The Hidden Source of Fat, Sugar – How to Control It

When you are trying to lose weight you have to carefully watch your diet. There some ingredients in your food you should avoid, like sodium, fats, cholesterol and very importantly sugar. If seems that sugar is a healthy food, because it has zero fat, provides your body with instant energy and makes food taste good. The truth is that sugar can make you fat.

Sugar is the main ingredient of many food products and drinks. Sugar is disguised as carbohydrates. Some of these products are rice, bread, pasta, milk and even beer. When you ear these foods your body will digest the sugar into your bloodstream in the form of glucose. One slice of bread has the same amount of glucose as 4 tablespoon sugar. The more sugar you eat the longer your body wants to store fat.

Researchers has found that by keeping your blood glucose level low will help decrease your risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. If you follow some simple tips you can decrease your health risk and you can lose some fat.

• Although granola bars are popular you should read the label and find the health bars with the least amount of sugar.
• Use vinaigrette on your salad. The acid in the vinegar helps to break down the glucose in your food. Vinegar can cut your glucose level by 23%. So put some extra pickles on your salad or sandwich.
• Eat caffeine friendly foods. Caffeine has been known to increase the rate your body burns up fat. So if you really need your favorite cup of coffee in the morning drink it, but skip the bagel and doughnuts and eat some eggs and fruits for breakfast.

My Doctor Told Me That I Have Pre Type 2 Diabetes

I am 47 years old now and a few months ago my doctor told me after going through my blood test result that my blood sugar level is higher than normal. He also said if I don’t make changes in my lifestyle I could develop type 2 diabetes.

Until than I didn’t know much about diabetes. I heard about type 1 and type 2 diabetes but I wasn’t sure about the difference. I wasn’t sure what should I do and I didn’t know that diabetes is a lifelong condition which means that there is no cure at this time.

I went on the Internet and I found out that about 10.7% of people of age 20 and older have diabetes and 57 million people have pre-diabetes. It turned out that I belong to the pre-diabetes group.

I found out that diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Uncontrolled diabetes can result in heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, nervous system disease and amputation.

What my doctor was trying to tell me is that my Fasting Plasma (blood) Glucose level was over 100 mg/dl, the normal range is 70-100 mg/dl. This is because my body doesn’t make enough insulin (type 1 diabetes when the body doesn’t make any insulin) and my liver makes too much sugar.

My doctor suggested participating in a Diabetes Self-Management Program presented by Achieving Better Control Inc. My Aetna health insurance plan covered this program 100%. This was a three day program in a small group of 10 people. We learnt everything about diabetes. The program also explained why a low-carb diet is so important with regular exercise. Vitamin D may also help managing diabetes.

Three month later my blood sugar level went down and I also lost 9 pounds.