Lowering blood sugar?

[Scream Aim Fire]

Anyone got suggestions for lowering blood sugar? I had a doctor's appointment about a month ago, found out that my blood sugar is getting just a bit high for comfort; not quite diabetic levels, but I'm not wanting to take any chances. Any suggestions for foods or drinks to start using? And what exercises do you guys recommend? I've started drinking a lot more water and incorporating push-ups and squats into a daily schedule, on top of the frequent walking and lifting I do at the job I got after the visit. Any other suggestions?

Also, as a side note, what's a good number of push-ups and squats to do daily? Call me curious, because Google isn't giving a consistent number.

 

[The Empire Never Ended]

Eat oatmeal.
100 pushups and squats.

 

[The Cunting Death]

Walk

 

[Magicicada_septendecula]

Drink a lot of fluids and aim for 10 glasses per day. It will help the kidneys flush excess sugar. Tea is pretty good at helping with this, both actual tea as well as some herbals, especially chamomile and hawthorn.

 

[JamusActimus]

Eat more complex sugars and fibers
Exercise more
Lose a bit of weight
Sleep more/better
Avoid soft drinks and juices
Spread out your eating a bit more

 

[ye's Official KF Burner]

Walk for 10 minutes at minimum after each meal.

Food-wise you should go through your fridge and pantry and replace things with low carb/low sugar options. I personally don't advocate for a full keto diet but low carb + high protein + healthy amount of fiber + moderate fats is what has kept my A1C within the healthy range.

Don't drink anything other than water, you can use zero cal flavoring if you need to. When you're sick you can also opt for zero sugar sports drinks, but only when you're sick.

Get a calorie counter and track your calories + macros. Lose It! is a free app that helps you sort your shit out without too much stress. You can see exactly what foods are helping you and what foods are fucking you over.

 

[Burnt Effigy]

Lower your sugar intake, including starches.
Exercise, your muscles soak up sugar during and after exercise.
Fast, if only intermittently, skip breakfast.
If you really want to go deep on it, get a Continuous Glucose Monitor.
Different people will react differently to different foods. Some foods you eat will spike your blood sugar, others you'll do fine with.
Read up on Glycemic Index, if you need a quick reference:

Spoiler: images

All of this comes from Dr David Unwin, which has been putting people with diagnosed type 2 diabetes into remission (not cured, but does not need medication)
He has published papers on it (see attached) and has a bunch of videos explaining his actions on youtube:

Here's him in July of this year talking about it

 

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

Berberine/dihydroberberine

My average blood sugar as calculated by my a1c has always been fine but over the last few years I started experiencing something similar to what some type 1 diabetics experience known as the Dawn Phenomenon, where your blood sugar has massive spikes shortly before dawn (around 4AM in my case) rather than the mild spikes you're supposed to have at that time

My blood sugar was spiking to nearly 200, vs 130 is about what most people hit in the morning which returns to the ~100 range as you start moving, which in my case was enough for me to start having what felt like intense dehydration as well as nonstop urination if I drank anything, so it was really cutting into my sleep

I started taking berberine (Dr. Stephanie's Carb & Sugar Blocker, about 600mg berberine plus some other stuff, it was in the diabetes section at walmart) before bed and that knocked it out immediately. I think I developed a tolerance to it after a year or two because I started waking up thirsty again, so I recently swapped over to the synthetic version of it, dihydroberberine (200mg, it has a higher bioavailability so this is roughly an equivalent dose to 600mg berberine if not a bit stronger, by Nutricost on Amazon)

I assume you're not on metformin and you're hoping to avoid that but it does interact with metformin. You can take them together no problem, but if you take berberine first and metformin a few hours later (berberine with dinner, metformin before bed, as an example) the metformin will start to build up in your bloodstream

E: Also when I was doing squats/pushups I would do 2-4 sets of 50 each (throughout the day, not back to back) and that felt like a good workout. If you're not used to them don't start with 50 squats, depending on your weight squats can really kick your ass way harder than you think they will. I remember setting out to do as many as I could when I first started out and I got bored around 150. I didn't feel it at all that day but the next morning I could barely walk until I did a lot of stretching

 

[Mr.F.]

