About 48 million men and women have fasting blood sugar levels high enough to qualify them as pre-diabetic – and many of them don’t know it. Having diabetes quadruples your chances of having a heart attack, which is why keeping your blood sugar in check is so important.
Try adding these foods to your diet to keep your heart healthy:
Barley – A study from Creighton University School of Medicine found that barley was better at controlling blood sugar levels than the much-touted oats. Barley has high levels of soluble fiber called beta-glucan, which is digested very slowly and helps lower the ‘bad’ cholesterol.
How to add barley in your diet: Substitute barley flour for about half of the all-purposed type flour called for in your desert recipes. You can even add barley to soups, side dishes, or in place of rice or potatoes.
Spice it up! Add Cayenne chili peppers to your next meal.
To help prevent big spikes in your blood sugar levels researches from the University of Tasmania, found that adults who ate a chili-seasoned burger with a sugary beverage, had their blood sugar levels much lower than when they finished the drink and the burger without the chili spice.
How to add cayenne to your diet: Next time you make homemade salsa or sauce make sure to drop a teaspoon or more of this fiery substance. Give your next chocolate dessert a little POW with cayenne pepper.
Carrots – Crunching on half a cup of dark yellow vegetables, like carrots, each day cuts the risk of diabetes in women by 27 percent. To enhance your absorption of antioxidants from your veggies serve them with a little fat, such as olive oil (a great side dish with dinner).
Read our next blog entry: Fighting ‘bad’ cholesterol
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