TOP TIPS TO BALANCE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR
When our blood sugar is out of whack it can cause fatigue, irritability, anxiety, sugar cravings, acne, weight gain and more. Balancing our blood sugar is essential to optimising our health and our hormones.
Signs of imbalanced blood sugar include:
Fatigue, especially after eating
Energy dips at 11am or 3pm
Anxiety
Irritability
Sugar cravings
Carbohydrate cravings
Difficulty losing weight
Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Headaches
Heart palpitations
Blurred vision
Tingling hands and feet
Recurrent infections
Insomnia; waking through the night
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Acne and skin inflammation
Weight gain, especially abdominal weight gain
Unwanted facial hair growth
There are many tricks to help balance your blood sugar, but here are three simple steps to get you started…
Eat breakfast, as this sets your blood sugar levels up for the day. Ditch the high refined carbohydrate breads and cereals and opt for eggs or a protein smoothie. I like the @sunwarrior collagen protein powder
Eat protein with each and every meal. Think organic eggs, small oily fish (salmon, mackerel, sardines), chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, tofu, tempeh, nuts and seeds.
Eat fibre with each meal. Stems, stalks and seeds! Leave the skin on your veggies, they are packed full of fibre. Fibre helps to slow the glucose release in the gut and leads to more steady blood sugar levels.
Drink 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (ACV) in a small amount of water before each meal. ACV contains acetic acid which has been shown to considerably improve the blood sugar spike after eating
Exercise after you’ve eaten. Moving your muscles helps the muscles to uptake the sugar out of your blood to be used by your muscles, thus lowering your blood sugar levels.
Avoid coffee on an empty stomach, as it spikes blood sugar more than having it after food does.