Good Day Everyone! It is lovely sunny Sunday! 🙂

Today I would like to share my concerns about diabetes, second after cardiovascular disease associated with modern civilisation. It is well known illness and can affect all of us, anytime.

There are a number of major diabetes risk factors like: obesity, Lack of physical activity, un-natural diet, genetics, high blood pressure, aging.

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a serious, lifelong condition where your blood glucose level is too high. There are two main types: 1 and 2. They’re different conditions, but they’re both serious. When you’ve got Type 1 diabetes, you can’t make any insulin at all. If you’ve got Type 2 diabetes, it’s a bit different. The insulin you make either can’t work effectively, or you can’t produce enough of it. In both types of diabetes, because glucose can’t get into your cells, it begins to build up in your blood. And too much glucose in your blood causes a lot of different problems.

To begin with it leads to diabetes symptoms like: having to wee a lot, being incredibly thirsty, and feeling very tired. You may also lose weight, get infections like thrush or suffer from slow healing wounds. Over a long period of time, high glucose levels in your blood can seriously damage your heart, your eyes, your feet and your kidneys. These are known as the complications of diabetes.

But with the right lifestyle and habits there’s much less risk that someone will experience these complications. Prevention is very important.

I work with a 36 years man, who is in potential risk of being diabetic due to his family history. I have asked him many times if he did any necessary checks, but his answer was negative. He was blaming his GP, because one time he tried to book general blood test and they refused to do it due to lack of symptoms. I advised him Blood Glucose Monitoring to start with and also change his daily routine and habits. We have done online BMI test and the result was OBESE! My next questions were about exercises and balanced diet? No exercises at all…. Most of the day we sit at the desks, so not moving around make us tired! He does not know how to cook! All his meals are ‘ready to eat’ or ‘fast food’! He does not understand the consequences of being so ignorant and lazy! He could easily improve his health by changing his daily habits by implementing easy ways to control blood sugar levels naturally by:

Exercise Regularly– Exercise increases insulin sensitivity and helps your muscles pick up sugars from the blood. This can lead to reduced blood sugar levels.

Control Your Carb Intake– Carbs are broken down into glucose, which raises blood sugar levels. Reducing carbohydrate intake can help with blood sugar control.

Increase Your Fiber Intake– Eating plenty of fiber can help with blood sugar control, and soluble dietary fiber is the most effective.

Drink Water and Stay Hydrated– Staying hydrated can reduce blood sugar levels and help prevent diabetes. Water is best.

Implement Portion Control– The more control you have over your serving sizes the better control you will have over your blood sugar levels.

Control Stress Levels– Controlling stress levels through exercise or relaxation methods such as yoga will help you control blood sugars.

Monitor Your Blood Sugar Levels– Checking your sugars and maintaining a log every day will help you adjust foods and medications to decrease your sugar levels.

Get Enough Quality Sleep– Good sleep helps maintain blood sugar control and promote a healthy weight. Poor sleep can disrupt important metabolic hormones.

Eat Foods Rich in Chromium and Magnesium– Eating foods rich in chromium and magnesium on a regular basis can help prevent deficiencies and reduce blood sugar problems.

Try Apple Cider Vinegar– Adding apple cider vinegar to your diet can help your body in many ways, including reducing blood sugar levels.

Experiment with Cinnamon Extract– Cinnamon has been shown to reduce fasting blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity.

Try Berberine– it works well for lowering blood sugar levels and can help manage diabetes. However, it may have some digestive side effects.

Eat Fenugreek Seeds– Consider giving fenugreek seeds a try. They are easy to add to your diet and can help regulate blood glucose levels.

Lose Weight– Keeping a healthy weight and waistline will help you maintain normal blood sugar levels and decrease your risk of developing diabetes.

Try Gymnema Sylvestre herbal supplement – This powerful herb promotes glucose utilization in the cells thus lowering blood glucose. It also prevents the liver from releasing more glucose into the blood stream, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides. Some people feel it is one of the most powerful herbs for treating high blood glucose – both type 1 and 2 diabetics. Also Gymnema Sylvestre may help rejuvenate beta cells in the pancreas and helping heal the condition.

Have a lovely and relaxing day everyone!:)