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here are 16 best diabetes foods to eat
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for people with diabetes type 1 and type
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2 number 1 eggs the regular egg
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consumption may reduce the risk of heart
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disease in variety of ways guys eggs
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have been shown to reduce inflammation
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improve insulin sensitivity increase hdl
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which is your good cholesterol levels
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and change the size and shape of ldl
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which is your bad cholesterol
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according to a 2019 study eating a high
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fat low carb breakfast of eggs may help
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people with diabetes manage their blood
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sugar levels throughout the day so have
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breakfast have high fat breakfast every
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morning previous research has linked egg
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consumption to heart disease in
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diabetics but that's not true however a
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recent review of controlled studies
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discovered that eating 6 to 12 eggs per
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week as part of a nutritious diet for
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your diabetes did not increase the risk
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factors for heart disease in people with
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diabetes there you go
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some research also indicated that eating
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eggs may lower risk of stroke hello
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sugarmds.com right now number two greens
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with leaves now green leafy vegetables
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are high in nutrients and low in
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calories tada no surprise right but they
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are also low in digestible carbs or
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carbs absorbed by the body so they won't
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affect blood sugar levels significantly
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now many vitamins and minerals including
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vitamin c
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are found in spinach kale and some other
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leafy greens according to some evidence
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people with diabetes have lower vitamin
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c levels than people with ass diabetes
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and they may require more vitamin c
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through the diet most of the time
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vitamin c is a powerful antioxidant and
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anti-inflammatory okay
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increased consumption of vitamin c rich
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foods can actually help diabetics
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increase their serum vitamin c levels
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while decreasing the inflammation and
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the cellular damage number three
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avocados avocados have less than one
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gram of sugar there are very few
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carbohydrates they have high fiber
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content and they're healthy fats so they
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even spike your blood sugar avocado
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consumption is also linked to a better
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overall healthy diet good diet quality
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as well as
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lower bmi yes weight loss avocados are
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therefore an excellent snack for people
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with diabetes especially since obesity
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increase the risk of developing diabetes
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if you didn't have diabetes that is
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still one of the best foods for
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pre-diabetics and insulin resistant
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people okay so it really helps prevent
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the diabetes in 2019
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my study discovered that avocatin b or
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avob that's a fat molecule found only in
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avocados inhibits the incomplete
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oxidation in your skeletal muscle and
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the pancreas and as a result lower your
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insulin resistance
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now we know that more human research is
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needed when you're taking you know
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conclusions from the my studies but
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still there's a lot of evidence to show
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that evidence that avocados can help
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diabetes prevention number four
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legumes i know not everybody agree with
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that but beans are an inexpensive and
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nutritious and they're extremely healthy
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guys so beans are a legume that is
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typically high in b vitamins which you
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need minerals like calcium potassium
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magnesium and fiber which almost all
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diabetics need that in abundance they
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also have a very low glycemic index
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right which is essential for your
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diabetes management now
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beans may also help in
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what the diabetes prevention so if
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you're pre-diabetic or insulin resistant
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also eat beans in moderation of course
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in a study involving over 3 000
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participants at high risk for
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cardiovascular disease
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those people who consumed legumes had a
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lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes
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number 5 is chia seeds now diabetic
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patients will really love chia seeds if
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they try it right they are high in fiber
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and they are very low in digestible
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carbohydrates in fact 11 of the 12 grams
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of carbs in a 28 gram serving of chia
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seed fiber has no effect on your blood
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sugar levels now fiber can actually
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lower your blood sugar levels by how
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does the fiber do that by slowing the
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rate at which food moves through your
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gut and the way it's absorbed now chia
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seeds can help you maintain a healthy
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weight because fiber curbs hunger and
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makes you feel full chassis may also
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help in the maintenance of your glucose
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control all day long if you had headed
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for breakfast a study of 77 adults with
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overweight obese type 3 diabetics they
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discovered that eating chia seeds
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promotes weight loss and helps maintain
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your glycemic control chia seeds have
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also been shown to help lower blood
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pressure and inflammation markers number
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six on the list is oily fish what are
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they salmon which most people love
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sardines herring anchovies
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their little people love and mackerel
