Does drinking alcohol raise your blood sugar? It’s Saturday night. Springboks won. You’re at the braai with your mates, Castle Lager in hand. You’ve been good all week—walked after meals, skipped the late-night garage pie, even turned down the Woolworths croissants at the petrol station. Surely this one weekend reward won’t derail your prediabetes progress? […]
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Does Sugar Cause Inflammation?
Does sugar cause inflammation? Not directly. But the connection between sugar and inflammation is real—just not in the way most people think. Here’s what’s actually happening in your body, why the confusion exists, and what this means if you’re trying to reverse prediabetes. Does Sugar Cause Inflammation? The Short Answer Sugar doesn’t directly cause inflammation. […]
How do you build good habits that actually stick when you have prediabetes? You know what you should do. Eat better. Move more. Sleep earlier. Manage stress. However, the information isn’t the problem. You’ve read the articles. Watched the videos. Set the goals. But two weeks later, you’re back to old patterns. Is it weakness? […]
You finish your lunch shift. You’ve read that exercise helps with prediabetes, but between work stress and exhaustion, the gym isn’t happening. What you don’t know: walking after eating—right now, for just 15 minutes—can lower your blood sugar more effectively than the same workout done at a random time later. The timing matters more than […]