IF YOUR sugar is already high and you’re a borderline diabetic, try this:

Brisk walk 20-30 minutes a day.

Use coconut sugar which is safe for diabetics and low in the glycemic index (the rate at which blood sugar rises in the body). Coco sugar can be bought at Filipino health food stores or World of Wellness (tel. 7233878, 3323864).

Substitute white bread, rice, pasta, noodles and sugar with brown/red rice, whole-grain bread/pasta.

Drink vegetable concoction designed by my diabetic friend – ½ green apple, ¼ onion, 2 cloves garlic, ½ ampalaya (bitter gourd).

Blend and drink with the fiber or juice it. Make your own mixture. Add coconut water and 1 tsp of moringa (malunggay).

Take a cup of wheatgrass (tel. 8901111) on an empty stomach 3x a day

Take 3 capsules of ampalaya tablets daily and whenever you take dessert/alcohol or anything sweet. Cut down on your drinking habits because alcohol when digested into your system is sugar.

Sugar makes the body acidic. And illness only thrives in an acidic environment.

Weakness

When you wake up feeling tired, try the following:

Keep mobile phone closed at bed time. Or if you must leave it open, place it as far away from you as possible. Its electromagnetic frequency will interfere with your own body frequency and interrupt your sleep. This goes the same for TV sets, electrical appliances.

Unplug all electrical appliances, lamps, TV sets, computers that are within close proximity to your bed. Even if they are switched off, they are plugged into an electrical outlet. They still have emissions.

Don’t sleep in front of your TV set. It emits frequencies that can interfere with your own body clock. Cover it, if you must.

If you have jet lag, take a capsule of melatonin, a natural hormone before bed time. Try Sleepwell, available at Mercury Drug.

Starvation diets only succeed in making you big. Eat 5 small but nutritious meals a day.

Lazy heart

It takes 100 steps to have a strong heart. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, walking 30 minutes a day is the recommended regimen. But what kind of walking? Jog or stroll?

Participants wore pedometers while on treadmills and their oxygen intake and heart rates were measured. The goal was for a metabolic equivalent (MET) of 3, meaning they would be using up thrice the energy needed as when resting.

Jogging has a MET of 8, sprinting, 12-18.

Reach a MET of 3 at a step count of 92-102 steps per minute. For women, 91-115 steps per minute. So, take 100 steps per minute if you want to be healthy.

Affirmation today: “The best affirmation is the one you usually create. But here’s a universal invocation: Everyday goodness comes my way.”

Love and light!