by M. L. Kiser

Created on: September 18, 2008

High blood sugar is a problem for many people and can lead to all sorts of health problems such as blood clotting, infections, the inability of cuts and bruises to heal and diabetes. You do not want to end up a statistic, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on insulin and medication that will only create more hazardous side effects. If anything, you want to reverse diabetes, naturally. Of course, the best thing is to maintain low blood sugar levels so that you don't become diabetic.

It's no fun to take insulin and check your blood sugar every day and it's even less fun to find that your blood sugar is too high. It's stressful and upsetting to constantly have to worry about your levels and many medications for Diabetes can cause a host of other health problems. With that in mind, here are a few natural ways to lower blood sugar.

Of course, exercise should be done as it not only lowers blood sugar levels, but it can regulate cholesterol levels, too! Just a brisk walk can lower your blood sugar by as much as 30 points! You don't have to head off to the gym or do painful and strenuous exercises. Exercise can and should be fun. Exercises like, Yoga, Reiki, Pilates and Tai Chi are all good ways to exercise without tearing tissue and injuring your body and they are actually pleasant to do.

The "British Journal Of Sports Medicine" reported recently that in a 12-week program of Tai Chi, 30 adults with type-2 diabetes who participated showed a significant drop in their blood sugar levels by the end of the program.

Maintain a balanced diet of regular meals. Eat low-glycemic foods such as pears, apples, oranges, oatmeal, beans and legumes, peas, granola salads, fish and peanuts. Stay away from white breads, rice's and potatoes. White rice and breads are virtually nutrient-free as the nutrients are processed out of them. Not only that, but the body converts them into sugar and at a rate faster than a candy bar would be converted. A high-fiber diet can lower blood sugar and help to reverse type-2 diabetes.

Buy fresh fruit or grow your own and make sugar-free fruit drinks and smoothies.

Don't eat too much protein. Protein is eventually converted into sugar by the body. A fact that we are not often informed of by the medical community.

Research has shown that apple cider vinegar has beneficial effects that lower blood sugar. You can use it in a lot of applications; juices, cooking and you can even make apple cider vinegar cookies. Just two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar before

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