5 Ways To Balance Your Child’s Blood Sugar

Your child could be showing many signs of irregular blood sugar without knowing it. Here are 5 ways to balance your child’s blood sugar.

Does anyone else have a child who is constantly snacking and always hungry?

A child who is tired, unmotivated or unbothered?

Maybe a child who is angsty, jittery and has a bit too much energy at times?

If any of these scenarios resonate with you, you just may have a child whose blood sugar needs balancing.

Now, of course, I am just speculating that this MAY be the case for your child. Please take this with a grain of salt.

However, I know far too many children (including my own) who will snack all day without eating a proper balanced meal. What is that doing to their bodies?

I have one child in particular who is constantly telling me that she is hungry. She loves her fruit and her snacks. But will often turn down a full meal. No wonder she is hungry all the time?!

Yes, I know snacks are convenient and they don’t take much effort from us to prepare. But, if our children are living on snacks all day and not eating proper meals or they are going too long without eating something balanced, then this is wreaking havoc on their health.

How Can Irregular Blood Sugar Wreak Havoc on Health?

Studies have shown that irregular blood sugar can lead to problems with the liver and reproductive health (source).

It can also cause dizziness, headaches, mood changes, tapping into glucose reserves, hormonal imbalances, jitteriness, muddled thinking and sleeping disturbances, to name a few.

This is why stabilising blood sugar is incredibly important. We actually don’t talk about this enough when it comes to nourishing our children.

5 Ways to Balance Your Child’s Blood Sugar

So, if it this important for our child’s health and future health, then you can start making these changes today.

Here are my top tips to balancing your child’s blood sugar:

1. Give your child a protein-rich breakfast. Foods like eggs on wholegrain toast, yoghurt, berries and nuts, overnight oats with granola and berries, a balanced smoothie, frittata, sausages and potatoes.
2. Give your child a balanced snack in between meals. Fruit and nut butter, yoghurt, cheese and rice crackers, shredded chicken or sausage, healthy baked good (with limited sugar).
3. Keep your child hydrated. Drinking plenty of water helps to lower blood sugar. Sometimes children confuse hunger with thirst and staying hydrated should limit their hunger.
4. Give your child protein at every meal. Your child will continue asking for snacks if they haven’t eaten enough protein. Meat, eggs, beans, lentils, tofu are types of proteins to add.
5. Sleep. It seems overrated, but getting sufficient rest helps control blood sugar. Make sure your child is getting enough sleep to maintain blood sugar and ensure they eat breakfast within an hour of waking up.

10 Blood Sugar Balancing Foods to Include in Your Child’s Meals

1. Eggs (protein)
2. Avocado (fat)
3. Extra virgin olive oil (fat)
4. Meat (protein)
5. Tofu (protein)
6. Cheese (protein and fat)
7. Beans (protein)
8. Yoghurt (protein and fat)
9. Nuts/nut butter (protein and fat)
10. Fish (protein and fat)

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