HAPPY EASTER WITHOUT BLOOD SUGAR UP

​To enjoy holidays like Easter does not necessarily mean to harm your health with counterproductive food. Rather, there is quite some nutrition in the kingdom of nature which is not only tasty but healthy as well. With special reference also to diabetes. Read on to learn about details.       

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND
 

Easter is one of our most delightful holidays in life. Celebrated with joyful food. In line with the fact that (healthy) diet, besides physical activity, is one of the 2 basic pillars our health is resting on.
 
Basically, and especially when it comes to one of the most debilitating diseases in our industrial society – diabetes. Based on respective glycemic index (GI) in our blood. The higher, the more life threatening it is.
 
With special reference to our nutrition (‘daily bread’).
 
This implies that especially for those who are (at least pre-)diabetic it is important to prepare a low-glycemic meal plan – also at holidays like Easter.
 
Fortunately yet, this does not mean to miss out tasty and enjoyable food at all. Rather, to pick from the ‘kingdom of nature’ low GI food with great please and joy.
 
To lower/manage their blood sugar level.

LOW-GI-FOOD – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED

While nature offers us almost unlimited foods of this low-GI-type, let us focus briefly on half a dozen.  
 
One type of these foods are (in fact, most)
 

• Fruits

 
Because of their content of water and fiber which in fact is regulating fructose as a natural type of sugar.
 
According to international research at
- Peking University Health Science Center
   &
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
   (both in China’s capital Beijing)
   As well as the
- University of Oxford in Oxford, UK  

With special reference to fruits such as, inter alia,
- straw-/blue-/black-/raspberries
- apples
- plums
- grapes
- apricots
- peaches
- grapefruit
- avocados  

But also (although in more moderation) fruits like, inter alia,
- pineapple
- dates
- watermelon
- (overripe) bananas
- fruit juice
- dried fruit
 

• Fatty Fish

 
is another low GI food because of its content of omega-3 fatty acids.
 
As based on research at, inter alia,
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY
- University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway
- Fudan University in Shanghai, China
- Soochow University in Suzhou, China  

Also
 

• Nuts/Seeds

 
are helpful in cases of diabetes as a good source of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.
 
According to the American Diabetes Association.
 
With special recommendation of following types of raw
- walnuts
- pecans
- cashews
- almonds
as well as
- sunflower seeds      
 

• Oats

 
are equally low of GI and their content of beta-glucan not only helps to regulate blood sugar but also improve insulin sensitivity. And it cuts down blood lipids/fats.
 
As based on research at, inter alia, the
- University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada
  

• Garlic

 
can lower blood sugar by improving the insulin sensitivity,
 
According to research at, inter alia,
- San Yat-Sen University in Guangdong, China  

Not to forget about
 

• Whole wheat bread

 
Which can well cut down blood sugar and the risk of diabetes, accordingly.
 
Scientifically verified internationally at, inter alia,
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
   &
- Harvard Medical School
(both in Boston, MA)
As well as in Canada at
- University of Toronto in Toronto
   &
- University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon
Also
- Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Reus, Spain
As well as in Croatia at
- University of Zagreb in Zagreb
   &
- Josip Jurai Strossmayer University of Osijek in Osijek  

IN A NUTSHELL
 

To enjoy holidays like Easter does not necessarily mean to harm your health with counterproductive food. Rather, there is quite some nutrition in the kingdom of nature which is not only tasty but healthy as well. As indicated in this elaboration, comprehensively verified by international science. With special reference to one of our most debilitating diseases of our time – diabetes.