The body processes these foods so quickly that blood sugar spikes soon after you eat them.

So doctors often recommend waiting to eat after using human insulin to prevent blood sugar spikes.

The first step is just to reduce the blood sugar spikes that produce sharp increases of insulin.

The fruit snacks make kids' blood sugar spike, causing them to feel hungrier.

Plus, vinegar slows your body's conversion of starches into sugar, and reduces blood sugar spikes.

"But those foods make your blood sugar spike and crash, setting off a roller coaster of energy highs and lows."

These foods rank low on the glycemic index (GI), which means they're less likely to cause blood sugar spikes and leave you feeling hungry.

From the perspective of sugar metabolism, alcohol may cause a blood sugar spike, resulting in a hypoglycemic awakening "hangover".

Sure, it gets you through the midafternoon slump - but with a jolt of caffeine and a blood sugar spike which is definitely less healthy than restorative kip.

Merely half of one avocado contains 10 grams of healthy mono-saturated fats, which stop the blood sugar spikes that tell your body to store fat around your midsection.

"But a lot of women skip meals to save calories and go straight to dessert, so their blood sugar spikes, then crashes, and they end up going back for seconds and thirds."

In type 1 diabetes, these beta cells no longer work to break down the glucose that floods the body after each meal, leading to blood sugar spikes that can damage the kidneys and heart.

So while you won’t get the blood sugar spike and crash from eating fructose, you may not feel as full after eating higher fructose foods compared with foods higher in sugar.

These heart-helping noodles have a lower glycemic index than whole-wheat bread, says SELF contributing editor Janis Jibrin, R.D. That means they won´t cause blood sugar spikes.

Selecting foods lower on the glycemic index means avoiding blood sugar spikes with white rice, sweets, and white flour breads and opting for fresh foods, such as vegetables, meat, and fruits.

Bydureon has the advantage of providing 24-hour coverage for blood sugar lowering, while Byetta has the advantage of providing better control of the blood sugar spike that occurs right after eating.

This primes you for a swift blood sugar spike followed shortly thereafter by a precipitous crash—not to mention an extra coating of flab as those sugars are internally processed and stored as body fat.

Add this green fruit to your diet Just half an avocado contains 10 grams of MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids), which halt blood sugar spikes that tell your body to store fat around your belly.

But the script was fattened with phrases — “imbued with a towering source of inspiration,” “simply the circle of life at Augusta” and “walking in the green jacket footsteps of his hero” — that made my blood sugar spike.

By contrast, those with high glycemic index and load, such as sugary drinks and pastries, white bread, and white rice, release sugars rapidly and cause the body to release hormones to compensate for blood sugar spikes.

The decision was taken on the advice of the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa), on the grounds that fructose has a lower glycaemic index (GI) - it does not cause as high and rapid a blood sugar spike as sucrose or glucose.

“It’s increasingly clear that blood sugar spikes, especially after a meal, are bad for you,” says John P. Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri, who conducted the study with his graduate student Catherine R. Mikus and others.