Health and Nutrition

Living with type 2 diabetes means a constant and continuous mindfulness about what we eat or what we plan to eat in our daily life. With the passage of time and research as well as investigation into the field of food and nutrition, the whole foods (powerful nutrient profiles) have become the talk of the town in helping manage blood sugar, heart health, and long-term metabolic balance. Among these powerful nutrients, chia seeds  are one of them because of the interest of science and researchers in them. Today, let’s unveil why chia seeds are more than just a trendy topping and how they can support our journey with type 2 diabetes. What are Chia seeds? Chia seeds come from the Salvia hispanica plant—a member of the mint family that was once a staple food for Aztec and Mayan civilizations . These tiny black and white seeds are  nutritional powerhouses, packing fiber, protein, healthy fats (especially omega-3s ), antioxidants, and essential minerals like calcium and magnesi...

Ginger for Diabetes : Can This Golden Root Help Manage Your Blood Sugar? Let's have a real and fruitful conversation about managing type 2 diabetes . Many of us are on this journey and often feel like a constant balancing act between medication, diet, and lifestyle. In our collective and active search for such tools that work in complete harmony with our bodies, we most of the times find very powerful as well as effective and significant allies in the most ancient and the most common places like our very own kitchen and grocery store. Today, we are going to discuss about a knobbly, pungent, and glorious root, which is known as ginger. In this blog we are going to pave the way of our topic on the following stated as under: §   A Pinch of Science: What Research Suggests §   Weaving Ginger into the Tapestry of Our Daily Lives §   A Necessary Dose of Reality: Our Cautions and Considerations §   The Human Takeaway: Flavor, Connection, and Empowerment     ...

While managing the blood sugar through diet seems to be a culinary strait-jacket. When we receive a pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, we have to first scarify our comfort foods i.e. the pastas, the breads , the sugary sauces and the sodas . It’s easy for us to feel that the future of ours is filled with vegetables and plain grilled chicken without any additional cheeses or butter with them. Thus, we start feeling quite shocked and alien in the world we are now a victim of diabetes. But eating for controlling the blood sugar does not mean to sacrifice the flavor and taste of our own choice. In fact, some of the most powerful tools for our health are present right in our spice rack . Here, we have a wonderful and amazing but a very miraculous super-food named as ‘ GARLIC .’ It is one of the secret weapons for those who are willing to stabilize and monitor the intake of carbohydrates and glucose levels.  It adds immense depth and savory punch to meals without add...