Managing diabetes effectively involves being mindful of foods that can cause significant blood sugar fluctuations. Here are 5 foods...
According to WebMD, milk, especially full-fat milk, contains higher levels of saturated fats, which can cause a spike in your blood sugar.
Processed red meats, like sausages, hot dogs and pre-packaged lunch meats are high in saturated fats and sodium, leads to increases risk for diabetics, says Healthline.
According to Healthline, more processed and ultra-processed oats (instant oats) are not good for sugar levels. The faster your body digests the oats, the faster your blood sugar can potentially increase. Choose steel-cut oats, which is low-glycemic index food.
The US Centre For Disease Control warns that studies show that both coffee (without a sweetener) and artificial sweeteners cause blood sugar levels to go up. The caffeine in coffee achieves that. Sweeteners whether in tea, coffee, protein bars, yoghurt and carbonated drinks can most certainly affect your glycemic index.
Many types of dried fruit have an effect on your sugar levels because you need to read the labels -- they may have added sugar. Reading labels is rather important because you don't want to collect sugar from odd sources like soy sauce, ketchup or health products.
Oat milk, which is usually made from refined oats, give empty calories and can spike sugar levels, says National Institutes of Health..