| A great deal has been written about what is good | | | | to recede. |
| for a diabetic to eat and what is not. Sometimes | | | | I am not sure where the idea of three large meals a |
| how you eat can be just as important as what you | | | | day came from. Possibly from our agrarian past. It |
| eat. | | | | could be a long walk or horse ride back to the house |
| The constant battle for a diabetic is keeping the | | | | and farming can be hard physical exercise. A farmer |
| blood sugar level on an even keel. You really want to | | | | certainly requires more food or energy than someone |
| avoid the sugar spikes and the hypoglycemic lows. It | | | | sitting in front of a computer all day. |
| can really help if you eat smaller amounts more often. | | | | Large meals can stress a feeble pancreas and result |
| Your endocrine system does not have to try to go | | | | in high blood sugar. Letting your self get overly |
| into over drive. | | | | hungry can allow the blood sugar to take a dive. |
| A diabetic's endocrine system does not have an | | | | Moderation is the answer. Five or six meals a day. |
| overdrive any more. In many cases it does not even | | | | Portions that a no larger than your fist. These two |
| have a high gear. | | | | rules can make a world of difference. |
| One of the things that will make a person feel hungry | | | | Your blood sugar rarely spikes. Your bouts of |
| is low blood sugar. This sensation builds up over time. | | | | hypoglycemia happen less often. You remove the |
| If you let it get to the point where you are feeling | | | | highs and the lows. You blood sugar level hangs out |
| ravenous you tend to over eat when you sit down | | | | more in the middle of the trend. |
| to the table. | | | | There are even very successful diet plans based on |
| It takes sometime for the digestive track to turn | | | | five or more smaller meals a day. These diets tell you |
| that food into glucose. The feelings of hunger are still | | | | the trick to losing weight is to never let yourself get |
| there long past the point you have consumed enough | | | | hungry. It will also work for your diabetes. You may |
| food to meet your bodies needs. You can eat faster | | | | even find yourself losing a few pounds as an added |
| than your body can digest food. If you eat until you | | | | benefit. |
| no longer feel hungry you invariably will eat more | | | | Remember: |
| than you body needs to sustain itself and get the | | | | 1. Eat five or six meals a day. |
| blood sugar back up. Some foods get digested faster | | | | 2. Limit your portions to the size of your fist or |
| than others. It can take over an hour, depending | | | | smaller. |
| what foods you eat, to get the blood sugar in the | | | | Have a healthy life. |
| range it needs to be in to get the feelings of hunger | | | | |