Confidence practicing preventative oral medicine.
Forty-five years in the private practice of Dentistry has given me confidence practicing preventative oral medicine.
Physicians and dentists on many occasions work in harmony for the greater good of our patients. <www.umkcdentalschool.edu .
I see the ebb and flow of our health from youth to adulthood as a coming storm that many will not be prepared to meet.
Understand the control that carbohydrates have in spiking your blood sugar.
Patients that consume unhealthy carbohydrates suffer because of poor nutrition.
Carbohydrates are sugars, starches and fibers. Potatoes, dried beans, lentils and kidney beans are examples.
Healthy carbohydrates are whole grains, quinoa, whole grain breads, pastas, bulgar wheat, and brown or wild rice.
Included in this healthy group are also:
Starchy vegetables; potatoes (preferably with the skin), green peas, corn and winter squash like butternut or spaghetti squash.
Examples of carbohydrates are grains, such as bread, noodles, pasta, crackers, and rice.
Fruits such as apples, bananas, berries, mangoes, melons, and oranges are also examples.
Dairy products such as milk and yogurt are also included.
Legumes including dried beans, lentils, and peas are healthy choices.
Carbohydrates that raise your glycemic index quickly, should be avoided in controlling sugar intake.
This is why the Diabetic patient is informed to maintain a low carbohydrate diet.
Diabetics are encouraged to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables to improve health and sustain life.
Stay mindful of carbohydrates that spike your blood sugar like bananas, mangoes, raisins, dried fruit like dates, and fruit juices to name a few.
Even super foods like sweet potatoes should alarm someone on a low carbohydrate diet.
The amount of sugar in sweet potatoes will spike the blood sugar due to their high sugar content.
Grass fed beef and lamb, free range chickens and eggs, fatty fish such as Salmon and Sardines slow the absorption of sugar into the blood.
Keep your sugar intake to 30 grams per day.
The key to cutting sugar intake is knowing how much sugar is in the serving size of your sweet treats.
Make it a standard custom to read the labels of the foods you buy.
It gives me confidence practicing preventative oral medicine to know how much sugar is contained in each serving of snacks and beverages consumed.
Have certainty regarding the amount of sugar in the serving size you will consume.
This simple action can be a life saver.
You avoid the landmines that drop your immunity, opening the door to sickness and diseases.
Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption causes the health marathon run your entire life to be one where your race is uphill.
Women in references are told to drink no more than one drink of alcohol per day.
And men should consume no more than 2 alcoholic beverages per day.
The #2 beverage consumed in the world is tea.
Add herbal teas to your weekly beverage plan and you boost your immune system.
Monitor the amount of sugar placed in each cup of herbal tea that you consume.
There are 5 grams of sugar per teaspoon of (sucrose) table sugar from sugarcane or beets.
The average American diet finds many of us consuming 115 grams of sugar daily. Diabetes I, II, and III are all connected by a high intake of sugar.
We hear in media more and more Diabetes III is Dementia.
Those who are aware of its connection to sugar heed our warnings to cut your intake.
Control your intake of sugar to 30 grams or less and you improve your health.
Improve your health listening to the advice of your healthcare team.
I am thankful building confidence practicing preventative oral medicine.
From the Diary of my Enlightenment,
A.L. Clark,DDS http://www.dentist4you.biz
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-healthy-high-carb-foods
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323110