hello everyone today we are going to
talk about
10 natural ways to
control diabetes and lower your blood
sugar
these are all the foods that you can
incorporate
in your diet without having to take
extra supplements
so i'm dr ahmed ergin i'm an
endocrinologist a diabetes education
specialist
and metabolism expert so let's get
started guys
the number one food in my list is
spinach
now spinach is something is very
versatile you can cook it you can use it
in your salads
the only time i would probably avoid
spinach is if you
have kidney stones or have history of
kidney stones
because spinach definitely raises your
risk for that
but other than that it is high in fiber
it is awesome
you can utilize it as much as you can
due to high fiber content
not only is delicious but also help
lower your blood sugar
the next thing you can add on is
cinnamon cinnamon
is great because it actually due to this
chromium content in cinnamon it can
lower your blood sugar
now you have to be a little more
generous when you're using
cinnamon in your diet because a little
cinnamon is not going to probably do too
much
but definitely if you love the cinnamon
try to add on to
things that you love another one is
garlic
i know not everyone is a fan of garlic
but
you can cook garlic if you don't like
the smell but bottom line
you know the garlic is going to increase
your
insulin levels so if you can incorporate
garlic
in most of your meals not only they're
going to turn delicious
but also you will get your sugars under
better control now when it comes to
fruits
apples are my favorite because apples
are so
high in fiber it is hard to not
feel full when you eat an apple so
that's going to
help prevent overeating and you can
incorporate
apples in your salads you can eat with
peanut butter
it's such a versatile fruit and it will
not spike your blood sugar
of course unless you eat a lot of it but
definitely it's a
very high in fiber it is filling and
it's one of the best foods for diabetes
now the next one in the list
is turmeric now turmeric which is
curcumin the
active ingredient in it it actually
directly goes to your beta cells
and improves the insulin secretion and
improves the health of your beta cells
now tumeric can cause a lot of
gastrointestinal upset if you overdo it
i would suggest that you kind of start
slow
and increase your tumeric in your diet
to avoid the gastrointestinal distress
but
definitely it's one of the best things
as a diabetic you can use
not only for diabetes or blood sugars
but turmeric also helps control joint
pains as well
now bitter melon is the next one bitter
melon is
something that not very commonly found
in the stores
but you can definitely find these in
ethnic stores
and you can definitely cook bitter melon
i mean we have a supplement that has a
bitter melon just because
the bitter melon is not necessarily a
common item
but if you can if you like to taste and
if you can find some good recipes
bitter melon can actually increase your
insulin secretion directly
as well and that's going to happen only
when you need when you eat food
so that's another plus of course greek
yogurt
is something that is definitely in the
list because
of the probiotic if you're not a yogurt
person
i would suggest having probiotics or
probiotics
whatever you can get your hands on is
definitely something
very important to reduce the
inflammation in your body its
antioxidant content
definitely help lower the blood sugars
remember
diabetes is an inflammatory disease
whatever you can do
to lower your inflammation in your body
will help your diabetes
as a result probiotics are important
when it comes to that
so when it comes to legumes i would say
lentil is the king of the legumes
and lentils are amazing because of the
protein content
a lot of protein in lentil actually and
it's super high in fiber
so not only helps your diabetes but also
lowers your cholesterol significantly
so again you can make lentils in a
variety of ways you can make a soup
you can use as a topping but try to
find recipes and ways to incorporate
lentils
that will definitely help control your
diabetes unless you're a carnivore and
you don't eat any legumes it's a
different story
but if you're a normal person just like
me i think lentils
should be part of your diet of course we
have to mention nuts
because nuts are amazing when it comes
to omega-3 and
antioxidant content in it again another
one that reduces the inflammation in
your body
it also makes you feel full and reduces
your overall calorie consumption and
carbohydrate consumption
not only that they are also rich in
folate
which is folic acid thiamine magnesium
and all these things are as we mentioned
in the previous videos
are essential vitamins for any
type 2 or type 1 diabetic that if you
are deficient in those vitamins you will
definitely suffer the consequences or
complications of diabetes more often
than not last but not least i would say
broccoli
cauliflower these type of vegetables are
definitely
high in the list again they are very
high in fiber
they are anti-inflammatory antioxidant
any food and vegetable that does that
definitely will help your diabetes
control
again don't be distracted by saying oh
this increases my blood sugar that
increases my blood sugar concentrate on
healthy foods
healthy lifestyle of course if you're
not exercising at all
and if you're overweight and you're not
taking any medication etc
anything can spike your blood sugar but
the answer is not
to go and eat bacon or go
eat processed meats and stuff like that
or go with margarine
you have to make sure that you're still
on a healthy diet because your health
is not just your blood sugar remember
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