When you’re diabetic and your blood sugar skyrockets after eating, it’s bad news. But guess what flaxseeds can do!
Blood sugar elevations after eating are associated with diabetes and its complications. Simply adding flaxseed to your meal may help solve the problem.
In a study, 19 men with type 2 diabetes who were on diabetes medication ate a control breakfast or the same breakfast after taking 15g of ground, raw flaxseed. The results were significant. Taking the flaxseed resulted in a 17.25% reduction in the peak rise of glucose. Two hours later, flaxseed had decreased blood glucose levels by 23.99%.
The researchers concluded that eating 15g of flaxseed before breakfast is "a simple and affordable dietary strategy to be adopted by individuals with type 2 diabetes to improve glycemic control."
Reference: Nutrients. 2022 Sep;14(18):3736.