By Beverleigh H Piepers
Diabetes meal plans seem to have an unholy alliance with chewable fare. It seems that the designers of these meal plans assume that every diabetic has switched to water as his or her favorite beverage as soon as they were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
In reality, the drinks that you swallow have a significant effect on the management of your Type 2 diabetes. Of course, food is the primary source of calories in people's diets and shouldn't be ignored. But paying at least some attention of what you wash down your healthy diabetic friendly foods with can help you manage your blood sugar levels.
Fat-Free Milk: Protein is a crucial nutrient that's often lacking in diabetic diets. Protein helps you retain precious muscle and puts a lid on an out of control appetite. Unfortunately, portable protein sources are harder to find than an honest politician. Fat-free milk can be taken just about anywhere as long as it's kept cool. A single glass of fat-free milk contains 8 grams of top notch protein.
Green Tea: Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of diabetics? The NIH states that diabetics have twice the heart disease risk of the general public. To keep heart disease from striking, keep your body weight in a healthy range and eat a healthy diet. Tossing green tea into that heart disease-preventing formula can reap significant dividends.
Green tea is bursting with special antioxidants known as EGCG. Studies show that EGCG protects the vulnerable cells of your heart's arteries... reducing the risk of plaque formation.
Coffee: As if the rush you get from your morning cup of coffee wasn't enough, a 2009 research study published in Diabetologia found that Type 2 diabetics who drink at least four cups per day have a slightly lower heart disease risk compared to non-coffee drinkers. They also found that drinking two cups of decaf coffee per day helped Type 2 diabetics control their all-important HbA1c levels.
Water: It may seem like an obvious inclusion onto this list, but the benefits of water for diabetics cannot be overstated. Firstly, water is a calorie free beverage. Switching from fruit juice or soda to water is enough to help you drop serious pounds or kilograms. Also, research presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society found that drinking at least 8 oz (237 ml) of water before a meal helped people eat less.
And because diabetics who suffer from regular blood sugar spikes generally have to urinate more often, it's crucial to rehydrate with healthy life-giving water.
Diabetes meal plans seem to have an unholy alliance with chewable fare. It seems that the designers of these meal plans assume that every diabetic has switched to water as his or her favorite beverage as soon as they were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
In reality, the drinks that you swallow have a significant effect on the management of your Type 2 diabetes. Of course, food is the primary source of calories in people's diets and shouldn't be ignored. But paying at least some attention of what you wash down your healthy diabetic friendly foods with can help you manage your blood sugar levels.
Fat-Free Milk: Protein is a crucial nutrient that's often lacking in diabetic diets. Protein helps you retain precious muscle and puts a lid on an out of control appetite. Unfortunately, portable protein sources are harder to find than an honest politician. Fat-free milk can be taken just about anywhere as long as it's kept cool. A single glass of fat-free milk contains 8 grams of top notch protein.
Green Tea: Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of diabetics? The NIH states that diabetics have twice the heart disease risk of the general public. To keep heart disease from striking, keep your body weight in a healthy range and eat a healthy diet. Tossing green tea into that heart disease-preventing formula can reap significant dividends.
Green tea is bursting with special antioxidants known as EGCG. Studies show that EGCG protects the vulnerable cells of your heart's arteries... reducing the risk of plaque formation.
Coffee: As if the rush you get from your morning cup of coffee wasn't enough, a 2009 research study published in Diabetologia found that Type 2 diabetics who drink at least four cups per day have a slightly lower heart disease risk compared to non-coffee drinkers. They also found that drinking two cups of decaf coffee per day helped Type 2 diabetics control their all-important HbA1c levels.
Water: It may seem like an obvious inclusion onto this list, but the benefits of water for diabetics cannot be overstated. Firstly, water is a calorie free beverage. Switching from fruit juice or soda to water is enough to help you drop serious pounds or kilograms. Also, research presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society found that drinking at least 8 oz (237 ml) of water before a meal helped people eat less.
And because diabetics who suffer from regular blood sugar spikes generally have to urinate more often, it's crucial to rehydrate with healthy life-giving water.
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