Health expert offers one easy way to lower your blood sugar [Video]

AND USING INSECT REPELLENT CONTAINING DEET, ACCORDING TO THE CDC. NEARLY HALF OF NEW MEXICANS ARE LIVING WITH DIABETES OR PRE-DIABETES. KOAT, UNM HEALTH EXPERT, DOCTOR RASH SPOKE WITH DARLENE MELENDEZ ABOUT A SIMPLE YET POWERFUL WAY TO MANAGE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. YOU KNOW, LIGHT, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WALKING AFTER EATING CAN PREVENT BLOOD SUGARS FROM SPIKING. WHEN WE MOVE, OUR MUSCLES NEED GLUCOSE TO FUNCTION, SO WALKING HELPS CLEAR SUGARS FROM THE BLOODSTREAM, KEEPING OUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS MORE STABLE. A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT WHEN PEOPLE TOOK INTERMITTENT STANDING BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND AFTER MEALS, THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS REDUCED BY ALMOST 10%. HOWEVER, PEOPLE WHO TOOK LIGHT INTENSITY WALKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SAW ALMOST TWICE THE REDUCTION IN BLOOD GLUCOSE WALKING, EVEN JUST FOR TWO MINUTES AFTER EATING, CAN HELP KEEP BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS STABLE. AND DOCTOR ASH, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO …