Experts advise there’s nothing you cannot eat if you have type 2 diabetes, but certain foods should be limited.
The NHS recommends eating a wide range of foods, including fruit, vegetables and some starchy foods like pasta, keeping sugar, fat and salt to a minimum, and to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day – people shouldn’t skip meals.
But individual food and drink have also been shown to have a positive impact on blood sugar levels, and when it comes to the first meal of the day, breakfast, adding a certain spice to your meals could prove beneficial.
One of these foods is cinnamon – a sweet spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus cinnamomum.
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