Recently I have read a seemingly endless amount of articles circulating as to what diabetics should eat to properly regulate blood sugar levels. What I have found is an astounding amount of misinformation being put in the marketplace.
"Eating meat has been shown to increase the need for insulin". "Experts recommend around six servings of bread and cereal a day". "Those people with the highest glycemic index rating are highly likely to take the longest time when breaking down the bloodstream and most likely to cause harm".
These are all actual quotes taken from recent articles. I can understand why people don't know what to and who to believe if they are diabetic. Do you think any of these people who wrote these articles had diabetes? I think not.
What most people would consider a safe trusted source of good information is no better. Today's recipe of the day from the ADA website is "Crunchy Trail Mix". Some of the wholesome ingredients include 1 1/2 cups of corn squares cereal, 1 1/2 cups of rice squares cereal and 1 cup of fat free pretzel sticks. WOW! This "diabetic" treat offers up 17grams of high glycemic carbohydrate and a paltry 2 grams of protein a serving. Ladies and gentlemen start your meters. This kind of food is a diabetic train wreck! Eating like this will only assure the medical profession will be very well subsidized in the years to come.
So what to eat? I'll give you my tried and tested but I ask you not to take my word for it. Check your blood sugars after eating my way and then check them after a load of "Crunchy Trail Mix". Take charge and don't shirk responsibility for your health by eating whatever you like and then use medication to cover it. With this type of action the body is damaged by both high blood glucose and high insulin spikes. These spikes lay the groundwork for ill health and the future complications of diabetes.
My message is not one of doom and gloom. Let me be clear, you can take charge and take your health back! One action is to adopt a healthy diet low in carbohydrates. Here is a good place to start:
1. Stay away from trans fats, omega 6 vegetable oils, high fructose corn syrup as well as all refined and processed grain and flour products.
2. Eat a good amount of fiber.
3. Choose carbohydrates that are low in the glycemic index, mostly fresh vegetables such as spinach and broccoli.
4. Eat plenty of lean proteins and foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids.
5. For cooking or salad dressings use olive oil.
Then you check the numbers and Choose Health!
Bradley Kapture, author, "The Sounds of Silence" yoga4diabetes.com/?page_id=14 yoga4diabetes.com/?page_id=14 and lecturer, is the founder of yoga4diabetes™. Kapture is an expert in asana, mantra and meditation practices. In 2004 a turn in life circumstances forced him to close his yoga studios, leave his yoga practice and go to work in the world of corporate sales. After just 3 years he found himself overweight, filled with anxiety and with type 2 diabetes. He refused standard drug treatment and instead returned to yoga and developed a yoga method to address the causes of type 2 diabetes and to heal his body.
Within just three months his blood sugars had returned to normal levels. His doctor responded, "I agree with you on your diabetes control; the HGA1C is well below target at 6.5 so keep doing what you're doing. It's really a tremendous achievement to go from 7.7 to 6.5 in such a short time period without medication." These results inspired him to share his yoga method and help others with diabetes reduce or eliminate dependence on medication. For more information go to yoga4diabetes.com yoga4diabetes.com/
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