Drinking water to lower blood sugar levels 

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Extract from the article: People with diabetes are regularly thirsty. This need to hydrate usually arises after meals, when insulin is unable to regulate blood sugar levels naturally. In fact, to lower blood sugar, you need to drink water.

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People with diabetes are regularly thirsty. This need to hydrate usually arises after meals, when insulin is unable to regulate blood sugar levels naturally. In fact, to lower blood sugar, you need to drink water.

As diabetics know, you have to be careful what you drink, because some drinks contain too many carbohydrates and can lead to hyperglycaemia. This is obviously the case with syrups, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, fruit juices and energy drinks. So it's hard to know what to drink when you have diabetes, but it seems that water has a positive effect on blood sugar levels, and can even bring them down when they are too high.

To reduce blood sugar levels, the body tries to eliminate sugar through the kidneys, by producing urine. This is why the need to drink a lot of water is one of the symptoms of pre-diabetes: the body tries to get rid of sugar and becomes dehydrated.So it's important to give it enough water to function properly.By drinking, you speed up the return to normal blood sugar levels. However, water is not a substitute for insulin.If you suffer from diabetes, you need to be monitored by a doctor and receive appropriate treatment.Water can help from time to time, but it is not enough.

Coffee and tea are also effective in lowering blood sugar levels, but should be consumed in moderation.

In general, men are advised to drink at least 2 litres of water a day. For women, this is reduced to 1.6 litres. When you have diabetes, it's all the more important to drink enough, because not only does water help to lower blood sugar levels, it also reduces the risk of hyperglycaemia. In fact, according to a 2011 study on the link between low water consumption and the risk of hyperglycaemia, it appears that people who drink more than 1 litre of water a day have a lower risk of hyperglycaemia than those who drink no more than 500 ml of water a day.

Jean ELI