Summertime is one of the best times to take control of your diabetes. That’s because all the best blood-sugar stabilizing fruits are in season—and the undisputed kings of summer fruits are berries.
Berries, from ruby red strawberries to deep maroonish raspberries to midnight blue blueberries, may be candy to your taste buds, but they’re magic for your blood sugar. They’re loaded with red-blue plant compounds called anthocyanins that help keep blood-glucose levels in check by boosting insulin production.
Anthocyanins also stop free radical damage to your cells and tissues—preventing cataracts, glaucoma, hemorrhoids, ulcers, heart disease and cancer. They also improve your entire vascular system. So to anyone out there who might be suffering from benign, but unsightly varicose veins: Eating a steady diet of berries may actually help to prevent them! Anthocyanins have also been shown to enhance the effects of vitamin C (they contain quite a lot of it themselves), and repair capillaries and collagen—which makes your skin look healthier and younger.
And the benefits don’t stop there. Though they’re tiny, berries also contain a large volume of fiber, both soluble and insoluble—incredibly powerful tools for blood-sugar control.
Berries of all kinds prevent macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness in elderly adults), reduce your risk of heart disease and a slew of cancers including colon and ovarian, and keep your brain and memory in tiptop shape by preventing age-related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
There’s not much that berries can’t do for you. They even satisfy the biggest sweet tooth. Strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries are often cited as people’s favorite fruits, less for their health benefits and more for their incredible sweet-as-candy flavor and summertime childhood memories (is there anything more delectable than strawberry shortcake?). Make them a daily indulgence, especially during the warm weather months when they’re in season. Pop them in fruit salads, on (and in) cakes and pies, in muffins, in yogurt, for dessert, for snacks, and in smoothies, as in the recipe we’ve provided for you below. And while you’re at it, stock up on unsweetened frozen berries for the cooler winter months; they’re often cheapest in summer, and will last just fine.
Juvenile diabetes developing in individuals of young age . To survive, the patient needs external complement of insulin. It is not infectious, nor hereditary, although genetics is thought to be a factor for diabetics. It strikes without respect to race, religion, caste or money power. For depletion of health and strength, the diabetic child becomes an easy prey to other diseases, infections and degenerative changes of vital organs. This blog is dedicated to Juvenile diabetes children.
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