Author: Sharon

Eat Bread, Pasta, and Rice Without Spiking Your Blood Sugar

Timestamps:   
00:00 Eat Carbs Without Spiking Your Blood Sugar
02:35 Why Carbs Aren’t the Real Problem
05:05 Tool #1: Resistant Starch (chill carbs in fridge 12-24 hours before eating)
09:25 Tool #2: Change the Order You Eat (fiber-rich veggies BEFORE carbs)
14:15 Tool #3: Walk After Eating (move after meals!)
17:45 Tool #4: Use Gel-Forming Whole Grains (example: whole or pearl barley, oat groats, etc)
21:20 Why You Should Stack These Strategies
23:05 The Real Key: Restore Insulin Sensitivity

https://go.masteringdiabetes.org/optin-recipe-guide

Sept 8, 2026 of Low-SOS Vegan Plan

(This blog began 3/15/2015)

MEDITATION:
* E W Kenyon Sermons w/ Insights

EXERCISE:
* Jog 5k outdoors
* PT APP workout
–lower back stretch/strengthening
–wrist stretch/strengthening
* Bicycle around the lake

WATER:
(2) × (32) = 64 oz (+)

EATS:
* leftover stirfry veghetti & Meati patty
* banana w/ a few of these garbanzo-choco cookies
* blackbean chipotle chili w/ mushrooms, kale & broccoli served over leftover noodles, avocado salsa, two mushroom taquitos & mixed crafted soda
* some pistachios

… SUN HAS SET …

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommonly excessive food, and wautéed means water-sautéed

5 foods to lower blood sugar fast

1. Beans and lentils 
No exceptions. They’re packed with soluble fiber, resistant starch, and plant protein, and they help improve blood sugar not just at one meal, but at the next one too.

2. Leafy greens and non-starchy vegetables 
Spinach, kale, broccoli, zucchini. These foods help slow glucose absorption from the rest of your meal. Eat them first, and you’ll feel the difference.

3. Whole intact grains 
Oats, barley, brown rice, buckwheat. Not flour, not instant. The less processed the grain, the better your post-meal blood sugar response.

4. Berries and whole fruit 
Not juice. Whole fruit. The fiber changes how sugar behaves in your body and supports better long-term blood sugar outcomes.

5. Sweet potatoes and squash 
Fiber-rich, filling, and steady-burning. These carbs release glucose more gradually and support better insulin sensitivity.

This is not a restriction plan. It’s a restoration plan.

https://go.masteringdiabetes.org/optin-recipe-guide

5 foods to lower blood sugar fast

  1. Beans and lentils 
    No exceptions. They’re packed with soluble fiber, resistant starch, and plant protein, and they help improve blood sugar not just at one meal, but at the next one too.
  2. Leafy greens and non-starchy vegetables. Spinach, kale, broccoli, zucchini. These foods help slow glucose absorption from the rest of your meal. Eat them first, and you’ll feel the difference.

  3. Whole intact grains 
    Oats, barley, brown rice, buckwheat. Not flour, not instant. The less processed the grain, the better your post-meal blood sugar response.

  4. Berries and whole fruit 
    Not juice. Whole fruit. The fiber changes how sugar behaves in your body and supports better long-term blood sugar outcomes.

One of America’s Most Widely Consumed Ingredients Linked to Metabolic Changes And Obesity

“It took 100 years from the first observed link between chewing tobacco and cancer to get warning labels on cigarettes,” says Sladek.

“We hope it won’t take that long for society to recognize the link between excessive soybean oil consumption and negative health effects.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-americas-most-widely-consumed-ingredients-linked-to-metabolic-changes-and-obesity

Sept 7, 2026 of Low-SOS Vegan Plan

(This blog began 3/15/2015)

MEDITATION:
* E W Kenyon Sermons w/ Insights

EXERCISE:
* Jog 5k outdoors
* Post meal 20 minute powerwalk outdoors
* PT APP workout
–gentle wrist mobility


WATER:
(2) × (32) = 64 oz (+)

EATS:
* fresh figs
* blackbean chipotle chili w/ kale served over leftover noodles & topped w/ nutritional yeast
* chile over noodles topped w/ cashew ranch, crafted sparkling water mix
* mango banana ice dream served w/ garbanzo-choco cookies

… SUN HAS SET …

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommonly excessive food, and wautéed means water-sautéed