If you have diabetes, you know the importance of maintaining stable blood sugar levels.
Managing diabetes requires careful attention to food choices and eating patterns. Nutritional Weight
& Wellness has helped hundreds of clients manage their diabetes through ongoing nutrition education, individual food plans, lifestyle strategies and support. Nutritional keys to stabilizing blood sugar include incorporating
more healthy fats, frequent meals and snacks with animal protein, and limiting consumption of processed carbohydrates.
Did you know that recent research supports the use of sufficient healthy fats to manage blood sugar?
Healthy fats even activate insulin receptors. Nutritional Weight & Wellness has seen clients who struggled to balance
their blood sugar while on low-fat diets have success once they increase consumption of healthy fats such as: avocados, nuts,
olive oil and butter. Healthy fats provide a sense of fullness and satisfaction and minimize cravings.
The foods that raise blood sugar quickly
are carbohydrates, especially those that are refined and processed (sugar, bread, bagels, cereals, soda and juices). Vegetables,
fruits, legumes and whole grains make healthier carbohydrate choices.
Another benefit to the balanced eating program that we advocate is that it diminishes cravings.
Often cravings drive diabetics to make poor food choices to quickly boost for their blood sugar. Eating
frequently and incorporating animal protein, good fats and healthy carbohydrates at each meal or snack stabilizes blood sugar
for longer periods and decreases cravings.
This way of eating also increases
metabolism and helps with weight loss, which is often a slow process for diabetics. If you struggle with
diabetes, consider individual counseling. Your nutritionist will create an eating plan that meets your
health and lifestyle needs and provides the education and support to make your diabetes more manageable.
