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If you are fighting diabetes, you probably have heard enough about high blood sugar. In order to hear about it less, you can take strides into lowering it! In addition to this, your lowered blood sugar level can keep you from having any future issues.

Here are a few simple and practical ways that are guaranteed to assist you with lower your blood sugar.

1. Eat Correctly

You have heard it before: You are what you eat. All throughout your life, your food has played a major part in having diabetes. By deciding to turn over a new leaf and follow a specific dietary guideline, you will help you get your life back by assisting you with lowering your blood sugar levels.

- Eat a balanced diet of healthy foods and avoid being overweight.

- Eat your meals on a regular schedule. You and your schedule can determine how many meals and how often you eat them.

-Try to keep your starchy food selections to those that are high in fiber like wholegrain bread, beans, lentils, and peas. The fiber will actually slow down the release of the glucose in the foods so that you’ll experience only a gradual rise in blood sugar.

- Eat plenty of fiber. Other fiber sources (and vitamins) include vegetables and fresh fruit. Stay away from canned foods that contain added sugary syrups and extremely sweet fruits.

-Reduce the amount of refined sugars in your diet by cutting back on soft drinks, pastry, and other sweet bakery items, candy, etc. The sugar in these foods is absorbed rapidly and can cause blood sugar to rise quickly.

-Eat sensible portions of meat, eggs, cheese, fish, and other high protein sources, but cut back on fats: Diabetics have an increased risk of coronary heart disease and fats can contribute to that.

- Salt intake should be limited because of the diabetic risk of higher blood pressure levels.

2. Exercise

Have you ever wondered why some people go to the gym and then rave about it? That’s because it works. Just know that you don’t have to sleep there to reap the benefits. Simple exercise such as walking, swimming, jogging can all be done regularly in moderation can assist in lower your blood sugar levels.

Exercise improves the body’s use of insulin plus decreasing excess body fat helps improve insulin sensitivity.

Alongside increasing your muscle strength, exercise has many benefits. These benefits include an increase in bone density, lowered blood pressure, lowered bad cholesterol or LDL, and increasing the good cholesterol or HDL, better circulation, improved energy levels, stress reduction which in turn relieves anxiety and tension.

3. Reduce Stress

People who are stressed have a tendency to skip meals and sometimes miss their medication. Both of these actions affect your blood sugar. If it’s impossible to get rid of stress, at least try to find ways to deal with it.

- As mentioned above, exercise, which gives a sense of well being, is a terrific way to release the tension and anxiety that contribute to stress. On the other side relaxation — muscle relaxation, deep breathing, even meditation and visualization — has equal importance in relieving some of the pressures that generate stress.

- And, of course, attitude is all-important. Be kind to and appreciate yourself, accept those things you can’t change, and look for the good in every situation and thing.

- Finally, try not to keep your stress bottled up. Talk with a friend or family member or work with a professional equipped to provide you with support and insight into your situation.

Having control of your blood sugar is an art and science. Follow all these guidelines and you will be able to master both. – 35634

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