Category: blood sugar

Top 10 Blood Sugar Lowering Foods

Eat less sugar, and you’ll be healthier. This fact has been demonstrated over and over again in studies that compare different whole-food-based diets (like the ketogenic diet, vegan diet, and low glycemic index diet) to the conventional American diet. If you eat more whole foods, you will consume less sugar. Less sugar consumption leads to…


How to Improve Blood Sugar Levels and Reverse Diabetes for Good

Every 23 seconds another person is diagnosed with diabetes — one the leading causes of death in the United States. But these people don’t have to suffer. Diabetes is preventable, manageable, and reversible. What is Diabetes? — A Quick Overview There are two types of diabetes — type 1 and type 2. This is an…


5 Powerful Foods That Lower Blood Sugar Naturally

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 25 million people in the United States are living with some form of diabetes, and that means that there is a huge population in this country that is struggling to regulate their blood sugar. While losing weight and starting a course of diabetes medications prescribed by your doctor…


Dog Trained to Detect When Diabetic Owner’s Blood Sugar Is Amiss—Boops Her Leg to Warn Her

It’s undeniable. Humans and dogs were made for each other. Man’s best friend not only makes a cuddly addition to a family. They’re also loyal, protective, and sometimes can even sniff out when their humans are having medical episodes. Sam Stocking from Illinois, who has Type 1 diabetes, was able to train her pup, Korey,…


2 Medical Students Respond to Call for Passengers to Help During Mid-Air Emergency on Flight to Greece

Late last month, two young medical students made their medical school proud after they responded to a patient in an emergency mid-air during a flight to Greece. The two women, Heather Duplessis and Lauren Bagneris, students at LSU Health Sciences Center, were on a flight to the Mediterranean nation when a call sounded on the…


Can This Natural Sweetener Lower Blood Sugar?

Many people have a sweet tooth. For some, it can become an addiction, fueled by a food industry that continually creates an abundance of highly palatable, inexpensive, ultra-processed foods. As some companies cash in on a market for lab-created, low-calorie sweeteners, one natural sweetener may help curb your sweet tooth without raising your blood sugar….


Landmark Study Shows Sardines Help Keep Diabetes Away

Researchers found that people with prediabetes who ate two cans of sardines each week significantly lowered their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, lowered their insulin resistance, and lowered their blood pressure as well. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic condition that’s affected by several factors, including the foods you eat and the amount of…