If you have Type 2 Diabetes, you could easily spend hours on Google reading different diet tips to manage your condition. There are countless articles naming foods that will help control your blood sugar levels or even reverse your condition. You can find these so-called miracle foods listed often: caffeine, cinnamon, mineral supplements, and various tree barks or roots.

Unfortunately, there is no magic cinnamon cure for diabetes – our bodies are much too complex for such a simple answer. Preventing and controlling your diabetes takes more than just eating one food or herb. Here at Feet First Foot Care Specialists, LLC, we don’t have a magical answer either, unfortunately. But we do have good guiding knowledge to offer. We know that the key to maintaining a healthy weight is eating the proper combinations of foods in the right portions. This will help reduce your risk of getting diabetes, or if you already have diabetes, it will help keep your blood sugars in check.

What are the proper foods?

If you have diabetes, it’s important to bring these questions to your primary care physician. Our board-certified podiatrist Dr. Adam Mucinskas can help too. What we do know is that numerous studies have shown time and time again that a balanced diet full of dark, leafy greens, nuts and seeds, lean protein, and healthy carbs is best for prevention and maintenance. Paying attention to how much you eat during the day is also very important.

How does diet affect your feet?

It might seem odd for a podiatry office to spend so much time and energy discussing your diet. But, as we mentioned, optimal nutrition lowers your risk for diabetes and diabetes is directly linked to trouble in your feet. Diabetes comes with multiple foot issues that we often see in our patients, including:

• Peripheral artery disease
• Loss of feeling
• Numbness
• Ulcers
• Charcot foot

If you have questions about how to treat or prevent diabetes, we’re here for you at Feet First Foot Care Specialists, LLC. Dr. Adam Mucinskas keeps up-to-date on all the latest podiatric health issues and utilizes state-of-the-art diagnostics and treatment techniques. Please give us a call today to schedule an appointment at our conveniently located office in the Cromwell, Connecticut area: (860) 632-5499.