ways to balance blood sugar
How do you know if your blood glucose is off-balance?
Answer these questions for yourself:
Are you a restless sleeper?
Do you crave bread, chips, chocolate, fruit between meals?
Do you wake up tired?
Does it feel harder to handle stress these days?
Do you have muscle and joint pain that's not relieved by massage?
Are you more anxious than usual lately?
If you have answered 'yes' to any of these questions, it is time to find blood sugar balance.
HOW TO BALANCE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR
The first step is to get to eating three daily meals without snacks.
We often crave snacks in the afternoon for two reasons: more time tends to pass between lunch and dinner; we are more tired in the afternoon.
Allow yourself an afternoon snack when you absolutely need one because you are feeling weepy, angry, nauseous, foggy, drained, confused.
Skip the afternoon snack when it feels easy and have a cup of tea instead. Eventually, transition to three meals a day.
If you eat 4 ounces of pastured beef (the size of a deck of cards) for lunch every day for a week, you will greatly resource your system and balance your blood sugar. If this option is palatable to you, I highly encourage you to try it. Red meat is highly alkaline, which means that it permeates tissues and helps to retain the deep nourishment. It is considered a therapeutic food for balancing blood sugar.
After a week of this therapy, eat it every other day at lunch for a week. Then, as long as it feels comfortable to eat three daily meals without snacks, you can discontinue the red meat therapy.
Generally, blood sugar imbalance comes from protein deficiency.
Here are some great protein sources to make sure you are including in your diet every day. It’s good for most of us to get somewhere between 50 and 60 grams of protein daily.
PROTEIN SOURCES
Pastured eggs: 14 grams protein per 2 eggs
Salmon: 24 grams protein per 4 ounces
Beef: 29 grams protein per 4 ounces
Quinoa: 8 grams protein per 1 cup
Buckwheat: 7 grams protein per 1 cup
Tempeh: 15 grams protein per 1/2 cup
Rice and beans: 8 grams protein per 1 cup (1/2 cup of each)
Seitan (wheat protein): 21 grams protein per 1 cup
1/4 cup peanut butter + 2 slices wheat bread: 15 grams protein
Hemp seeds: 12 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Flax seeds: 10 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Chia seeds: 6 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Cashews: 7 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Almonds: 9 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Pecans: 11 grams protein per 1/4 cup
Macadamia nuts: 12 grams protein per 1/4 cup
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH PROTEIN IS IDEAL FOR YOU?
Schedule a free consultation to talk about it with me!
