tortillas over flour tortillas. Studies show that whole grains, like corn or whole-wheat flour, help protect against heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer. And they make you feel full for longer. At the very least, try whole-wheat tortillas, instead of flour. Refined flour has lost most of its beneficial nutrients and also triggers spikes in blood sugars, which is bad for diabetes.
Source: Rachael Moeller Gorman and the Arizona Daily Star
Green Tea and Type-2 Diabetes Prevention
Green Tea Extracts Help Prevent Type-2 Diabetes
May 7, 2009
By Paul Rodgers
“Drinking tea each day will starve the doctor” Green tea extracts are among the most widely used ancient medicinal agents, while androgens are probably the oldest drugs used in a purified form in traditional Chinese medicine. The extracts are being used by thousands of people for a wide range of health conditions, and it is even an added ingredient in some beverages and snack foods.
In theory, scientists believe that the weight loss benefits of green tea extracts are due to their caffeine content but the results of the study show otherwise as they discovered that green tea extracts have weight loss benefits beyond that of caffeine. Supplements containing green tea extracts are a completely natural way of reducing weight with very little risk of any side effects. An old Chinese proverbs tells us “Drinking tea each day will starve the doctor”, proving that even the ancient oriental civilization knew and acknowledged the benefits of this herb.
Today, various health benefits of green tea are constantly being reported and many scientists are now focusing their attention on the simple, yet elegantly profound beverage that is green tea. One of these green tea diet benefits is preventing cancer. Green tea is known to have a number of health benefits, including weight loss and even prevention of skin cancer.
Healthy lifestyle choices can help prevent type 2 diabetes in children. Green tea consumption at moderate doses may be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy individuals by controlling postprandial hyperglycemia.
The exact cause of type 2 diabetes is not known, but it is known that the risk of developing it may be reduced by staying active and, achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight.
The main application sectors for green tea are those of beverages, functional foods, cosmetics and supplements. The herbal supplements have always been known to do something that the allopathic are unable to do. With the ability of Chinese green tea diet supplements to suppress insulin, fats are readily made available, converting them into pure energy for the muscles.
A number of beneficial health effects are attributed to regular consumption of green tea and dried, powdered extracts of green tea are available as dietary supplements. It is found that you can get more powerful antioxidants by taking supplements rather than green tea itself.
Green tea extracts are also used to treat poor digestion and constipation and also helps to fight against the free radicals in the body, the negative by-products created by normal bodily processes. Green tea extracts are best chosen as they have the special qualities of improving health and skin glowing with soothing soft effects. The key to good health may be found in a cup of tea!
A study conducted at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and the University of Connecticut’s nutritional science department shows that tea has potent antioxidants; more potent than the antioxidants found in over 20 vegetables they studied including broccoli, cauliflower, garlic and spinach. While tea shouldn’t replace vegetables in your diet, drinking black, oblong and green tea ,or supplementing with Green Tea Extract may boost your antioxidant intake.
Green tea is known to have a number of health benefits, including weight loss and even prevention of skin cancer. Green tea consumption at moderate doses may be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy individuals by controlling postprandial hyperglycemia. Find out more Paul Rodgers specializes in marketing natural health and beauty products
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