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some people love that too they're high
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in omega-3 fatty acids dha epa they're
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beneficial to your health especially
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when you have diabetes right so i would
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say eat wild caught salmon or farm
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salmon even if you know where they come
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from if you know the farm et cetera now
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getting enough of these fats on a
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regular basis is especially important
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for diabetics because you know they are
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predisposed to heart disease and stroke
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now dha and epa protect your cells that
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line your blood vessels your endothelial
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cells and reduce the inflammation in
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there and may help improve the arterial
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function according to a lot of research
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people who eat fatty fish on a regular
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basis have a lower risk of acute
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coronary events which is your heart
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attacks and your strokes they're less
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likely to die from heart disease even
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cancer
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again eating fatty fish may even help
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your blood sugar regulation just eating
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fish without changing anything now a
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study of 68 adults with you know with
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weight problems or obesity in that study
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they discovered that people who consumed
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fatty fish they had significantly lower
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post meal blood sugar spikes than those
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people who did not consume fish or did
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not like fish now fish also a great
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source of a high quality protein which
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keeps you full and helps to keep your
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blood sugar levels stable at least i
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will say five to eight hours after
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number seven is a greek yogurt now
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a long-term study that actually involved
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health data over a hundred thousand
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participants they discovered that eating
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yogurt especially greek yogurt on a
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daily basis was associated with an 18
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percent lower risk of developing type 3
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diabetes but it also can assist you in
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losing weight and keeping your blood
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sugar levels stable because of high
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protein and high fat content now yogurt
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and other dairy foods may help people
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with type 2 diabetes lose weight and you
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know of course improve the internal fat
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composition the visceral fat now yogurt
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also is what
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high in calcium right high in protein as
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we discussed and there is a type of fat
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called conjugated linoleic acid that can
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actually mill you feel fuller and longer
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now greek yogurt has six to eight grams
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of carbs per serving which is way lower
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than the regular yogurt so pay attention
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that you're actually eating greek yogurt
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again greek yogurt is high in protein so
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it will help you with the weight loss
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and and try to go with the full fat i
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don't really care if you know if you're
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not trying to lose weight you can go for
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full fat now nuts are the next they're
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tasty nutritious everybody loves them
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unless you have allergies to it and
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majority of the nuts contain fiber and
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they're low in net carbs as you know and
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some contain
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less carbs than the others now regular
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consumption of variety of nuts and i
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think my favorite knot is walnut and
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almonds they have been shown to reduce
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inflammation and lower blood sugar
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levels and avon sea levels which is a
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long-term three-month marker for a for
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blood sugar management they even lower
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your ldl which is your bad cholesterol
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now nuts may also help diabetics to
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improve their overall health because it
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helps with the ldl right so in a study
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in 2019 16 people with type 2 diabetes
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involved and they are eating you know
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peanuts like walnuts and almonds and
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hazelnuts and pistachios i love that too
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those people actually in that study when
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they ate those nuts they had a much
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lower risk of cardiovascular disease
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heart attacks and strokes and of course
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it's going to help your blood sugar
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levels if you're consuming nuts
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as a synagogue for example now another
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study with type 2 diabetes when people
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consumed walnut oil on a regular basis
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even that helped the blood sugar levels
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well that's really important because you
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know with the type 2 diabetes you
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frequently have insulin spikes or blood
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sugar spikes and you're always looking
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for something to snack on i think a nuts
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will be your best friend now broccoli is
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your number nine why is broccoli so
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important well because it's the most
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nutrient dense vegetables pretty much on
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the earth okay a half cup of cooked
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broccoli contains only 27 calories my
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friend and only three grams of
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digestible carbs so you can just eat as
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much as you want as well as like there's
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vitamin c and magnesium in there which
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is super important for your diabetes now
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broccoli may help with the blood sugar
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management for those reasons now one
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study discovered that eating broccoli
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sprouts
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literally reduce your blood sugar levels
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so if you didn't know that the food is
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medicine there you go broccoli you can
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use the medicine eat every evening with
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your regular meat with some meat dish or
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whatever is going to help you with your
