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Optimal glycemic control means that your blood sugar levels are just as good as they can be, which is essential to the management of your diabetes. Glycemic response is a measurement of how much a particular food raises your blood sugar after you eat it. Foods that contain carbohydrates that are digested very quickly usually have a very fast effect on blood sugar, and rate high on the glycemic index.
Glycemic control is important in the long-term to help reduce the complications of diabetes.
Glycemic effect
With Glucerna bars, you have a valuable (and delicious!) option. Researchers designed a clinical study to evaluate glycemic response (how much a particular food raises your blood sugar after you eat it) of a Glucerna bar and a standard snack bar. They found that people who consumed a Glucerna bar had smaller changes in their blood sugar levels – and a lower glycemic response– than people who ate the other bar.1
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Glucerna bars help smooth the sugar spikes1:
When compared to a standard snack bar, Glucerna bar was found to produce a smaller rise in blood sugar levels. The study was conducted in men and women with type 2 diabetes, average age 56.
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Glucerna helps you take control
One of the key benefits of all Glucerna products, including the bars, is their unique blend of slowly digested carbohydrates, which help manage the ups and downs of blood sugar at meal or snack time. ‘Slowly digested’ means that sugar is not immediately broken down and absorbed into the blood, and this helps smooth sugar spikes.
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Fast facts on Glucerna Bars2
Glucerna bars comply with the 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines by providing 16% of total energy as protein, 27% as fat and 57% as carbohydrate. |
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Other benefits
 Consistent nutrition, consistent good taste
Grabbing a Glucerna bar means no worries about carbohydrate consistency: each tasty bar was developed to provide a fixed carbohydrates in each serving. For a look at the complete nutritional information, click here. Maintaining or achieving a healthy weight is important for your overall health. If you are overweight with type 2 diabetes, even a small weight loss – 5 to 10% of your current body weight – may have a significant effect on your overall diabetes management.2 For more on how to manage your weight, and some helpful eating tips to consider, visit www.diabetes.ca/for-professionals/resources/nutrition/managing-weight/. A Glucerna bar is a nutritional supplement designed to be used as a snack. As part of healthy diet, it provides a well-balanced proportion of carbohydrates, protein and fat, as well as 26 essential vitamins and minerals. And at the same time, it will help smooth those sugar spikes compared to a standard snack bar. Glucerna Bars: Peel off the wrapper and enjoy one today.
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Who are the members of your health care professional team?
They could be:
- A family physician
- An endocrinologist (a doctor who specializes in diseases like diabetes)
- A diabetes educator or nurse
- A dietitian or nutritionist
- A pharmacist
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References:
1. Nicholson S, Garvey WT, Wallace P et al. Postprandial glucose and insulin responses to dextrin-containing medical nutritional bars in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes 2001;50(Suppl 1):1532.
2. Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines. www.diabetes.ca
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Glucerna Nutritional Drinks are available in four delicious flavours – and every drink comes in an easy-to-open, reclosable bottle. And when you’re in-between meals, or looking for a little bedtime treat, indulge in a Glucerna bar.
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