Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Eating - Are You Eating One Continuous Daily Meal?

By             Expert Author Beverleigh H Piepers

Some people say it is best to eat two or three main meals a day. You might agree with them if you don't believe several smaller meals are the way to go. There is an idea going around suggesting breaking up all your main meals into smaller portions. This approach is supposed to be a superior way to manage your food intake because it is implied eating many smaller meals will keep your metabolism active. Eating smaller meals often each day is one of the most mistaken widespread beliefs regarding nutrition in recent memory. But we digress.
Now, what if you are not doing any of the above? What if you are primarily eating one continuous meal every day? Don't take this too literally. If you have been eating so regularly throughout the day, however, and you are unable to count how many separate occasions you have eaten, there is a good chance you are mostly eating one continuous, never-ending meal (so to speak).
On a serious note and to be fair, you may not have realized this is what you were doing. Most people are not aware of their eating behaviors. The majority of eating plans lack any structure these days. The average person...
  • does not cook as often as he should,
  • doesn't eat the variety of foods he needs, and
is likely nutritionally deprived to some extent.
Since snacking between meals has become the norm, along with the idea we need to eat many smaller portions, it is not uncommon to see people eating what is essentially one continuous meal throughout the day, with short breaks in between. If you are guilty of this in any way, even to a slight extent - stop. This pattern can only harm your health. There are many issues with this type of behavior.
Notably, you should be reminded where the idea of eating three full-sized meals each day stems from. It all began at a time when we needed to eat three daily meals. Back then, the majority of people were involved in manual labor and led a highly active lifestyle as part of their job or natural way of life.
Today, most of us sit for many hours every day, even if we are not in an office. So three meals are unnecessary. Never mind snacking, which just makes it much easier to overeat and gradually become overweight. Two daily meals are enough. You can eat a snack guilt-free, but only before or after physical activity. Otherwise, you will leave yourself vulnerable to a host of problems and complications down the road.
Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.
For nearly 25 years, Beverleigh Piepers has searched for and found a number of secrets to help you build a healthy body. Go to http://DrugFreeType2Diabetes.com to learn about some of those secrets.
The answer isn't in the endless volumes of available information but in yourself.


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