Keep Your Blood Sugar Even

Eat small amounts throughout the day

The body does much better eating smaller amounts of food, more often throughout the day. It's easier on the intestines, the pancreas, and the digestive enzymes.

Depending on your caloric intake you could eat 4-6 meals, of 400-600 calories each.  Or, three meals with a snack in between and a snack before bed. The key is to eat at least every four hours.

Also increase your water. Being chronically dehydrated is hard on the blood, the carrier of not only the blood sugar but also insulin itself.

Lower Blood Sugar by Getting Rid of Belly Fat

Belly Fat, Stress, and Insulin Resistance

Belly fat increases heart disease and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means that the blood sugar stays in the blood instead of getting into the tissue cells.

Additionally, belly fat can increase dramatically under acute and chronic high stress because of the hormone release of cortisol from the adrenals.

The recommended waist measurement for men is less than 40 inches and for women, less than 35 inches.

Chia Seeds for Lowering Blood Sugar

Chia Seeds are a super food when it comes to health benefits. Along with balancing your blood sugar, it will keep your blood sugar from spiking throughout the day. Chia is high in fiber, protein, boron and magnesium. It's also great for weight loss, your thyroid (which can affect your pancreas, if it's not healthy) and intestinal regularity.  Chia Seeds are odorless and have no taste so can be mixed in with most anything.

Two amazing plants to help you with blood sugar stabilizing

Two food/dietary supplements are stand out helpers in improving blood sugar levels.

Salacia: This aryuvedic herb from India helps normalize blood sugar and insulin levels, and supports healthy blood lipids. Salacia contains two potent alpha-glucosidase inhibitors that may help regulate carbohydrate-metabolic imbalances. Salacia will bring down glucose levels within 20 minutes after taking. It's best to use this super helper as needed versus every day.

Cinnamon: has been shown to lower fasting blood sugar levels and balance cholesterol levels. Cinnamon is recommended at amounts of 1 gram a day and if taken for 40 days will continue to promote benefits for an additional 20 days.

Lower Blood Sugar by Eating Low Glycemic Foods

First and foremost, limit carbs.  Keep carbs at around 60 or less for a meal and 15 or less for a snack.  AFTER limiting carbs, then make sure the carbs you do get are the best quality carbs available.  Choose whole grain and low glycemic index (GI) carbs.

The glycemic index is a numerical system of measuring how fast a carbohydrate triggers a rise in circulating blood sugar-the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. A low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. Below is just a small list of foods to give you an idea of low, medium and high GI. Stick to low and medium to keep your blood sugar down. 

For the most part, low GI tends to be low carb as well.  However, just because something is whole grain or low GI does not mean you can have more of it -- you still have to limit the total number of carbs first.

Less Than 50

• Artichoke <15
• Asparagus <15
• Avocado < 15
• Broccoli <15
• Cauliflower <15
• Celery <15
• Cucumber <15
• Eggplant <15
• Green beans <15
• Lettuce, all varieties <15
• Low-fat yogurt, artificially sweetened <15
• Peanuts <15
• Peppers, all varieties <15
• Snow peas <15
• Spinach <15

50 to 70

• Canned kidney beans 52
• Kiwifruit 52
• Orange juice, not from concentrate 52
• Banana 53
• Sweet potato 54
• Brown Rice 55
• Linguine 55
• Popcorn 55
• Sweet corn 55
• Muesli 56

Above 70

• Bagel 72
• Corn chips 72
• Watermelon 72
• Honey 73
• Mashed potatoes 73
• Bread stuffing mix 74
• Cheerios 74
• Cream of Wheat, instant 74
• Graham crackers 74
• Doughnuts 75
• French fries 76
• Frozen waffles 76
• Pretzels 81
• Rice cakes 82