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Start Meals With Salads for Blood Sugar Control
Start Meals With Salads for Blood Sugar Control
1 Oct 2022
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Would eating a low fat, fiber-rich, antioxidant-rich, plant-based salad before the main course at lunch or dinner help us with blood sugar spikes immediately following the meal? Yes!

One of the ideas in the book Glucose Revolution (304 pages, 2022) by Jesse Inchauspe is to consume a salad before consuming a carbohydrate rich preparation like pasta or spaghetti.

Source: This article in NYPost (2022).

Explanation in the NYPost article:

"Beans, leafy greens and veggies such as veggies like broccoli, beets and carrots are all great sources of fiber, which can keep your glucose from spiking once you consume carbs (see graph above). Ideally, you should eat the same amount of veggies as starches — but even if you can't have a one-to-one ratio, some veggies prior to your main course are better than none, said Inchauspe."

Calorie Density of Salads

If we consume a low fat, fiber-rich, antioxidant-rich, plant-based salad before the main course for lunch or dinner, we also eat fewer calories! This is explained by Calorie Density considerations. Jeff Novick has an infographic that illustrates the idea:

Source: this FaceBook post by Jeff Novick.

Eating fewer calories helps us with weight loss. Thus eating a low-fat, fiber rich, high-antioxidant salad before the main course for lunch or dinner helps us with not only weight loss but also regularate blood sugar levels.

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