Living with diabetes means that you’re living with the constant struggle of maintaining healthy blood glucose levels. A single snack can send you into a glucose spiral that is hard to recover.
Now that the medical community is nervously awaiting the release of new medical insurance regulations, which can dramatically impact prices of insulin and other diabetes medication, many diabetics are searching for natural ways to manage blood sugar.
Luckily, there are several different ways in which food can help regulate blood sugar. Food is medicine, after all.
For a quick and easy trick to help regulate your blood sugar each day, try drinking raw apple cider vinegar.
Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Reduces Blood Sugar
A study published in Diabetes Care reported that apple cider vinegar ACV) significantly reduces blood sugar levels. In the study, they found that participants who took two tablespoons of ACV before a meal experienced a decreased blood sugar levels by a whopping 6 percent.
The secret? The simple addition of vinegar.
By taking apple cider vinegar before a meal, diabetics are preventing spikes in blood sugar directly after a meal. Though this doesn’t mean that diabetes is cured, it is certainly an easy step in controlling the disease.
Ready to reap the benefits of this fermented fruit? Here is a super easy apple cider vinegar recipe by yours truly.
Easy Apple Cider Vinegar Drink
The first step to making this drink is to keep in mind the reason that you are drinking this special mix. You are not making a party cocktail, so don’t expect it to taste like one.
Instead, you are drinking something that will help you heal from the inside out. It is important to search for raw apple cider vinegar and raw honey. Why? Because the raw versions are the ones with all of the immune system supporting, blood boosting, digestion inducing benefits.
Don’t forget the cinnamon, too. Cinnamon is incredibly 
powerful at regulating blood sugar, too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of room temperature water
- 2 tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 teaspoon of raw honey
- A dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Add the ingredients into a cup. Whisk until well combined.
