Can Diabetics Use USANA Products?

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USANA Products and Diabetes

If diabetics are having a challenging time choosing what products to consume then USANA could be an alternative option to help manage their health. USANA Nutrimeal, Active Nutrition Range or Protein and Nutrition bars don’t necessarily provide any unique benefits to diabetics, but USANA’s food range is Certified Low Gi. This could mean that people suffering with diabetes and who are interested in making healthier chooses could benefit from not having to worry it it would affect their blood sugars*. We do advise with anyone undertaking a new health regime, especially those with underlying health concerns to talk to their health care practitioner to see if USANA’s products would be suitable. If you have diabetes, we encourage you also to discuss if USANA Products would be a useful choice over the course of the day.

Diabetes will rise to 1 in 3 in the USA

Diabetes is a disease that can creep up on you over time if you lead an unhealthy lifestyle. If left untreated, diabetes can cause blindness, degenerative illnesses, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure. It can lead to lower body amputations in serious cases. The WHO reports that between 1980 and 2014, the number of people with diabetes around the world rose from 108 million to 422 million. In the US alone, 34.2 million people have diabetes, and there are likely millions of others undiagnosed. In 2019, health complications with having the disease took the life of 1.5 million people. That’s as many lives as the highly contagious bacterial disease, tuberculosis, takes in a year. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, experts were calling diabetes the largest epidemic in human history. You could say diabetes is a lifestyle disease. Experts tell us eating a high-fat diet regularly, especially saturated fats, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes as it throws insulin resistance out of whack. This means getting all your meals at your local steakhouse, or McDonald’s, or eating white bread and packed fruit juice regularly for months or years on end may make you predisposed to diabetes. On the flip side, creating those healthy habits up front, maintaining a focus on food preparation – thinking ahead of time before the hunger pains get so great, the only option is a diet full of fat. Eating a healthy diet, exercising routinely, keeping and maintaining a healthy body weight, and quitting smoking are all recommended preventive measures. The biggest changes you can make are on the diet and weight management fronts, and that’s where USANA products come in. We’re here to answer the question: Can Diabetics use USANA Products?

Weight Management with USANA RESET

USANA 5 Day Reset Experts say excess weight is the most important cause of type 2 diabetes. If you’re overweight, your chances of developing diabetes go up seven times. Yes – 7 fold. If you’re obese, that chance goes up 20 to 40 times. Managing your weight is the single most important thing you can do to prevent diabetes. If you’re above the healthy weight range, losing 10% of your current weight can cut your chances of developing diabetes by a significant amount. The USANA RESET kit is designed to help you get started on weight management, step by manageable step. The program helps you to lower your daily caloric intake. In the initial transition stage, each day you replace two meals and a snack with USANA foods. These foods include 4 flavors of Nutrimeal meal-replacement shakes, 3 flavors of low-glycemic Protein Snacks, and HealthPaks. The program by no means limits you to USANA products, but it’s meant to act as a nutrition-packed supplement to a whole food, low-glycemic diet. In the maintenance stage, you replace only a single meal with one USANA shake. The RESET Program also makes recommendations for the fruit and vegetable servings you should include in your daily meals and the kind of exercises you should do. Experts recommend choosing whole grains over refined grains and processed carbs for your daily meals. They also recommend healthy fats, limited red meats and processed meats, increase nuts, beans, fish, and whole grains. Low-GI foods may help overweight adults lose more weight when they have normal insulin secretion. In other words, if your sugar metabolism is normal and you’re just looking to lose excess weight, low-GI foods will give you great results. Along with these dietary changes, a serving of USANA Nutrimeal shake will deliver low-GI whey or soy protein and fiber for the macros your body needs. These shakes are fructose-free and dairy-free. If you prefer soy-free, an alternative is available for you too. USANA WholeBio Nutrition Bars are delicious! It’s a plain and simple fact that these healthy snacks will be something reaching for a couple of times a day. USANA Bars come in three flavors that you can take on the go, simply throw in your gym bag, or carry on a business trip. The protein bars are gluten-free, full of digestive goodness so if you’re prone to digestive trouble, you can safely eat these.

