Hello, this is Monica Reinagel. Welcome to this week's episode of the Nutrition Diva

Podcast. We're talking about blood sugar today and usually controlling your blood sugar is mostly

about cutting down on carbs, but I have a couple of cool tricks that might be able to help you

control your blood sugar without eliminating more carbs.

It's perfectly normal for your blood sugar to rise after a meal as your body converts the food that you eat into energy.

This is known as your post-prandial glucose response.

But you don't want your blood sugar rise too high or to take too long to come

back down. This is particularly important if you're diabetic, but all of us can benefit from avoiding excessively high blood sugar levels

after eating.

And this week I've got a couple of simple hacks that can help you minimize your post-prandial

glucose levels.

Your blood glucose or sugar levels begin to rise within about 10 minutes of a beginning

a meal and they reach a peak after one to two hours and they should return back to baseline within two or three hours.

Just how high that peak is and how long it takes for your blood sugar to

return to normal depends on several factors

including what and how much you eat, whether you've exercised recently, and how well your

body responds to the insulin produced by your pancreas.

High post-prenewal glucose levels can be a warning sign

that your body is becoming less responsive to insulin and that could mean that you're heading

toward full-blown type 2 diabetes. If you've already been diagnosed with type 2, it

suggests that your diabetes is not being well managed.

If you use a blood sugar monitor, you can test your blood sugar

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