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Lowering blood sugar levels without medicines

How can I lower my blood sugar without medicine?

That depends on several things. I think this is now a common knowledge. Anyway, let us go through these things one more time as you have asked this Q. These are the multiple ways to reduce blood sugar levels :

Regular exercise can help you reach and maintain correct weight and increase insulin sensitivity. Increased insulin sensitivity means your cells can more effectively use the available sugar in your bloodstream. Exercise also helps your muscles use blood sugar for energy and muscle contraction.

Reduce sugar intake. Sugars influence diabetes indirectly by increasing your body weight.

Your carb intake strongly influences your blood sugar levels. Your body breaks carbohydrates down into sugars, mainly glucose. Then, insulin helps your body use and store it for energy. When you eat too many carbs or have insulin-function problems, this process fails, and blood glucose levels can rise. That’s why people with diabetes should manage their carb intake by counting carbs and being aware of how many they need.

Portion control can help you regulate your calorie intake and maintain a moderate weight .

Fiber slows carb digestion and sugar absorption, thereby promoting a more gradual rise in blood sugar levels. There are two types of fiber — insoluble and soluble. While both are important, soluble fiber has explicitly been shown to improve blood sugar management, while insoluble fiber hasn’t been shown to have this effect. A high fiber diet can improve your body’s ability to regulate blood sugar and minimize blood sugar lows. This could help you better manage diabetes.

Drinking enough water helps your kidneys flush out any excess sugar through urine (1).

Eat foods with a low glycemic index ( like whole grains such as wheat, oats, legumes, and non-starchy vegetables). The glycemic index (GI) measures how quickly carbohydrates break down during digestion and how rapidly your body absorbs them. This affects how quickly your blood sugar levels rise (2).

Eat foods that have micronutrients: High blood sugar levels and diabetes have been linked to micronutrient deficiencies. Some examples include deficiencies in the minerals chromium and magnesium (4).

Try to reduce stress. Stress can affect your blood sugar levels. When stressed, your body secretes hormones called glucagon and cortisol, which cause blood sugar levels to rise (3).

Microbiota maintenance: microbiota ( microbes in your gut) is an important factor in the development of diabetes, and on the other hand, oral microbiota is also an important avenue for diabetes to cause other oral or systemic complications (5). Probiotics are friendly bacteria that offer numerous health benefits, including improved blood sugar regulation. Probiotics thrive when you have diverse range of good foods, prebiotic foods, fibrous foods, plant based foods, add fermented foods to your plate and limit sugar intake and non-vegetarian food.

Finally, monitor your blood glucose levels regularly which can help you better manage them.

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