Spoiler: In regards to exercise

It all depends on a lot of factors, among them:

• Do you have any chronic illnesses?
• Are you over 30 years old?
• How physically active are you? Ocassional runner or sports enjoyer or 100% sedentary? How much exercise over the past month, for example?
• Are you overweight or obese?

This will determine which first steps to take, end goal ideally would be making a habit to do a 5 to 10 minute session of high intensity training every day.

Spoiler: About nutrition

This is where I would advise you to consult a nutritionist for a tailor made regime, but if you just want something quick&easy to lower your glicemic index a simple way would be to drink a glass of cranberry juice every morning. Let me know how it goes.

 

[isalaide]

First step is to replace all the white shit in your diet with its brown/wholemeal equivalent. You need the slower release carbs.

If you have a soda habit, that has to go. Your body just can't handle that shit any more.

Remember the thing that does the most damage, complications-wise, from diabetes is big spikes and falls, not just the 'average' level. So try not to go long periods without eating. You're aiming for as consistent a level as you can get.

 

[BradeRunna]

Sounds like you are just genetically predisposed to diabetes. If you can do push ups and squats you don't sound like the stereotype of a person with diabetes often depicted as some kind out of shape land whale. It sounds like no matter what you do you will end up with it anyway. I guess you can try and stave it off for a few more years. Maybe you can get a decade.

I have the same issue. A lot of people in my family have diabetes and hypertension. On my mother's side I don't know jack shit about my father's family. I have an uncle that's like that 6 foot or so and weighs about 190-200 and he has type 2 diabetes.

I said this in the past on different platforms and got shit on for it by health nut faggots. But most of the health problems people suffer from are genetic. You can exercise and eat right all you want but when that genetic card comes up you can't do shit about it.

It sucks when you can't even say "at least I have my health" anymore

It's not the end of the world though. Just take your meds.

 

[bile demon]

Anyone got suggestions for lowering blood sugar?

Water-only fast. Nothing else compares in efficiency to abstinence from food.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Sounds like you are just genetically predisposed to diabetes. If you can do push ups and squats you don't sound like the stereotype of a person with diabetes often depicted as some kind out of shape land whale. It sounds like no matter what you do you will end up with it anyway. I guess you can try and stave it off for a few more years. Maybe you can get a decade.

I have the same issue. A lot of people in my family have diabetes and hypertension. On my mother's side I don't know jack shit about my father's family. I have an uncle that's like that 6 foot or so and weighs about 190-200 and he has type 2 diabetes.

I said this in the past on different platforms and got shit on for it by health nut faggots. But most of the health problems people suffer from are genetic. You can exercise and eat right all you want but when that genetic card comes up you can't do shit about it.

It sucks when you can't even say "at least I have my health" anymore

It's not the end of the world though. Just take your meds.

Genetics is pretty much the #1 determining factor in diabetes and heart disease.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

More fiber. Metamucil can help, but simply changing your diet and getting more exercise is key. The ideal numbers of push-ups per day is variable. I used to do hundreds per day when I was young and working out regularly. Start out with as many as you can do in a single set without overexerting yourself. Do 3 sets a day. Soon, you'll find yourself able to do endless push-ups and you will look as beautiful as me, Johnny Bravo.

Genetics is pretty much the #1 determining factor in diabetes and heart disease.

I know this too well. Doctors told me once I was 30 that there was no way I'd ever have normal cholesterol no matter what I ate or how much I exercised, and I've been on statins ever since.

If you've exhausted all normal options and the doctors suggest a pill, you should probably take the fucking pill.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

Fast. Literally. It can fix so many issues cause we rob our bodies of its nightly self-regulating by not giving it time to rest. Eat dinner at 6pm and lunch at 11am. Each whatever between, focus on the time window.