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| THE BEST MEDICINEf- LAUGH! FIRST DOSE There are always two ways to look at everything, I guess. My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion last October, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table. My wife noticed me staring and asked me, "Do you know her?". "Yes", I sighed, "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since." "My God!" says my wife, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?" Got a Joke? E-mail it to us: frontpage@collectivewizdom .com |
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What should someone with diabetes eat for breakfast? In other
words, is there really an ideal breakfast for a diabetic?
According to researchers, the answer is two-fold. The foods
should be "low-glycemic", meaning they do not raise your
blood sugar rapidly. Second, the foods should keep your blood
sugar low and level for hours into the day.
Proteins clearly have the edge over refined grains in keeping
blood sugar steady. Refined grains like white bread are almost
valueless from a dietary point of view, practically junk foods.
But here is what is surprising. Certain rough, whole grains
have the quality of lowering blood sugar levels and continuing
to lower them for hours or days after consumption. They, as a
supplement to the protein-core that should be the middle of
your plate at breakfast, seem to work better than protein alone.
Is there a clear winner --a clear "right choice" of breakfasts for
someone with diabetes among all foods and food groups? It
turns out there is. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden
have determined that those who eat the certain grains for
breakfast have lower, well-regulated blood sugar throughout
the day, even up to and beyond dinner.
Here are the right grains someone with diabetes should eat:
1. Whole-grain barley (this grain worked best)
2. Whole grain rye
3. Other whole grains such as oats
Why do these particular grains have such a beneficial,
long-lasting effect on blood sugar? The secret mystery lies in
their indigestible quality. Article Continues Below.
When you eat indigestible carbohydrates, they ferment in the
large intestine. This bacterial process proved to have a
beneficial effect on a number of risk factors for metabolic
syndrome, such as markers for inflammation and level of insulin
efficiency. The process also makes you feel fuller longer.
Indigestible carbohydrates are carbohydrates that are not
broken down in the small intestine but rather reach the large
intestine, where they provide nourishment for the intestinal
bacteria. This triggers a fermentation process that produces
various components, such as short-chain fatty acids.
Components produced in the process of fermentation can enter
the blood and favorably affect the regulation of blood sugar
and keep you feeling fuller longer. They can also help alleviate
inflammatory conditions in the body, which in turn can entail a
reduced risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
"My results show that low GI in combination with the right
amount of so-called indigestible carbohydrates, that is, dietary
fiber and resistant starch, can keep the blood-sugar level low
for up to ten hours, which means until after dinner," says Anne
Nilsson, author of the dissertation.
The study shows that even people who have had a breakfast
low in GI find it easier to concentrate for the rest of the
morning. They may also have a beneficial effect on short-term
memory and mental acuity. Experiments also showed that
the blood sugar increase following breakfast can be moderated
in a similar way by eating the right grain products the night
before.
"The findings indicate that people with great fluctuations in
their levels of blood sugar run a greater risk of having a
generally lower cognitive ability," says Anne Nilsson. Foods
with low GI offer several health advantages.
Oatmeal and Cinnamon
The alternative to barley and rye with your protein is oatmeal
topped with cinnamon. As we have seen in another article on
foods that lower blood sugar, oatmeal has been shown to
reduce blood sugar and cholesterol in people with Type 2
diabetes. Cinnamon not only lowers blood glucose levels if you
eat if for at least 6 weeks but it keeps lowering your fasting
glucose levels for 20 days after that. The cinnamon spice that
works is the common form of powder found in every grocery
store and kitchen, and the cinnamon pills but not the cinnamon
oil.
Prior to 2003, researchers believed that the active ingredient in
cinnamon that lowered blood sugar was a compound called
"methylhydroxychalcone polymer" or MHCP. Predictably,
companies rushed to a sell MHCP pills. However, one of the
original cinnamon study's researchers (Dr. Richard Anerdson of
the a US Department of Agriculture affliated lab, conducted a
further study in 2004 which showed that MHCP was in fact not
the active ingredient producing the beneficial effects on blood
sugar. The true active agent that gives cinnamon its power to
lower blood sugar and cholesterol is "polyphenol type-A
polymer".
So, here is a wonderful breakfast to start your day:
Egg whites
1 cup of oatmeal, hot, topped with an omega-3 butter
substitute
cinnamon
walnuts (also heart healthy)
low-fat dairy
Dr. Anderson, recommends that you sprinkle cinnamon even in
your hot teas or orange juice.
Protein
Of course, the right whole grains are only one part of the ideal
breakast. People with diabetes should also eat some protein at
each meal. Why? Proteins have few if any carbohydrates, for
one thing, which means they will not spike your blood sugar
levels. Second, proteins keep you feeling fuller longer, an
advantage for those with Type II diabetes who are trying to
achieve or maintain your ideal waist size or body weight.
Of course not all proteins are created equal. The preferred
proteins for diabetics should be high in protein but low n
calories and saturated fat.
The best source of protein for breakfast if you are diabetic are
egg whites.
The a large egg's white weighs about 38 grams with 3.9 grams
of protein (about 1 teaspoon of protein) , 0.3 grams of
carbohydrate and 62 milligrams of sodium. It contains about 20
calories, and has about 40 different proteins.
Here is a list of the proteins found in egg whites and what they
do inside your body.
Ovalbumin (54% of the egg white)--Nourishmentblocks
digestive enzymes
Ovotransferrin 12% --Binds iron
Ovomucoid 11% --Blocks digestive enzymes
Globulins 8% --Plugs wholes and defects in membranes, shell
Lysozyme 3.5% --Enzyme that digests bacterial cell walls
Ovomucin 1.5% T--hickens egg white; inhibits viruses
Avidin .06% --Binds vitamin (biotin)
Others 10% --Bind vitamins, block digestive enzymes.
Egg white is also has near zero dietary cholesterol, making it
the ideal protein not only for control of sugar levels that affect
diabetes but also ideal for heart health.
Other proteins you can consider are fish (salmon, white fish,
other cold-water fish) and extremely lean turkey and fowl.
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