Reducing glucose spikes

To reduce glucose spikes, use cinnamon, eat foods in a specific order, and have lemon or lime juice with meals.

• Cinnamon: Add it to food or a drink to slow glucose entry into the bloodstream, possibly by slowing gastric emptying. Keep intake to about 1–1½ teaspoons per day or less, because high intake of the compound identified in the episode as “Coumadin” may be toxic. 1
• Food order: Eat fiber first, then protein, then carbohydrates to blunt the glucose rise and support earlier satiety. 2
• Lemon or lime juice: Have about a couple of tablespoons before, during, or after a meal to blunt the glucose response. If your blood glucose is already low, be cautious: it may lower it further and contribute to hypoglycemia. 3