How to Get Normal Diabetes Blood Sugar Levels
As a diabetic, you may need to get normal diabetes blood sugar levels for various reasons. You might want to kickstart normal diabetes blood sugar levels on the road to better health. Or you might need to pass an insurance exam. No matter the reason, you can achieve normal diabetes blood sugar levels within a few days by simply changing your diet.
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Things You'll Need
- Blood sugar meter
- Test strips
- Protein such as eggs, beef, pork, poultry, fish
Instructions
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Measure your diabetes blood sugar levels daily with your meter. Because this process takes a couple of days, you need to measure blood sugar levels daily to make sure you're making progress.
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Eat as close to a 100% protein diet as possible. Fat is also ok but sugar is not. Do not eat any fruits or drink anything with sugar in it. Eat no more than 30 grams of carbohydrates per day, but only from vegetable sources. Do not add ingredients with sugar such as ketchup or salad dressing. Avoid carbohydrates as much as possible as they will raise your blood sugar well beyond normal levels.
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Exercise moderately. A brisk 30 minute daily walk around the neighborhood is enough. Exercise helps minimize extreme changes in blood sugar levels as well as lower them.
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Repeat the previous steps daily until you achieve normal diabetes blood sugar levels.
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Tips & Warnings
Eat a wide variety of protein to avoid boredom.
Eat three to five times per day.
During the first 24 hours, you may have cravings for sugar products. Resist them unless your blood sugar level is below 70 mg/dl.
Always have hard boiled eggs around if you need to snack.
After about a day, your appetite and sugar cravings will go down a lot.
Measure your blood sugar 2 hours after a meal if you want to find out if you consumed too much carbohydrate during the meal.
According to the American Diabetes Association, non-diabetic sugar levels are within 70-100 mg/dl.
Contact your doctor if blood sugar levels go too low.
This plan is only for type 2 diabetics.
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