Meal Planning for Active Diabetics

Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is a life-changing milestone in a person's life. It usually requires a change in lifelong habits. Exercise is recommended for anyone to stay healthy, but for diabetics, it is even more important. Exercise not only can help maintain an ideal body weight, it also helps to control blood sugar levels. However, active diabetics need to take extra care and precautions to make certain that they are getting enough fuel for their bodies so that their blood sugar does not drop dangerously low.

Managing Diebetes: Lose Weight and Control Blood Sugar

If you have diabetes and are considered overweight, you can improve the management of your diabetes and your overall health by losing weight. It may seem like a daunting task if you have tried to lose weight in the past and have failed, but there are steps you can take and support you can use to help you reach your weight loss goals.

How to Reverse Diabetes With Herbal Remedies

Thousands of people will reverse their type 2 diabetes naturally this year but the American Diabetes Association will not recognize a cure. So how are the thousands of diabetics reversing their disease? Many are using their diet and exercise but many are using herbal remedies. Herbal remedies have been around for centuries but only lately have they been researched to determine if they are actually effective. Surprisingly, many experts believe that many common herbs can begin the process of reversing diabetes. Here are four herbs you may want to start supplementing:

Diabetic Diets: Co nsistency and Variety

Having both consistency and variety in your diet may seem hard to do, but it is possible, and it is the best way to control your diabetes with diet.  Consistency comes from specific meal times and the same servings from the different food groups.  Variety comes from trying as many different foods in the food groups as you can.

Motivation for Diabetics to Lose Weight

If you have diabetes , you have probably heard from your doctor how beneficial it is for you to lose weight, but that doesn’t make it any easier to do. Nevertheless, your doctor is right: you will gain many benefits from losing weight including managing blood glucose levels. No matter how beneficial losing weight is, however, it is still difficult for most diabetics to do.

7 Natural Ways to Reverse Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease. It can lead to numerous complications, including blindness, heart disease, and neuropathy. However, just because diabetes is a serious disease doesn't mean that it can't be controlled or even reversed. Diet is the first step in controlling or reversing diabetes, but there are other things a diabetic can do. Here are seven natural ways to control and reverse type 2 diabetes.

High-Fat Foods and Their Effect on Blood Sugar

Any diet should use high-fat foods in moderation since their calories can lead to weight gain. For a diabetic, controlling fat intake is important for the previous reason as well as the negative effect it can have on blood glucose.. Fats can be classified as saturated, unsaturated, healthy, or unhealthy, but the bottom line with all fats is to enjoy them in moderation.

How to Combine Foods to Manage Diabetes and Lose Weight

For a diabetic who is trying to lose weight, it is not only important how much you eat and what you eat, but also what react differently together and for the optimal effect on your blood glucose level, here are a few guidelines that should be considered.

At every meal, you should have a combination of protein, fat, and carbohydrates.  The largest proportion of the foods a diabetic will eat fall into the carbohydrate category. Carbohydrates are be found in:

7 Amazing Herbs and Spices to Cure Diabetes

Diabetes may be a chronic condition, but it is not incurable. These seven herbs and spices can be used to reverse it.

Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is one of the most dreadful diseases in the world today. Insulin produced by the pancreas lowers blood glucose. When you get diabetes, it means that either there is no insulin produced in your body (type 1 diabetes) or there is not enough insulin or the hormone is not used well (type 2 diabetes). Most people don’t even know they have it until they start to suspect it based on symptoms they may be having.

Herbs and spices can help diabetics keep blood sugar levels on the normal level, particularly if a healthy body weight is maintained. Here are the best spices and herbs you can add to your diet plan. Read more

5 Steps to Reverse Diabetes and Insulin Resistance

Does diabetes mean drugs? Not necessarily! Dr. Mark Hyman brings you the last installment of his two-part discussion on diabetes. You'll learn why medications aren't always the answer and how you can prevent and even reverse diabetes without pharmaceuticals.

Mix Aerobics and Weights to Lower Blood Sugar

A new study has found that combining aerobics with weight training works better than either one alone in lowering blood sugar.

People with diabetes should mix aerobics with weight training to get the best results in lowering blood sugar, a new study suggests. The combination worked best for weight loss too, compared to aerobics or weight training alone.

Blood sugar is fuel to muscles, and more sugar is burned during aerobic activity. Weight training builds more muscle, and both activities change muscle proteins in ways that enhance the process. Read more

Are Diabetes and Insulin Resistance Reversible?

Are diabetes and insulin resistance reversible? The medical profession says no, but Dr. Mark Hyman says they are.

Diabetes is not reversible and controlling your blood sugar with drugs or insulin will protect you from organ damage and death.

That is what the medical profession would have you believe, but medication and insulin can actually increase your risk getting a heart attack or dying.

The diabetes epidemic is accelerating along with the obesity epidemic, and what you are not hearing about is another way to treat it. Read more