Type 2 diabetes and healthy living: is cooking at high temperatures bad for you?
As you struggle to control your type 2 diabetes and blood sugar levels, you may be interested in how you prepare your meat and it might affect your risk factor for complications. By now you probably know that getting enough protein is key to controlling your blood sugar at every meal. Therefore, he strives to include a reasonable amount of meat in his eating plan. However, are you cooking it healthily?
You might also have read that grilling or grilling meat can increase the carcinogens you have in your body, and even eating a lot of red meat could also increase your risk of developing certain types of cancer.
However, did you know that there could be a connection between cooking at high temperatures and type 2 diabetes? Researchers at Harvard Health Hospital are finding just that. They noted the frequent use of high-temperature cooking methods that include…
- roasting,
- barbecue,
- grill and
- roast
all increased the risk factor for type 2 diabetes according to research involving more than 289,000 participants. Those who often ate meats prepared in this way were more likely to have type 2 diabetes, showing this direct correlation. Note that this may not necessarily have been just the cooking method, but how the food was cooked using sauces and such, and the link to weight gain. The test subjects were also more likely to be obese or very overweight, which in itself also increases the risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.
What is interesting to note is that grilled fish seemed to be doing well in the study. While there hasn’t been as much information on this, those who ate grilled fish often didn’t show elevated risk, which may lead us to believe that it’s not just the grill but the type of protein that is cooked in that particular way.
The researchers also noted that another reason this could be problematic is because there are potentially harmful chemicals that are formed during this type of cooking that can trigger an inflammatory response in our bodies. This then sets you up for a chain of events that could lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
The final message in all this? Try alternative ways of cooking…
- slow cook,
- baking,
- boiling,
- smoky,
- administration, and
- stir fry
they are all healthier ways to cook your meat and help prevent it from passing its succulent end point. When you overcook any meat, you’re removing the fat and liquid, so all that’s left are the hardened muscle fibers.