Foods to reduce BS

[OhJoy]

Having made all the changes to avoid foods that raise my BS. I have started reading about foods that are supposed to lower BS.
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience, do these really work?

 

[bulkbiker]

What kind of things have you read about?
Most of the "lowering" claims are nonsense.. it's best to avoid food that raises them in the first place (mainly carbohydrate based food).

 

[zuludog]

I've never heard of foods that will, for want of a better expression, 'positively lower' blood sugar, and I'm suspicious of any such claims

IMHO you'd be better off just sticking carefully to the trusted advice - reduce carbs, plenty of veg, exercise, and all the usual sort of healthy stuff we hear about

If you do that your blood sugar level should reduce naturally on its own

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Having made all the changes to avoid foods that raise my BS. I have started reading about foods that are supposed to lower BS.
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience, do these really work?

My BS just responded to the foods I ate.

I reversed my type 2 by losing weight.

Low fat, low calorie, low GI, and exercise.

 

[OhJoy]

All good healthy foods. I have started making a slaw based on different things I have read. The base is grated broccoli stem with a little apple, plus any other veg I fancy. Then I add pumpkin seeds, flax seeds and chia seed. The dressing is live Greek yoghurt, apple cider vinegar and cinnamon. It is actually surprising nice. I don’t know for sure that it is helping with my BS but feel it might be. One positive is that it has really helped with my gut health and the effect of metformin.
still taking the tablets, eating low carb and loosing weight so I can’t see it will do any harm. I just wondered if anyone else had tried anything like this.

 

[zuludog]

OK, I've had a brief scan through YouTube videos for 'food to lower blood sugar', and it looks like they are simply listing the sort of low carb foods we already know about, such as meat, fish, and certain veg, and also making some rather misleading, dubious, and ambiguous statements & claims - 'some studies show......' 'may help to......' and that sort of thing
Or implying that low GI foods will lower blood glucose, which they won't, but they will help with a proper diet
As we know from the history of advertising and propaganda, the hardest thing to stamp out is a half truth

This is very naughty of them.
Besides raising people's hopes & expectations I suspect they are doing it to make money from YT; and I note that they are usually sponsored by some diet product or other, along with recommendations, implied or otherwise, that you should buy it

There is a lot of useful advice available on t'Net & YT, but as with all such information, you need to be careful and suspicious.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

OK, I've had a brief scan through a couple of YouTube videos, and it looks like they are simply listing the sort of low carb foods we already know about, such as meat, fish, and certain veg, and also making some rather misleading, dubious, and ambiguous statements & claims - 'some studies show......' 'may help to......' and that sort of thing
Or implying that low GI foods will lower blood glucose, which they won't, but they will help with a proper diet
As we know from the history of advertising and propaganda, the hardest thing to stamp out is a half truth

This is very naughty of them.
Besides raising people's hopes & expectations I suspect they are doing it to make money from YT; and I note that they are usually sponsored by some diet product or other, along with recommendations, implied or otherwise, that you should buy it

There is a lot of useful advice available on t'Net & YT, but as with all such information, you need to be careful and suspicious.

I agree.
There is no magic bullet that can lower BG by itself.
Better eating and a diet change should "lower" BG simply by not raising it as a bad diet would.

 

[rebrascora]

It sounds like the slaw you are making is really healthy and it should be good for your gut biome, so I would say stick with it if you feel that it is helping you. It sounds really interesting and I incorporate a lot of those individual items into my diet on a daily basis. Having a healthy gut biome is beneficial to our health in many ways, so definitely worth promoting.

I think many of us assumed you were talking about commercial products like capsules and supplements where companies are promising a "silver bullet" treatment and parting people from money in the process and those are definitely best avoided, but making a mixture of beneficial whole foods can't harm and could do some good.

Interestingly, the only "food" and I use the term loosely, which can actually drop your BG by a significant amount, is alcohol, and whilst the odd glass of red wine etc may not be a problem and may even be beneficial for some, it is probably not something we would recommend for diabetes management.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

It sounds like the slaw you are making is really healthy and it should be good for your gut biome, so I would say stick with it if you feel that it is helping you. It sounds really interesting and I incorporate a lot of those individual items into my diet on a daily basis. Having a healthy gut biome is beneficial to our health in many ways, so definitely worth promoting.

I think many of us assumed you were talking about commercial products like capsules and supplements where companies are promising a "silver bullet" treatment and parting people from money in the process and those are definitely best avoided, but making a mixture of beneficial whole foods can't harm and could do some good.

Interestingly, the only "food" and I use the term loosely, which can actually drop your BG by a significant amount, is alcohol, and whilst the odd glass of red wine etc may not be a problem and may even be beneficial for some, it is probably not something we would recommend for diabetes management.

It sounds excellent.
I'll be adding it to my list as well!
(The wine is already on)

 

[OhJoy]

I would be really interested to hear how any one else gets on. I have only be diagnosed since October so I can’t be sure if improvements to BS are just a continuation of medication/diet/exercise but there does seem to be a reduction in levels when I eat it. Certainly will carry on as it definitely helps with the gut problems.

 

[Leadinglights]

I suppose if you are having what seems like a really nice slaw instead of other high carb foods you previously ate then it should be making a difference.
I always used to take a mixture of all sorts of leaves as a salad to work and people used to comment on my 'weed' salad.

 

[trophywench]

My mom grew nasturtiums one year, specifically to try the leaves in salad - which it turned out she hated, but I liked cos they were peppery and more interesting than the tasteless floppy lettuces we had in the 1950s - how things have changed!

Anyway, many types of leaf become more palatable when 'dressed' nicely!

 

[Deleted member 21371]

All good healthy foods. I have started making a slaw based on different things I have read. The base is grated broccoli stem with a little apple, plus any other veg I fancy. Then I add pumpkin seeds, flax seeds and chia seed. The dressing is live Greek yoghurt, apple cider vinegar and cinnamon. It is actually surprising nice. I don’t know for sure that it is helping with my BS but feel it might be. One positive is that it has really helped with my gut health and the effect of metformin.
still taking the tablets, eating low carb and loosing weight so I can’t see it will do any harm. I just wondered if anyone else had tried anything like this.

The yoghurt is an excellent idea.
We're on the new year diet, and fancied some egg mayo.
Checked, mayo is 750 calories per 100g.
Kefir is 75 calories per 100g, and a probiotic as well.

The taste was the same. 🙂