As you continue to fight to control your type 2 diabetes and blood sugar levels, you may be interested in how you prepare your meat and how it might affect your risk factor for complications. By now, you probably know that getting enough protein is key to controlling your blood sugar at each meal. Therefore, he strives to include a reasonable amount of meat in his eating plan. However, are you cooking it healthy?
You might also have read that grilling or grilling meat can increase the cancer-causing substances you have in your body and even eating a lot of red meat could also increase your risk of developing certain types of cancer.
However, did you know that there could be a connection between cooking at high temperatures and type 2 diabetes? Researchers at Harvard Health Hospital are finding just that. They noted the frequent use of high-temperature cooking methods including…
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roasting,
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barbecue,
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grill and
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roast
all increased the risk factor for type 2 diabetes according to research conducted with more than 289,000 participants. Those who often ate meats prepared in this way were more likely to have type 2 diabetes, showing this direct correlation. Note that this may not have necessarily just been the method of cooking, but how the food was cooked using sauces and such, and the link to weight gain. Test subjects were also more likely to be obese or severely overweight, which in itself also increases the risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.
What is interesting to note is that grilled fish seemed to do well in the study. While there wasn’t as much information on this, those who ate broiled fish often did not show elevated risk, which may lead one to believe that it’s not just the broiling but the type of protein being cooked that particular way.
The researchers also noted that another reason this could be problematic is because there are potentially harmful chemicals formed during this type of cooking that can trigger an inflammatory response in our bodies. This then sets you up in a chain of events that could lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
The final message in all this? Try alternative ways of cooking…
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slow cooker,
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baking,
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boiling,
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smoky,
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administration, and
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stir fry
they’re all healthier ways to cook your meat and help keep it from going past your succulent end point. When you overcook any meat, you’re removing the fat and liquid, so all that’s left are the hardened muscle fibers.
