Continue practicing the Five Essential Habits, Portion Control, Eating to Your Meter, and Incorporating Intermittent Fasting every day! No doubt, however, that you may still be seeing blood sugars (and thus insulin levels) higher than you would like. The number one non-food cause of high blood sugar is high stress! This has been especially true … Continue reading Reduce Stress
Incorporate Intermittent Fasting
Continue practicing the Five Essential Habits, Portion Control, and Eating to Your Meter every day! Now let's explore intermittent fasting. The most simplistic explanation of intermittent fasting is nothing (except water) between supper and breakfast. No bedtime snacking! Goals/Objectives: To learn how to practice intermittent fasting and incorporate it into your life. To find the … Continue reading Incorporate Intermittent Fasting
Eat to Your Meter
Continue to practice the Five Essential Habits and Portion Control every day. This week, add "eating to your meter" (if you are not doing it already). Goals/Objectives: To learn how to “eat to your meter.” Develop a “safe foods” list based on the results of “eating to your meter.” What does it mean to "eat to your … Continue reading Eat to Your Meter
Practice Portion Control
Goals/Objectives: To learn how to practice portion control. Time Frame: To implement portion control at every meal/snack of every day. Now that you have established some essential habits for diabetics—essential no matter what dietary lifestyle or approach to diabetes management you take—let’s refine it even more by practicing portion control, also an essential for all diabetics, regardless of … Continue reading Practice Portion Control