News: The Order You Eat Your Meal Matters

Let’s say you’re eating the way the USDA recommends with a big plate of protein, vegetables, and complex carbohydrates (like whole wheat bread, oats, and brown rice.)

New research has shown that the order you eat those foods affects your blood sugar, which is especially important for folks with Type 2 diabetes. The short version: protein and vegetables before carbohydrates will keep blood sugar levels steady after the meal, which is good thing whether you have diabetes or not.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us News: The Order You Eat the Food On Your Plate Matters Let’s say you’re eating the way the USDA recommends with a big plate of protein, vegetables, and complex carbohydrates (like whole wheat bread, oats, and brown rice.) New research has shown that the order you eat those foods affects your blood sugar, which is especially important for folks with Type 2 diabetes. The short version: protein and vegetables before carbohydrates will keep blood sugar levels steady after the meal, which is good thing whether you have diabetes or not. Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health So What Should You Drink to Control Your Blood Sugar?   READ NOW Everything Else You Should Know About the Diabetes Diet   READ NOW 8 Things That Put You At Risk for Diabetes   READ NOW Why Your Ethnicity Affects Your Diabetes Risk   READ NOW Trending Now • 5 Surprising Sources of Carbohydrates • Do Statins Increase the Risk of Diabetes? • 5 Healthy Ways to Beat the Heat This Summer • Can You Lose Weight With a Machine That Makes You Vibrate? • 13 Every Day Remedies You Can Find In Your Kitchen • What You Can Do About Sagging Arm Skin Advertisement About Health  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.