Keeping Blood Sugars Healthier..

Fitness_Chick
Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
*Eat, Drink, and Make Your Blood Sugar Merry
*All those holiday leftovers and New Year's party plates can do a real
number on your blood sugar. But here's a drink that may help fix that:
chamomile tea.

There just might be something in chamomile that not only helps keep blood
sugar stable but also guards against the damage high blood sugar can do.

*A Floral Phenomenon*
The flower-infused brew is already credited with a catchall of remedy powers
-- easing anxiety, menstrual cramps, insomnia, and skin problems. The newest
potential benefit of chamomile was uncovered during animal research.
Extracts of chamomile helped steady blood sugar and also guarded against
enzymes involved in diabetes complications. More studies are needed to see
if chamomile tea does the same for blood sugar in humans. But we already
know that drinking tea is one of the best health habits around -- so it
won't hurt if you're drinking chamomile ahead of the curve.

*Blood Sugar Basics*
When you're looking for proven blood sugar control techniques, start with a
balanced, portion-controlled diet that's rich in fiber, veggies, and fruit
and low in processed foods and sugars -- Then rev it up with these four
easy tweaks:
Eat more spinach.
Eat more peanut butter. *

Benefit:* Reducing your risk of diabetes by losing excess weight can make
your RealAge half a year younger for each year you have tight control of
blood sugar and blood pressure

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    *Eat, Drink, and Make Your Blood Sugar Merry
    *All those holiday leftovers and New Year's party plates can do a real
    number on your blood sugar. But here's a drink that may help fix that:
    chamomile tea.

    There just might be something in chamomile that not only helps keep blood
    sugar stable but also guards against the damage high blood sugar can do.

    *A Floral Phenomenon*
    The flower-infused brew is already credited with a catchall of remedy powers
    -- easing anxiety, menstrual cramps, insomnia, and skin problems. The newest
    potential benefit of chamomile was uncovered during animal research.
    Extracts of chamomile helped steady blood sugar and also guarded against
    enzymes involved in diabetes complications. More studies are needed to see
    if chamomile tea does the same for blood sugar in humans. But we already
    know that drinking tea is one of the best health habits around -- so it
    won't hurt if you're drinking chamomile ahead of the curve.

    *Blood Sugar Basics*
    When you're looking for proven blood sugar control techniques, start with a
    balanced, portion-controlled diet that's rich in fiber, veggies, and fruit
    and low in processed foods and sugars -- Then rev it up with these four
    easy tweaks:
    Eat more spinach.
    Eat more peanut butter. *

    Benefit:* Reducing your risk of diabetes by losing excess weight can make
    your RealAge half a year younger for each year you have tight control of
    blood sugar and blood pressure
  • dwerland
    dwerland Posts: 25 Member
    I am a tea drinker. I have Chamomile in the cupboard. I don't think it is the best tasteing stuff, but I will sure give more thought to drinking it more often.
    My Blood Sugar levels were really the thing that through me over the edge to get my self healthier. I am grossly over weight but the fact that eating some things would put me into what I call a sugar induced coma sleep, causing me to leave work early one day, really woke me up (no pun intended) to the fact that I need to get my body under control. Thanks for the info!
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