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Eat when hungry

Eat only when hungry

Listen to your body and eat strictly when true hunger strikes; eating without hunger causes a much larger blood sugar spike than normal.

The curry strategy

Enjoy regular, wholesome foods while pairing them with a generous portion of vegetable curry as the core key to keeping your blood sugar healthy and stable.

Conscious cooking

Balance carbs in your everyday

Smart cooking for carbohydrate control

To control excess carbohydrates in your regular high-carb foods like rice, roti, millets, bread, and any other high-carb foods, use these simple methods:

• Add natural flavours: Use jeera, ginger, garlic, and leafy green juices in your cooking.
• Reduce carbs while cooking: Reducing carbohydrates during cooking is the best way for healthier blood sugar management.
• Add more curries: Include more curries with your regular food.

Don’t just change what you eat—change how you prepare and balance your meals.

Vegetable curries: use what you have

You do not need many kinds of vegetables. Cook whatever is available and affordable, and eat it in a good quantity. One vegetable curry is enough.

Leafy vegetable curries are the best choice.

There are plenty of leafy vegetables available in the market. Eat them in any way that keeps your sugar levels healthy—pair them with carbs, eat them directly, fry them, cook curries, eat them in rotis, or have them with rice. Add more quantity; "Incorporating these habits ensures steady blood sugar control moving forward."

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Note: Monitor your progress; self-observation is the most important factor.

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Eat when hungry

Eat only when hungry

Listen to your body and eat strictly when true hunger strikes; eating without hunger causes a much larger blood sugar spike than normal.

The curry strategy

Enjoy regular, wholesome foods while pairing them with a generous portion of vegetable curry as the core key to keeping your blood sugar healthy and stable.

Conscious cooking

Balance carbs in your everyday

Smart cooking for carbohydrate control

To control excess carbohydrates in your regular high-carb foods like rice, roti, millets, bread, and any other high-carb foods, use these simple methods:

• Add natural flavours: Use jeera, ginger, garlic, and leafy green juices in your cooking.
• Reduce carbs while cooking: Reducing carbohydrates during cooking is the best way for healthier blood sugar management.
• Add more curries: Include more curries with your regular food.

Don’t just change what you eat—change how you prepare and balance your meals.

Vegetable curries: use what you have

You do not need many kinds of vegetables. Cook whatever is available and affordable, and eat it in a good quantity. One vegetable curry is enough.

Leafy vegetable curries are the best choice.

Curry ideas

Use curries in different ways. Cook leafy vegetables, other vegetables, proteins, or any combination of them, in any way you like.

Vegetarian

• Spinach curry (dal palak)
• Methi dal
• Drumstick leaf curry
• Gongura curry
• Cabbage curry
• Okra curry (bhindi)
• Cauliflower curry

Non-vegetarian

• Chicken curry
• Fish curry
• Egg curry
• Prawn curry

Notes

Foods and drinks to avoid

• Sugar
• Jaggery
• Honey
• Fruit juice
• Soft drinks (cola)
• Sweet lassi

Jaggery and honey are natural, but they raise blood sugar quickly, just like sugar, so keep them out.

If you feel hungry between meals, choose

• Water
• Lemon water without sugar
• Plain buttermilk
• Tea or coffee without sugar
• Nuts
• Roasted chickpeas
• Sprouts or cucumber

Note: Monitor your progress; self-observation is the most important factor.