| The number of people who have diabetes is on | | | | fiber foods such as dry beans, oatmeal, bran or |
| the rise. More and more people are overweight | | | | raisin bran cereal, whole grain bread and peanuts |
| and leading an inactive lifestyle which makes it | | | | help to manage diabetes. Eat plenty of fresh fruits |
| more likely for one to develop diabetes. If you | | | | and vegetables. |
| have diabetes, you have to think of some natural | | | | 2. Exercise: Keep active and exercise daily. Going |
| ways to lower blood sugar with you since your | | | | for a walk or other forms of exercise will help |
| body cannot process insulin or simply does not | | | | burn off some of the sugar in your blood. A brisk |
| produce enough of it. Insulin processes the sugar | | | | walk, mowing the yard and normal chores like |
| or glucose from the food you eat and provides | | | | housework are all good choices for exercises that |
| the energy to fuel your body. When the glucose | | | | help to regulate normal blood glucose. |
| is not processed through the body it stays in the | | | | 3. Lose weight: Your blood sugar will be much |
| blood therefore raising the amount of sugar in | | | | easier to control if you get your weight down to |
| your blood. This condition is referred to as high | | | | normal levels. Follow your diabetic diet meal plan |
| blood sugar or hyperglycemia. This is a dangerous | | | | carefully and exercise regularly. |
| situation as it starves the organs that need the | | | | 4. Supplements: People with diabetes more than |
| glucose and harms other organs that are receiving | | | | likely have a zinc deficiency. Take a supplement or |
| too much blood sugar. This condition damages the | | | | eat more foods that contain zinc to help to bring |
| eyes, nerves, kidneys and blood vessels. | | | | down blood sugar level. Chicken and sardines are |
| Type 2 diabetes is the most common. Around | | | | a couple of foods that are good sources of zinc. |
| ninety percent of people who have diabetes | | | | Six ounces of cinnamon a day is believed to keep |
| suffer from type 2. In this type the body | | | | down sugar level naturally, it is also available in |
| produces the insulin but cannot process it | | | | capsules if you prefer to take it that way. |
| effectively. This type can at least be partially | | | | 5. Get plenty of good quality sleep: Not getting |
| controlled by diet, weight loss, and exercise. Your | | | | enough sleep can cause the body to not be able |
| best option is to find and follow along with other | | | | to process glucose effectively. You can help lower |
| things taking any medication your doctor | | | | blood sugar by getting plenty of rest. |
| prescribes. Doing this will greatly reduce your risks | | | | There are many more things you can do to |
| associated with diabetes. | | | | improve your health and have a better life with |
| Five easy safe ways to lower blood sugar levels | | | | diabetes. Always tell your doctor about any |
| 1. Diet: Intake of low carb diet is perhaps the | | | | supplements you are taking. Do not stop taking |
| most well known way to reduce blood sugar level. | | | | your diabetes medicine without your doctor's |
| Good examples of low carbohydrate foods include | | | | permission. |
| soy milk, pearled barley, and kippered herring. High | | | | |