{"id":16197,"date":"2021-06-22T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16197"},"modified":"2021-06-22T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:00:50","slug":"how-to-pick-foods-that-control-blood-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/diabetes\/how-to-pick-foods-that-control-blood-sugar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pick Foods that Control Blood Sugar\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people fight to control their blood sugar. <\/span>Whether you are a borderline diabetic, a diabetic or someone who is trying to be proactive, maintaining the right blood sugar level is important to heart health and overall well-being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Do’s of Eating to Control Diabetes<\/b><\/h3>\n

Most understand the basics of changing a diet to <\/span>control blood sugar<\/span><\/a> in that they know to stay away from starches, desserts, and processed sugar. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is so much more to that though because there are numerous things you can eat, and eat a lot of, that will help you control your blood sugar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spicy Things<\/b><\/h3>\n

Chicken wings, Cajun, or Mexican food are great meals for those with diabetes. As it turns out, spices like chili powder, cayenne, and hot sauce work to bring down blood sugar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nuts<\/b><\/h3>\n

People forget about nuts but nuts are full of fiber and low in carbs so they make for awesome snacks between meals, which helps you stay away from things like cake and doughnuts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The only thing about nuts is they are some of the fattiest foods out there, so you will need to keep them in moderation if you’re trying to lose weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Change Your Oil<\/b><\/h3>\n

A simple thing like changing the oil you cook with can have a tremendous effect on your blood sugar. <\/span><\/p>\n

The best choices are extra-virgin olive oil, coconut oil, nut oil, and avocado oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple Cider Vinegar<\/b><\/h3>\n

Health food gurus have sung the praises of apple cider vinegar for ages. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is wonderful for controlling blood sugar because fermented acetic acid does many things including lower blood sugar levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Developing a nutritional plan you can not only live with but enjoy your food may sound like a tough challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n

It may be at first but it becomes second nature once you get into it and find foods you like that also help you control your diabetes. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people fight to control their blood sugar. Whether you are a borderline diabetic, a diabetic or someone who is trying to be proactive, maintaining the right blood sugar level is important to heart health and overall well-being.\u00a0 The Do’s of Eating to Control Diabetes Most understand the basics of changing a diet to control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[753],"tags":[1309,714],"class_list":["post-16197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-blood-sugar","tag-diabetes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}