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14 fun facts about chia seeds

Chia seeds are a nutrient dense complete protein containing fiber, essential fatty acids, and minerals that can easily be incorporated into your daily routine.

chai seed oatmeal bowls with berries chia seeds and pecans

Microwavable Chia Seed Almond Milk Oatmeal

This Chia Seed Oatmeal recipe is an easy blood sugar balancing breakfast idea anyone can make!

two small bowls of chia seeds with bag for chia seed pudding

Leftover Smoothie Chia Pudding

Leftover Smoothie Chia Pudding

Orange Mocha Chia Pudding

Orange Mocha Chia Pudding Recipe

overnight oats for diabetes breakfast ideas

Peanut Butter & Banana Protein Overnight Oats with Kefir

[…] oats packs a whopping 21g protein in each serving… and no, there’s no protein powder in the recipe. Overnight oats protein sources Oats Peanut butter Hemp seeds Chia seeds Kefir Almond flour Nearly every ingredient in this recipe helps contribute to the protein content, including the oats! Yes, oats themselves are actually a really good […]

Fiber and blood sugars: How much does adding fiber to your diet really help you control your diabetes?

[…] you’re not used to eating lots of fiber can have some pretty uncomfortable side effects. Adding fiber to your diet, which foods like fruits, veggies, whole grains, chia seeds, and nuts can help you do, can improve symptoms and side effects of many common chronic conditions. Some of these conditions include: type 2 diabetes, high […]

7-Day Diabetes Meal Plan (with PDF)

[…] Butter & Banana Protein Overnight Oats with Kefir This recipe is one of my favorites for packing in the protein and fiber at breakfast time. The kefir, chia seeds, peanut butter, and almond flour get us to over 20g protein. Peanut Butter & Banana Protein Overnight Oats with Kefir High protein (21g!) banana peanut butter […]

Blueberry Chia Muffins

Blueberry Chia Muffins

nutrient dense foods for stable blood sugars

50 Nutrient Dense Foods for Stable Blood Sugar

[…] Oats Quinoa Brown rice Buckwheat Farro Popcorn Barley Wheat berries Almonds and almond butter Peanuts and peanut butter Walnuts Pistachios Pecans Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Hemp seeds Chia seeds Lean beef Chicken breast Eggs Beans Lentils Salmon Tuna Tilapia Shrimp Tofu Greek yogurt Cottage cheese Edamame Nutrient dense vegetables Non-starchy vegetables are rich in vitamins, […]

Raspberry Chia Jam

Raspberry Chia Jam

19 Low glycemic snacks for diabetes

[…] toast Apple slices with nut butter Hard boiled eggs Berries and plain yogurt Raw nuts Meat sticks Roasted chickpeas Cottage cheese Cheese and crackers Energy Bites Edamame Chia seed pudding 1. Popcorn Depending on which source you look at, popcorn can be classified as either a low glycemic or medium glycemic food. It has […]