Written By: Tania Tarafdar | Updated : November 21, 2016 7:46 PM IST
You think just a little touch of sugar in your tea is okay? Well, if you are among the many with pre-diabetes with higher than normal levels of blood sugar, you should be highly cautious of your diet and think twice before adding sugar to your tea. This is your chance to take control with a few simple Ayurvedic diet tips suggested by Nisha Manikantan, Founder-Director, Sri Sri Ayurveda, Art of Living.
An important point in managing diabetes is to know and understand when to eat and how often to eat. Today irregular snacking is very common. In Ayurveda, we recommend dwikal bhojanam which means two meals a day and, at most, three times for anybody in the pre-diabetic stage. When you eat many times a day, the body secretes a lot more insulin, creating insulin resistance where the body cannot utilise it. Irregularity in eating is another factor that causes Diabetes Mellitus to manifest in the body.
Here are some sound diet principles that will keep your blood sugar levels from creeping upwards.
Read this in Hindi.
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