How to Lower Your Risk of Diabetes

Even though more and more people are diagnosed with diabetes each year there are ways to lower your risk. According to diabetes.com (http://www.diabetes.com) theses are five ways that can help an individual lower their risk of diabetes and have a healthy lifestyle.

The first way is to add more vitamin D to your diet and the best ways to add vitamin D in your daily life is to walk for at least ten minutes every day in the sun (make sure you are using sun screen). Other great sources of the vitamins are fish, milk, cheese and eggs all have units of the vitamins but since it is hard to get the daily units try to add a supplement as well especially during autumn and winter months, since it is hard to gain the recommended amount of daily units.

Add cinnamon to your morning cereal or yogurt or even sprinkle some on your slices of fruits because this spice actually reduces the levels of blood sugar. The spice will add an extra kick to your food with out giving it any higher caloric value to it.

According to diabetes.com (http://www.diabetes.com) if you are a coffee drinker you will be glad to hear that one cup a day is actually good for lowering your diabetes risk. So go ahead and have your morning coffee.

Eat more whole grain and try to eat three servings per day. Some of the foods that have whole grain and high in fiber are oatmeal, whole wheat bread and brown or wild rice and even barley, so next time you take a sandwich to work use whole wheat bread instead of white. Since it takes whole grain more to get digested than the refined ones like white bread, it helps control blood sugar levels.

According to diabetes.com (http://www.diabetes.com) adding more magnesium to your daily diet will lower blood sugar levels, and most of the magnesium in our bodies is located in our bones and teeth. The recommended amount is about 350 milligrams per day and some foods that contain the mineral are spinach, brown rice, baked halibut, peanuts, okra, black eyed peas, hazelnuts and avocados.