Eat More Fiber To Lower Blood Sugar

          Insoluble fiber takes food through your digestive system where as soluble fiber slows the glucose from being absorbed. People who have type 2 diabetes should increase their intake of soluble fiber for that reason. Eat more high fiber foods like beans, and whole wheat foods.

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Avoiding Stress Helps Lower Your Sugar

     Stress often causes your body to produce adrenalin which in turn releases more energy like glucose into the blood. So it makes sense that avoiding stress will help with keeping an even amount of glucose which will reflect the sugar number in our blood test.

     Don't sweat the small stuff and take the big stuff day by day, step by step.

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Count Your Carbs

     Carbs should be counted and are as important as counting or watching your sugar intake. Once they are in your body they are converted to glucose and absorbed by the cells to be used for energy for your body

     In general women should have about 45 to 55 carbs per meal, where as men should have about 60 to 75 per meal. It's helpful for your body if you spread these carbs over the period of three meals or six smaller meals rather than adding them up into one big meal in a day.

Exercise and Glucose Levels

     Exercise is important for diabetics because it is linked to the way the liver puts out glucose. Researchers say that right after a work out sugar spikes but then it lowers itself for the rest of the day. They say one workout of about 30 minutes will have affects that will last for 24 hours.

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Limit Sweets

     Have sweets in moderation and in small amounts on special occasions. Some people have real cravings for sweets so for most diabetics it's OK to have an occasional bite of cake or pie. Just don't make it a regular thing and don't have more than a small taste.There are plenty enough other things a type 2 diabetic have such as nuts and seeds. Everything in moderation.

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Lower Sugar by Cutting Out Caffeine

     Caffeine has been shown to raise sugar counts in your blood. The main reason is that caffeine raises the level of adrenalin which interferes with the absorption of glucose in the cells. If you can't quit caffeine than at least try to limit yourself to 4 or less cups of coffee or tea per day.

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A Good Night's Sleep Helps Lower Sugar

     Everyone knows that a good nights sleep is important, but it's more important when you have a condition such as diabetes. Besides being needed for regular restorative sleep leading to better health regular sleep is important because the pancreas puts out insulin at regular intervals which are different at night than during the day. When your sleep is interrupted or shortened so is the insulin out put.

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