8 Habits to Avoid High Blood Sugars After Meals

I am pre-diabetic.Try eating low carb, after every meal drink amla drink, 1/2 tsp amla powder mix in a glass of water with a pinch of ginger powder and tumeric powder, it really helps me to main my BS.

Saving Your Time Here Folks.. You can say Thanx Laters 🙂 Low GI food, portion control, fiber rich food, balance the meal, add fats, exercise, limit processed food, learn about food and its impact, measure glucose often.

For type 2 diabetics try Keto however, stay away from ultra process keto package foods, low carb, intermittent fasting and exercising is the key. As for the glycemic index what spikes one person’s sugar might not spike another individual’s sugar. Purchase a glucose meter and track how foods are impacting your sugar. FYI blood sugar readings of 140 and higher will cause nerve damage.

The big one is that everyone is different. I read a study where they used the CGM on non-diabetics and even for them there was a large difference in how much the same meal could affect each one.

I eat twice per day. No snacking. No sugary drinks.

I have been type 1 for over 35 years. I find that the most effective way for me to lower the after meal spikes is taking a brisk walk. And of course regular exercise helps overall control greatly.

Another good video, ty.

I’ve been getting all the harmful advice and I am legitimately in tears right now. All bets are off. Thanks for this insight!

Informative video. Thx

Very informative video thanks a lot

Too many carbs in so much of these foods, especially bread products definitely spike my blood sugar along with whole grains, & high vegetables

another nice video thanks

Good info, subbed

I really enjoy your videos. I don't worry too much if my blood sugar spikes after a meal AS LONG AS IT COMES RIGHT BACK DOWN! Since I wear a CGM half the the time, I can see that it does. I figure I can spend too much time keeping my sugar in check and that time being BORING, or I can think, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" and enjoy some tasty stuff. I can do some exercise to encourage my body to move glucose into the muscles, and I do. However, I still believe the wisdom of yesteryear where we thought that it takes at least 20 minutes of exercise, consistently, in order for the body to get the message and start adapting. I see results on the meter when I ingest some apple cider vinegar, and also when I eat some cinnamon. Ever since I started paying attention to my blood sugar levels, my A1c levels have been in the 4.7 range. As far as combinations of foods go, believe it or not, I can eat m & m's with Brazil nuts and see no elevation of BS what so ever. Right now I take Metformin, but often revert to shooting up with insulin. I have more control that way, and don't need a doctor to be involved, well sort of. Must have the doctor to prescribe the CGM. Will not shoot up insulin if not wearing a CGN.

Bread and rice seem to raise my sugar higher

good information, thanks. wondering if you've decided what to do when Levemir discontinues end of year? Are you going to try pump, Lantus, Tresiba? Also, do you prebolus...how much, like 15 mins premeal? I'm restarting pump on Tuesday, fingers crossed...not sure if it will be Omnipod or Tandem IQ (really disliked the tubing), I have both...I hope this works better than my last attempts and I stay on this...running out of options...ugh. Lastly, seems like many comments on here are from type 2's. I don't think they truly understand what type 1 diabetes is and the struggles we go thru. Our pancreas does not work, at all, including all the other contributing hormones (not just insulin) it produces. We have no working organ to bring our blood sugars up and/or bring our blood sugars down..we have to literally manually do it. Thus, I can go to 270's only eating a lean grilled pork chop and green kale broccoli salad if my basal isn't right, if I didn't accurately correct my 'feet on the floor' massive AM spike, if my ISF or I:CR isn't right. I never eat more than 25 grams per meal...all protein and veggies, only weigh 93 lbs right now..ugh...and again unless all the other factos are dialed in correctly, I can have a very high post prandial. Fats can have a huge lingering effect, too.

Very informative! I’ve been taking insulin 47 years. I knew a little about glycemic index, in 1980, but had difficulty obtaining information about it. Nice to hear about load. More to consider and learn, such is life! Thanks again! Shalom!

This is going deeper if you have time, everyone is different but it’s a good idea, I just watch watch what I eat and don’t eat after 7pm which by the morning readings are acceptable with me, shame there’s not pancreatic surgery but I’ve heard something interesting pancreatic cleaning I don’t know if this will help, but I do believe Apple are working on an wearable watch to read blood sugars without drawing blood, apparently there is are 3 prototypes in testing now, fingers crossed maybe available within 3yrs thanks for the video again👍🏻

Question: So how do you determine how much fast acting insulin to take? By the carb or by the GI? And does that change the amount? I almost assume yes, for instanced, potato chips raise my number much more than another food with same carb count. Thanks.

thanks for the great info...i have a weird problem...my blood sugar actually rises whenever I do some exercise..My guess is my body is tapping glycogen and deposits it into the blood stream...for instance, i was recently on a 5d dry fast...I spent all five days with a blood sugar between57-62mg/dl consistently, checking it 3xdaily...on the last day, I decided to do a little workout and checked my sugar an hour later and it was 70..This is not the first time something similar has happened, but the first while in a fasted state....your thoughts?😀