Whole Health Partners’ Blog
Discover These 10 Mind-Blowing Snacks for Mastering Blood Sugar Stability
Maintaining stable blood sugar levels is crucial for overall metabolic health, improved mood, and consistent energy levels throughout the day. Snacking can be a vital part of this process, but packaged snack foods can be high in refined carbs, added sugars, and pressed seed oils, leading to worsened metabolic health.
Surprising Factors That Impact Blood Glucose Levels
Maintaining stable blood glucose levels is crucial for overall health and well-being. Yet various factors can influence blood glucose regulation, and these extend well beyond just diet and exercise. Sleep, stress, macronutrients, microbiome, and environmental toxins all play a role.
That’s why we often work with our patients to help them understand these influences, so that they can make informed choices to take control of their health and support optimal blood glucose control.
Physical Activity: Use the Clock to Supercharge your Efforts
A good pair of sneakers. A set of weights. A Peloton bike.
There are many tools you could invest in that will help you move more. But you may not realize that you already own one of the most important:
And that’s a clock.
The Not-So-Sweet Truth About Artificial Sweetener
If you’re anything like us, then you’ve long been subjected to a steady stream of headlines, marketing and well-meaning advice about avoiding sugar, and choosing artificial sweeteners instead. And this advice has only increased as food manufacturers respond to the keto trend with new, artificially sweetened products.
Yet some recent studies suggest that artificial sweeteners—like anything we put in our bodies—can also have negative, as well as positive, impacts.