Preventing Diabetes and Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Balancing your blood sugar is important for many reasons. Your blood sugar levels play a vital role in your overall health and well-being. When blood sugar levels are too high or too low, it can lead to a variety of health problems such as damage your nerves, blood vessels, and organs. Weight gain, increased cravings, and fatigue may also become a problem, as well as more serious health complications, such as heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure.

Maintaining balanced blood sugar levels may be one of the most basic and helpful things you can do for general health.

There are a few things you can do to help keep your blood sugar levels in check:

First, eat a healthy diet that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. These types of foods are high in fiber, which helps to slow down the absorption of sugar into your bloodstream. It is best to avoid sugary and processed foods as much as possible. A good rule is to include fat and protein with carbohydrates, especially carbs that have a higher glycemic index and are absorbed more quickly.

Second, exercise regularly. Exercise helps to regulate blood sugar levels by stimulating the release of insulin from the pancreas and by increasing the sensitivity of cells to insulin.

Third, monitor your blood sugar levels regularly. This will help you to spot any potential problems early on. If you have diabetes, it’s especially important to keep your blood sugar levels under control. Getting hungry shortly after a meal, and feeling weak, shaky, or fatigued may be signs that you need to work on creating a diet that supports more balanced blood sugar levels.

Having blood sugar levels in the “pre-diabetic” range should be a warning sign to course correct and to start adapting a healthy diet and lifestyle to help keep your blood sugars balanced. It is possible to stop the progression leading to full-blown diabetes.

Amber Taylor, MD, an endocrinologist who cares for diabetic patients said, “It’s possible for those in the early stages of type 2 diabetes to reverse the disease”. She continued, “We have pretty good evidence, that lifestyle change is really the key. Lifestyle change is better than any drug we have on the market for reversing and preventing diabetes.”

Be in charge of your health! Start by balancing your blood sugar and finish by preventing a disease like diabetes.