Improve Metabolism with the Active Nutrition Range

USANA Metabolism Product Another USANA product that may help prevent or manage diabetes is the USANA Active Nutrition line of products. You’ll find the many products in the lineup are grouped by need. For instance, if you’re looking for a weight management and metabolism booster, you can turn to Metabolism Plus for weight management support. This is a supplement designed to optimize the body’s fat-burning capacity and help to maintain a healthy weight. There is some evidence that the bitter orange, green tea, and grapefruit extracts in Metabolism Plus support metabolism and speed up fat-burning. If you are bordering having some issues with pre-diabetes, then supporting weight management with Metabolism+ could be something worthwhile trying. Combined with the right nutrition, exercise can help to lower blood glucose levels. Running, brisk walking, weightlifting, swimming, hiking, dancing and other kinds of moderate to intense exercise can help to increase insulin sensitivity. Your muscles can use glucose from food more effectively. In turn, your blood sugar levels go down.

Overall Health and Micro-nutrition with USANA Cellsentials MultiVitamins

USANA Incelligence Providing your body with both macro-nutrients (foods) and micro-nutrients (vitamins) will help you stay on top of your weight management goals. The Cellsentials multivitamins are smartly blended to include essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other nutrients to support the entire body. The nutrition in these supplements is designed to be bio-available or readily absorbed by the body. Limiting your calories doesn’t mean that you can stop providing support to your liver, kidneys, thyroid gland, nervous system, cardiovascular system, immune system, brain, eyes, skin, tissue, muscles, joints, and bones. That’s where well-designed multivitamins like Cellsentials have you covered.

The Bottomline

The good news is, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are preventable with the right lifestyle changes. The next time you crave a sugary mid-afternoon pick-me-up, you could reach for a USANA Snack Bar. Adopting the healthy habit of eating low-GI foods regularly and limiting your daily calorie intake, without skimping on nutrition, is a matter of careful balance and research. If you are serious about weight loss and wanting to smash it out of the park. Trust your Weight Loss to The USANA RESET or USANA Active Nutrition Programs. These weight management plans may help you get on the right track far quicker than if you had to figure things out for yourself. *It is wise to consult a physician before you switch to a new diet, to make sure that any medication you may be taking and any health conditions you have will not be affected by your new diet.

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  • Nutritionist and Wellness Advocate

    Dale is a Qualified Nutritionist and owner of two successful health businesses; Newlives Nutrition and My Action Project Ltd. Dale has been consulting in the health and wellness industry for over 20 years and is a well-known speaker and educator having consulted with thousands of individuals over the years as well as working alongside the New Zealand Fire Service and SAS Soldiers.

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2 thoughts on “Can Diabetics Use USANA Products?

  1. Dr. S. Nath says:

    I am 52 yrs old male diabetic for last 10 yrs with hypertension and fatty liver with digestive problems , gas etc. I am over weight too. Please suggest what USANA supplements to take.

    • The Nutritionist says:

      Hi there. Thanks for your online enquiry.

      Before undertaking any new health regime, it’s always best to get some advice from a medical practitioner. I would first off suggest a lifestyle change with reviewing the types of foods and the portion sizes. I would start to exercise moderately under supervision if you feel like you should.

      The Liver can regenerate itself so with a change in lifestyle and weight loss you may find your Liver starts to improve. To assist with the process here I would suggest taking the base supplements called Cellsentials with HepaSil for the Liver.

      If you would like to try and lose some weight you can review the 5 Day RESET Program to kick off some good habits or the 28 Day Active Nutrition program which could also be very useful. We’ve had 10’s of thousands of people that have success with losing weight with these product suggestions.

      They are Low GI and diabetics are able to consume the RESET and Active Nutrition Range but again, best to discuss this with your health practitioner. You can try to remove the gluten from your diet if gas is becoming uncomfortable and you can also include Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes to help break down food easily and reduce the gas. Your hypertension may fall naturally once your habits change and you lose weight. MagneCal D has been helpful for hypertension but if you are on medication, it is not to replace it with. Your Dr will be monitoring this for you and can lower medications when they feel you should.

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