Best Diabetic Diet - 3 Reasons to Turn into a Vegetarian

By avoiding meat and animal products and sticking to fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts you make sure that you are both having healthy lifestyle and maintain a diabetic diet:
- Increased fiber ingestion: fiber slows down the body’s consumption of carbohydrates which turn into sugar;
- Lower daily calorie consumption by eating less fats = hence no obesity problems and lower blood pressure;
- Increased potassium and magnesium intake that contribute to improved condition: potassium increases the functioning of pancreas and magnesium supplementation has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:38 am
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