The body grabs what it can to create fuel which is why blood sugar can spike by eating a meal of carbohydrates when they’re hungry. Mixing food with other slow digesting carbohydrates or protein and fat can slow down how much carb is taken in and research has proved it. To really maximize the digestive system process, eat carbs at the end of the meal when the body has already recognized other nutrients. This will slow carb digestion and absorption and help keep blood sugar normalized.
Key Takeaways:
- Two new studies show that groups of people with type 2 diabetes who ate carbs after protein had lower blood sugar spikes
- Consider starting with protein, then to a vegetable, and after that hit the starch
- This will only help so much – eating pie and ice cream is still unhealthy no matter what order you eat it
“Eating carbohydrates AFTER some protein, fat, or possibly fiber causes much lower after-meal blood sugar spikes than eating the carbs first.”
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