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In This Issue: Manage Blood Sugar One Sip at a Time Healthy Dreamfields Pasta Secret (and Totally Free) Stress Reliever New Scientific Breakthroughs Slash Heart Attack Risk in HALF Featured Recipe: Warm Pineapple-Ginger Punch	Thursday November 03, 2011
Manage Blood Sugar One Sip at a Time While paying closer attention to what you eat, don't forget one aspect of blood-sugar management that affects you every time you take a sip: What you drink can dramatically affect your blood sugar. Some beverages pack on the pounds and send your blood sugar sailing, while other can actually help moderate glucose swings. Here's how to tell when to raise your glass and when to pass: Say "No, thanks" to these: Soda. These beverages have zero nutritional value, but each 12-ounce serving of regular soda contains about 150 calories—virtually all of it sugar. (That's equivalent to nine packets of sugar!) Studies show that soda calories don't satisfy the way food does, so you end up consuming more calories throughout the day than you would if you got those 150 calories from something that fills your belly. Fruit juice cocktail. Don't be fooled into thinking that just because it's a "juice drink" that it's healthy. For example, some cranberry juice cocktails have a GL of 36—much higher than a cup of orange juice, which has a GL of 10. High GL drinks make it much more difficult to balance your blood-sugar levels. Raise these glasses instead: Water. With zero calories, it quenches thirst better than sugary drinks. If you drink bottled water, though, check the label on flavored brands. They can have as many calories as soft drinks. Diet soda. Look for ones with zero-calorie sweeteners. Sparkling water. Choose plain water or sugar-free, fruit-flavored varieties. Iced tea. Make your own by steeping two tea bags in a tall glass of cold water. If you drink bottled iced tea, check to be sure it's sugar- and calorie-free. Lemonade. Making your own with fresh lemon juice and sweetening it with a sugar substitute cuts calories, saving more than 100 calories compared to store-bought lemonade. Coffee. Go ahead and pour a cup: Numerous studies have shown coffee lowers blood sugar. Recently, scientists discovered that it's not the caffeine but other compounds, most likely ones called chlorogenic acids, that lower blood sugar. In fact, drink decaf, because caffeine hampers insulin's ability to draw glucose out of blood. Green tea. Compounds called polyphenols in green tea also appear to do battle with diabetes. One study found that cells from diabetic rats that drank green tea soaked up twice as much blood sugar as cells from rats that drank plain water. Black tea did not have any effect on blood-sugar absorption.  Healthy Dreamfields Pasta Dreamfields pasta tastes like traditional pasta, but is high in fiber and has just 5 grams of digestible carbs per 1 cup cooked serving. It can help maintain healthy blood sugar levels and improve digestive health. To make your savings go even further, click here to save $1.00 on any box of Dreamfields pasta. Warm Pineapple-Ginger Punch Fragrant with cinnamon, cloves, and ginger—all diabetes-friendly spices—this hot-and-spicy punch is a nice cool-weather change from mulled cider. Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 cups pineapple juice 1 cup sliced fresh ginger (no need to peel) 1 tablespoon honey 1 cinnamon stick, split lengthwise 8 whole cloves 1/4 teaspoon pepper Preparation: In a medium saucepan, combine the pineapple juice, ginger, honey, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Strain and serve warm. Per serving: 152 cal, 0 g fat (0 g sat), 38 g carbs, 1 g protein, 0 g fiber, 0 mg chol, 4 mg sodium SPECIAL OFFER New Scientific Breakthroughs Slash Heart Attack Risk in HALF The medical community is simply astounded. New research is proving – in study after study – that eating a low-fat diet is completely ineffective in protecting against a heart attack. That's because all the heart-healthy evidence points to the fact that we need to eat fat to lose fat! Splurge on steak for the protective power of protein! Eat shrimp and cool down artery inflammation! Snack on chocolate – it's not just permitted – it's essential. Find out how you can halve your risk of a heart attack by adding the right fats to your diet – click here now. Secret (and Totally Free) Stress Reliever  To diffuse tension and help stress-related blood-sugar peaks, just sigh. Sighing is our body's way of making us breathe more deeply. And when you do it intentionally, you'll feel more relaxed and get more oxygen into your system. Here's how: 1. While sitting or standing straight, with your hands at your sides or resting on your knees, let the air rush out of your lungs as if you were deeply relieved that a stressful event has passed (even if it hasn't). 2. For the moment, forget about how you're breathing in. Just take another breath naturally and let it rush out again. 3. Repeat 10 times for a total of 12 sighs. By the time you finish, it won't feel like you're sighing anymore. Instead, you'll be breathing deeply. And feel more relaxed! Until next issue, here's to good health! Neil Wertheimer Editor in Chief, Reverse Diabetes	Advertisement Reverse Diabetes Eliminate the root cause of your disease with this simple step-by-step plan. Healthy Heart Miracle Diet Lose weight, look fabulous and live longer– with delicious, filling food! Small eating changes that really we avoided! -- 30 Minutes to a Healthy Heart
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