World Diabetes Day: How To Make Onion Water To Manage Blood Sugar

Every year, November 14 is celebrated as World Diabetes Day. The day aims to raise awareness of the special condition that afflicts millions of people around the world. If left unchecked to manage the condition, diabetes could also impact your other organs like the kidneys and eyes. Reports of a link between diabetes and cardiovascular problems are also quite common. So what is diabetes? Diabetes is a condition in which your body does not produce enough insulin or does not respond to the insulin produced.

Diabetes is of several types: type 1, type 2, type 3, gestational and pre-diabetes. Since diabetes has no known cure, you can only manage the symptoms.

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Your diet plays a crucial role in managing diabetes. Many foods are known to keep blood sugar under control, one of which is our humble onion. Yes, it’s true! Including onions in your diabetic diet is actually a great idea, but you have to be very careful with the portion. A study, published in the journal Environmental Health Insights, found that consuming fresh onions lowered blood sugar levels in both type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Onions also have a low glycemic index. Which means it is digested slowly, which allows a slow release of sugar into the bloodstream.

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You can use the onions however you like. They are so versatile that there really is no shortage of ideas. Use them in soups, stews, salads or sandwiches. You can also use them to make onion water, a simple, low-calorie detox drink that you can consume every morning.

Here’s what you need to do to make onion water to manage diabetes:

Ingredients:

• 2 chopped onions
• 1 cup of water
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
• 1 pinch of rock salt

Method:

Take a blender and mix all the ingredients. Don’t force it. It is important that you get the fibers.

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Salt helps reduce the acidity of onions. You can completely exclude salt if you want. If on a given day your body allows it, you can also add some honey to the mixture. But make sure you’ve checked your blood sugar beforehand.

In addition to managing diabetes, onion water is also good for immunity and skin health due to the range of antioxidants it includes. However, you have to be very careful with the portion. Too much of anything could be harmful in the long run.

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