Pakistan stand among the top countries which have the most number of population affected with diabetes or less formally known as “sugar”. It has been proved by the demographics and scientists that every one child out of six in a Pakistani household is a potential carrier of diabetes if the mother or the family has a diabetic history. It is a multi-factors affected disorder which is highly influenced by the environment, lifestyle and above all diet. The diabetic medication after diagnosis is a lifetime treatment and goes on till the patient’s life exists. However, if you are a suspect to diabetes or a potential carrier of the disease due to the family history than you can certainly suppress it via making some simple changes in your lifestyle and diet. This is the only thing that can literally go a very long way. Here is our list that can help diabetic to control blood sugar level naturally.
Consistent eating
When you don’t eat for significant hours because of sleep, dieting or other reasons, your body fuels itself on glucose released from the liver. When you consume something containing a little amount of sugar or glucose this signals your liver to stop releasing glucose in your bloodstream and consequently lowering blood glucose levels. Moreover skipping meals also may lead to overeating, which can cause weight gain
A balanced diet plan
Follow a diet plan that replenishes body with all the necessary factors. A balance diet too low in calories may deprive body of important vitamins and fibers which can cause more harm than good.
Make legit meal replacements
Bars or shakes and other products that are made especially for people suffering from this disease can help to keep the blood sugar levels in control when you’re on the go. This keeps your body balanced
Be active
Diabetes is a disease which doesn’t act as a barrier to any of your physical activity. In fact doing routine exercise walking helps you to maintain good health. You can start with a ten minutes’ walk and increase it subsequently with time. If you are fond of gardening then nothing is better.
Consuming Higher fiber Food
Try legumes like dried beans, peas, and lentils. You can even enjoy a black bean and some corn salsa with your raw vegetables. Vegetable soup is also very beneficial.
Have a Cup of Green Tea
Replacing sugary drinks with green tea is a great way to cut down your calories and you get a good dose of disease fighting polyphones that are the major constituent of green tea. This also detoxifies you. Some studies also propose that green tea helps to prevent type II diabetes and also improves insulin sensitivity in the patient.
Drink Lots of Water
It is the most effective idea this is especially true when your blood sugar levels are elevate. Water is your best companion in this disease. Consuming fruit juices and other sugary drinks as a substitute of water is harmful.
Use of Little Vinegar
Consuming vinegar inhibits the digestion of starch and keeps food in stomach for a longer period of time. By this delay in emptying of the stomach, vinegar may help to blunt the rise of blood sugar in response to eating this can help in lowering sugar in blood.
Having Quality Sleep
Little sleep or poor sleep can disrupt your hormones which may leading to an increased appetite, higher blood sugar level, and a thicker waistline of your body. In fact, researchers from the Netherlands found that a single night of sleep deprivation can decrease insulin sensitivity by almost 25 percent. So getting better sleep doesn’t require any hard work and saves you instead.
Promise yourself
At the end of the day all these tips can only work if you follow them regularly and promise yourself that you would remain firm on the dietary and quality habits that you adopt to prevent the disease and never let go of it. Because following a regimen is more of a psychological workout than actually any physical. So adopt healthy lifestyle and let yourself and your generation have a healthier and better future.
I hope these tips will help you lower your blood sugar levels easily.
Very useful article. I am a Diabetic patient and was searching for stuff on how to control blood sugar. The tips mentioned here are really effective.