Tag: blood sugar control

Better to Exercise Before or After Meals for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Control?

If people burn more fat on the days they exercise before eating, rather than afterward, why doesn’t this translate into more weight loss? A systematic review and meta-analysis on exercise timing for fat metabolism found that exercising in a completely fasted state may work best. The Japanese team that published some of the seminal work…


How Does Oatmeal Help With Blood Sugar?

The prebiotic fiber in oats helps to explain why oatmeal can improve diabetic control. It is now widely accepted that diets high in animal fat and processed foods are major risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. And it’s not just animal fat, but animal protein intake intensifies insulin resistance, which predisposes people to type…