Outsmart the #1 tiredness trigger
Outsmart the #1 Tiredness Trigger Steadying blood sugar doesn’t just help control (and even prevent) type 2 diabetes. Yale scientists say it also boosts energy by 80%! Happily, stamina-sapping blood-sugar swings are almost 100% preventable, and you can reverse them in just 7 days. Here’s how… 1. Daydream About Violets It’s the perfect time of year to start thinking about your garden and choosing the seeds and plants you’d love to add. And spending 20 minutes daily daydreaming about that summer bounty and browsing through seed catalogues or online gardening sites can heighten your blood-sugar control by 33%, say researchers at Logan University in Missouri. Explains endocrinologist Brian Walker, M.D., happy thoughts—whatever they may be—tamp down the production of blood sugar–disrupting stress hormones. 2. Ditch The Dishes Taking an hour each night to relax instead of hurriedly trying to finish every to-do before bed could enhance blood...