7 Ways to Keep Your Holidays—and Your Blood Sugar—in Balance*†

The holiday season is a wonderful time, but it can also feel like life in general gets a bit out of balance. By taking a few simple steps this time of year, you can keep yourself healthy—plus maintain normal blood sugar levels^†—so you can truly enjoy the season.^*

If you’d like a little support piloting a sensible course through the many challenges and temptations of this time of year, here are seven tips to consider:

1. Hydrate: Staying hydrated by drinking water throughout the day will not only help you feel more alert and refreshed, research shows that it may help you keep your blood sugar levels in balance, too. You don’t have to follow the “eight, 8-oz. glasses of water per day” to the nearest ounce, but definitely work in more water, herbal tea, or other non-caffeinated, non-sugary drinks throughout the day.
   
   
2. Be Active and Exercise: Exercise does more than burn calories, it can help keep your mind on an even-keel and help you resist the urge to indulge in too many tempting holiday treats, too.
   
   
3. Support Blood Sugar Balance^† with Sucontral^® D: This supplement features a clinically studied extract of Hintonia latiflora, which contains a polyphenol called coutareagenin. This compound may help modulate alpha-glucosidase, an enzyme that releases sugar from carbohydrates, and by doing so, it helps support healthy blood sugar levels.^† Sucontral D may help support even-keel blood sugar levels throughout the day, versus the “spiking” that can affect energy and mood.^† Additionally, clinical research shows that Sucontral D supports healthy insulin function, carbohydrate metabolism, healthy A1C levels, and healthy cholesterol and triglyceride balance.^*†
   
   
4. Pay Attention to Portion Sizes: Go ahead and enjoy the great tasting food of the season, but try to pay attention to your portions, too. Give yourself about 15 minutes after finishing your first helping before filling up your plate again—you’ll likely find that you’re not really that hungry anymore.
   
   
5. Don’t Skip Meals: The unhealthy flipside of devouring great holiday food is the temptation to skip meals altogether to avoid any unwanted gains during the season. Don’t do it. Skipping meals can make you fall into a slump that seems only relieved by eating massive portions later—followed by another slump. So be as moderate as possible—but eat, for goodness sake!
   
   
6. Remain Calm: This is the season when time can seem to move too fast, so staying calm and slowing your pace as much as possible is a good idea. When occasional anxieties, stresses, nervous tension, and restless nights slip through, consider clinically studied AnxioCalm^®. It can help smooth out the rough edges of a challenging day so you can relax more easily and appreciate the holidays more fully.^*
   
   
7. Be Thankful and Give Back: The holidays are a time to reflect on what is really important. After all, simply being alive is an amazing thing. Consider giving back in appreciation by helping neighbors shovel the snow from their driveway, or by practicing any number of good works to show your gratitude for this life and this season. After all, giving time, patience, and assistance are truly the best gifts to share any time of year.

†Supports healthy levels already within normal range.