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Following a pattern eat healthy is key in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels as well. Try following these 5 breakfast habits for those of you who have blood sugar problems.
Daily habits can determine a person’s health, including lifestyle. Starting from habits when you first wake up, before going to bed, to throughout the day, everything can contribute to blood sugar levels. If blood sugar levels are too high, this can endanger health, such as triggering diabetes, kidney and heart disease.
Other lifestyle factors such as exercise and hydration also affect blood sugar levels. Therefore, it is better to start the day with healthy breakfast habits.
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Summarizing eatthis.com (22/10), here are 5 breakfast habits to keep blood sugar levels healthy:
1. Drink Water
 Drinking water must be done in the morning to keep the body hydrated and thus reduce blood sugar levels. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/fizkes |
A simple habit that you can do when you first wake up is drinking water. By keeping the body hydrated, it can reduce blood sugar levels by diluting the amount of sugar in the bloodstream. Because health experts say the problem of high blood sugar and dehydration is related.
Nutritionist Justine Chan, MHSc, RD, CDE revealed that drinking water can prevent blood sugar levels from becoming more concentrated. If we drink lots of water, we can also manage our cravings and reduce our intake of sweet drinks, which is certainly better.
2. Breakfast
 Breakfast habits also affect blood sugar levels. It’s best to still have breakfast but eat a balanced diet. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/samael334 |
Breakfast habits can help stabilize blood sugar levels. Some people notice that the longer they go without eating, the more their blood sugar levels increase.
This process is called gluconeogenesis or the process of making blood sugar which is stored in the liver to keep energy levels high even if you don’t eat.
Meanwhile, Patricia Kolesa, MS, RDN as a nutrition expert revealed that if someone does not eat for a long period of time, this will actually stress the body, causing blood sugar to rise.
When you wake up in the morning, blood sugar may increase, so a balanced breakfast will stabilize or even reduce blood sugar levels.
For this reason, make breakfast a daily habit because this will keep blood sugar levels balanced and have a greater effect on stabilizing them throughout the day.
When you have breakfast, make sure you also eat balanced nutritious food. Kourtney Johnson added recommendations for a good breakfast, namely the presence of fiber and protein as a source of carbohydrates to reduce blood sugar spikes after eating.
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