 Eat lots of legumes, including baked beans, butter beans, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, navy beans, soybeans, and peanuts. Add lemon juice or vinegar to foods. Studies show that 4 teaspoons of vinegar in a salad dressing with an average meal lowers blood sugar as much as 30%. The acid slows the digestion and emptying of the stomach. Drinking orange juice also may help. White potatoes and sticky rice raise blood sugar faster than some sugars or candies. Try eating basmati rice or brown rice in which the grains remain separate after cooking. Combining quickly digested foods with slowly digested foods can cause an intermediate rise in blood sugar. Which is better than a quick rise in blood sugar. Eat a lot of salad vegetables. They have nearly zero effect on blood sugar. Limit consumption of processed foods. Foods with refined flours go through the digestive system quickly and raise your blood sugar level just as fast.
from article by Jean Carper in USA Weekend, 9/99
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