How to Eat With Type Two Diabetes

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Rachael Richardson. I'm a licensed nutritionist and registered dietitian with Nutrolution in South Beach, Florida. In this clip we're going to talk about how to best eat with Type Two Diabetes and also how to eat to prevent Type Two Diabetes if you're on your way with elevated blood sugar levels or low blood sugar levels. So the major key to eating with Type Two Diabetes is, or to prevent Type Two Diabetes is to make sure that your blood sugar levels are balanced. So you really want to focus on timing of meals, meaning eating your meals every three, meals and snacks about every three hours so you never go too long without a meal where your blood sugar has a chance to drop. The other thing that you must do to prevent this Type Two Diabetes from either developing or becoming worse is to make sure that your sugar levels are under control and that you have enough healthy fats and enough healthy protein in your system throughout the day. So this is just one supplement that we've talked about numerous times. We'll talk about it again, it's your essential fatty acid omega threes and this is one of the things that helps actually your cell receptors receive sugar better so that you can stabilize your blood sugar levels. There's lots more to talk about. This is Rachael with Nutrolution in South Beach, Florida."