Thursday 18 August 2011

Is Your Blood Sugar Making You Gain Weight?

By Katherine Crawford


Your body needs sugar to produce energy. Without it, you would die. Unfortunately, too much sugar can also kill you. As you can see, this is a very delicate balance.

And in modern day environments, chronically elevated levels of blood sugar have become commonplace. After all, diabetes has been showing an unprecedented resurgence.

So here is how to prevent your blood sugar from getting too high:

1. Workout: Now almost any type of physical activity will help you. However, resistance training is by far the most effective because it increases levels of glut-4 transporters. And these transporters are responsible for letting blood sugar into your cells.

2. Take some super foods: Certain foods have been shown to decrease levels of blood sugar. Most of these foods use the same basic mechanism, an increase in insulin sensitivity. Now one great super food for lowering blood sugar is Ceylon cinnamon.

3. Have some caffeine: Specifically, in the form of coffee. You see, some research has shown that drinking coffee can lower levels of blood sugar. Just make sure you don't add a bunch of creamer or sugar because this would simply cancel out the benefits.

4. Have some chia seeds: Chia seeds are a nutty tasting whole grain that have been shown to lower blood sugar. Again, the mechanism most likely involves increased insulin sensitivity at the receptor level. Now the key here is to find ways to incorporate chia seeds into your daily diet.

5. Circulate carbohydrate intake: A great way to lower levels of blood sugar is by circulating your carbohydrate intake. In a nutshell, you simply restrict carbs on the days that you are less active and increase them on the days that you are more active.

Elevated levels of blood sugar will degrade your health to the point of no return when not treated. So make sure you take the necessary precautions to prevent this from happening to you!




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