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blood sugar levels now how this
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vegetable actually helps as a medicine
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because there's actually things that are
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there's some chemicals in there like
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sulforaphane for example they're found
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in cruciferous vegetables such as
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broccoli and sprouts and so forth next
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one is gonna be extra virgin olive oil
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extra virgin olive oil contains
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something very important it's called
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oleic acid it's a type of mono
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unsaturated fat has antioxidant
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properties and it literally improves
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your glycemic control just like a
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medicine and it improves your not only
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your fasting but also post meal blood
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sugar and even triglyceride levels
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that's again important for people with
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diabetes because you know they're the
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one having difficulty with their blood
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sugar levels and the triglyceride levels
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most of the time at the same time now
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what else oleic acid does it actually
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stimulate a glp-1 hormone which is
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actually now used as a medicine so you
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can use olive oil as a medicine to
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improve your glp one function okay so
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you don't have to necessarily take a
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medicine to do that if you need a
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medicine in the medicine i'm not saying
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don't take medicine but you can use
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these foods for medicinal purposes for
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example in a large meta-analysis of 32
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studies examining various parts of fat
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olive oil was the only one found to
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reduce the heart disease remember that
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polyphenols which are antioxidants are
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also abundant in olive oil now what does
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polyphenols do well they reduce
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inflammation they protect the cells
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lining your blood vessels again they
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protect you against the ldl cholesterol
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or oxidation of the ldl cholesterol and
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it also even help lower your blood
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pressure because extra virgin olive oil
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is unrefined it retains antioxidants and
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other beneficial features if you are
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trying to choose which olive oil you
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want to go for go for the extra virgin
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olive oil from a repeatable source again
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as many olive oils are most of them are
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blended with cheaper oils such as corn
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or soy oil so pay attention to that
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number 11 is flax sheets now flax seeds
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are known as common flax or
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linseeds or whatever you call it but
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they're high in heart healthy omega-3
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fats and fiber and other unique plant
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compounds lignans for example which make
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up a portion of their insoluble fiber
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may actually help reduce the risk of
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heart disease which most diabetics die
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from and it actually helped improve
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blood sugar management as well now they
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did a review of 25 randomized trials
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they discovered a significant link
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between the whole flax seed
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supplementation
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and glucose reduction here you go
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another medicinal food for you now flax
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seeds may even help with your blood
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pressure reduction which is almost as
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important as lowering your blood sugar
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in 2000 study in a study with
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pre-diabetic for example consuming
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flaxseed powder on a daily basis reduced
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their blood pressure and improved their
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glycemic control and insulin resistance
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as well again don't expect this to
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happen overnight but if you're having in
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your diet for a while you're gonna see
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that we need more studies for prevention
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of diabetes but initial studies are
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indicating that the flax seeds are
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really good for your heart for your gut
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and for your diabetes again flax seeds
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contain a high amount of viscous fiber
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which improves your gut health insulin
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sensitivity and feelings of fullness
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which most of you i'm sure will like it
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right vinegar or apple cider vinegar so
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that's also a known topic but i'll
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explain a little bit uh both apple cider
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vinegar and regular vinegar actually
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have a lot of benefits not just lowering
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your blood sugar levels despite the fact
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that it is made from apples the sugar in
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the fruit is fermented into acetic acid
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so the finished product has actually
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less than one gram of carbs per
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tablespoon now data studies of course
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bunch of studies in the meta-analysis of
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these six studies involving over 300
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people with type 2 diabetes found that
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the vinegar actually improves fasting
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blood sugar levels and eventually
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improves your a1c levels as well now
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other health benefits of apple cider
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vinegar include but not limited to
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antimicrobial and antioxidant properties
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and then we know that we need more
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research on this uh you can do more
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research definitely for this but we have
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a lot of benefits already proven now
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start with i will say two teaspoons of
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mixed in a glass of water which each
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meal incorporate apple cider vinegar
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into your diet we are coming up with our
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own apple cider vinegar gummies which is
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easier to consume but if you want to
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consume real vinegar then you may want
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to really dilute it and put some maybe
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lemon juice or something to make it more
