One of the most effective ways to control blood sugar levels naturally is to eat a diet rich in fibre. One of the best sources of fibre is beans. High-fibre foods take longer to break down, thus releasing glucose into your blood more slowly . This provides a steady amount of energy rather than the huge flood of glucose you would get when you eat sugary and refined foods. If you are diabetic – eating a high fibre diet is important for your health. Eating high fibre will help you to control your blood sugar more effectively and prevent  fluctuating blood glucose levels.

Mixed Beans

Include 20-35 grams ( approx 1/2 cup) of the following beans in your diet a day:

• Baked beans,
• Black beans,
• Great northern beans,
• Kidney beans,
• Garbanzos,
• Pinto beans,
• White beans

If you are experiencing problems with Mapquest such as – unable to view images, you can optimise your firefox settings.

Check Firefox to see if the web page images function is enabled. If you are not seeing any images, this setting may be disabled. Another similar feature within firefox allows you to command Firefox to download images, but only if they are physically located on the current Web sites server(s).

Mapquest UK Version

Here is how to optimise Firefox for Mapquest:

1. Click on the ‘Tools’ menu at the top of the firefox browser
2. Select  ‘Options’
3. Click the ‘Web Features’ icon, (left side of the ‘Options’) window
4. Ensure that the box ‘Load Images’ is ticked
5. Ensure that the box ‘for the originating website only’ is NOT ticked
6. Lastly click ‘OK’ in the bottom right corner of the ‘Options’ window

Note: You may need to refresh your browser or start firefox to see the results of the changes you have made.