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Reach
Your Diabetes Control Goal with Two Simple Steps
Anyone with diabetes knows getting and keeping your blood
sugar within normal ranges is crucial to good diabetes control and health.
Controlling diabetes can be trying and frustrating. Use these tips to
help keep your blood glucose normal and to help prevent diabetes problems.
It is no secret that it can be a struggle to get your
glucose blood levels within a normal range. Two simple steps help you go a
long way towards reaching your diabetes control goal ...just
increase your activity levels and practice good
diabetic eating.
Combine a healthy diet with the proper amount of activity and your sugar
ranges will usually come down
How Does Diet Affect Blood Sugar?
Glucose (a type of sugar) is the primary energy source for all the cells in
your body. It is delivered to these cells from the blood stream. Mainly the
hormone insulin regulates the amount of glucose in your blood (your blood
sugar). Insulin is necessary
for cells to absorb the sugar from the blood stream.
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When you eat, especially carbohydrates, blood sugar levels rise.
This rise in blood sugar causes your pancreas to secrete insulin into the
blood bringing your blood sugar back to a normal level. When there is not
enough insulin present, the glucose stars in the blood and is not absorbed
by the cells.
With diabetes, your body may have insulin resistance, or may not
produce enough insulin for the food you eat, thus resulting in high blood
sugar levels. It is not only what you are eating that can cause higher blood
sugars. How much and when you eat have a high impact on blood sugar ranges.
Here are three tips from the Mayo Clinic that may help you keep your blood
sugar range normal.
1) Consistently
eat at set times. Your blood sugar levels are highest an hour or two after
you eat, and then begins to go lower. You can work this pattern to your
advantage. Simply eat about the same amount of food at the same time each
day can help you get better control of your blood sugar level.
2) Keep Your Carbohydrates Even. Carbohydrates have
more impact on your blood sugar level than does protein or fat. Eating the
same amount of carbohydrates at each meal or snack helps keep your blood
sugar level steady through the day.
3) Balance your meals and Diabetes medication. Eating
too little food to cover your diabetes medications, - especially insulin -
may cause dangerously low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Eating too much food
may cause your blood sugar level to be too high (hyperglycemia). Your
diabetes health care team can help you find the best balance between the
food you eat and the medications you are take.
Reference:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabetes-management/DA00005.
Following these tips will eliminate some of the
struggles to keep your blood sugars normal.
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