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palatable i typically use it on my
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salads for most of my salads number 13
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is are berries strawberries blackberries
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blueberries okay strawberries are
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they're high in anthocyanins which are
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antioxidants that give them that red
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color so if you're seeing a fruit that's
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colorful go for it okay polyphenols are
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beneficial plant compounds with
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antioxidant properties that are present
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in these berries
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in 2017 a study discovered that
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consuming polyphenols from strawberries
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and and cranberries for six weeks
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actually improved the insulin
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sensitivity in adults with overweight
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issues or obesity issues even when they
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did not have diabetes well that's really
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important because the insulin
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sensitivity or insulin resistance is a
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major issue that ends up causing the
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diabetes down the road and sometimes
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some people even end up with heart
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attack before they become diabetic due
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to insulin resistance now a cup of
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strawberries contain only 53 calories 12
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grams of carbohydrates and three of that
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is basically fiber now
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this one serving also contains more than
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100 percent of the recommended daily
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intake of vitamin c there you go just
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have some strawberries and you're good
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again some additional anti-inflammatory
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properties as well now of course we're
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going to talk about garlic right that's
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number 14. garlic is incredibly
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nutritious considering it is small size
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and low calorie count right so again
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garlic has been shown in many studies to
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help your glucose management your
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cholesterol regulation and even your
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blood pressure management
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one clove of garlic weighs around 3
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grams that's it number 15 is squash
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well
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a lot of people love squash which is
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good right there are a lot of varieties
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of the squash of course but it's one of
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the healthiest vegetables available
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now it is dense
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it is a fling food it will fill you up
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and typically has low glycemic index and
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fairly low calories
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now acorn pumpkin and butternut squashes
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are
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winter varieties with a hard shell as
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you know and there is a summer squash
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that has a soft peel that is edible
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zucchini and italian squash are for
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example our most common varieties when
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it comes to that
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and squash like most vegetables they're
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high in antioxidants squash also
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contains less sugar than sweet potatoes
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so you can actually replace that instead
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of sweet potatoes right it's an
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excellent substitute now
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pumpkin polysaccharides which are found
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in the squash have also been shown in
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studies to improve the glucose tolerance
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and insulin sensitivity and of course
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lower serum glucose levels eventually
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although there has been not a ton of
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human research but as far as we know a
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lot of uh animal studies shows that
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squash actually can reduce your blood
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sugar levels relatively quickly now
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barrier melon is one of those that we
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use in our supplements which has the
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most highest potency in a concentrated
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form no wonder why we put in our
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supplement there now more human studies
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are needed to confirm that but again i
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would say squash is a safe bet for
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diabetics to get their blood sugar down
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now
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shirataki
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noodles are next shirtaki noodles are
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pretty excellent for dabbies and weight
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loss
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why
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well because these noodles are high in
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something called glucomannan glucomannan
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is a fiber derived from a konjac root we
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have other videos about this as well if
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you want to go back but this plant is
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basically grown in japan and processed
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into something called shritake it can be
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noodles or rice and like we said the
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glucomannan that's
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present in there is a it's a viscous
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fiber that makes you feel full and
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satisfied
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now in addition to that it has been
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shown to lower your blood sugar levels
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drastically after eating that and
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improve your risk factor for heart
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disease especially if you have diabetes
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or pre-diabetes or insulin resistance
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now there is a study for that as well
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now the glucomannan for example
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significantly decreased the fasting
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glucose serum insulin and cholesterol
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levels in diabetic rats shirtaki needles
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contain only 3 grams of digestible carbs
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and 10 calories per 100 grams serving
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these noodles typically packed with
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fishy smelling liquid some people don't
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like that but they must be thoroughly
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rinsed before the use and you will be
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okay i promise
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the noodles should then be cooked for
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several minutes
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typically in a skillet over high heat
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and so forth without any added fat to
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achieve that noodle like texture if
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you're into pasta and so forth well
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