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Why Is A Teaspoon Of Sugar In Your Tea Preferable To A Digestive Biscuit?

Rujuta Diwekar, a celebrity nutritionist, debunks the top five myths about the foods you should eat while managing diabetes.

All fruits contain natural sugars, the majority of which are fructose, which has a low glycemic index. Banana is even authorised by the American Diabetes Association, yet it is avoided by doctors and nutritionists in its own nation. Banana is not only harmless, but also suggested for diabetics since it is mineral-rich and helps avoid high blood pressure. Myth 2: Avoid adding sugar to tea or coffee, although digestive biscuits are fine.

A teaspoon or two of sugar in your chai is preferable to a biscuit/cracker loaded with low-grade sugar, trans fat, and emulsifiers. If you want to beat diabetes, you must recognise that the real danger comes from an uncontrolled food intake and misinformation about what is good and bad for you. So drink the chai with sugar, but limit it to two to three cups per day, and avoid biscuits and the like.

Myth 3: Ghee, and fat in general, should be avoided. Everything could be further from the truth. Both ghee and coconut include important fatty acids, which assist sustain insulin, protect the heart, and maintain the intestinal mucosa. So, if you have diabetes, the one item you can't afford to avoid is fat, namely ghee.

Walking is the finest kind of exercise. Cardio is beneficial. While most of us believe that walking every day is sufficient, you should join a gym. Train your large muscles and build strength in them, as muscle loss is directly related to insulin resistance and the occurrence of diabetes. Gyming is beneficial for diabetics.

Myth 5: Once you're diabetic, you're diabetic for life. That is not correct! Through the appropriate approach to nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle, it is simple to balance blood sugars and promote insulin action. Eating traditional, local, and seasonal foods is one of the simplest and cheapest methods to keep healthy. We have been gradually removed from our original eating patterns and exposed to new ones in order to live better lives. But, in the process, we've become fatter, sicker, and diabetic. However, it is never too late to make a change. Begin small, with the basics: exercise, eat the way your grandmother taught you, and sleep on time. Your stress and sugar levels will drop, while your confidence will rise.

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