Fill up on fiber
"You want to eat fewer carbs and more fiber to slow the absorption of carbs," Dr. Aloi says. Here's a trick: "Sprinkle some Benefiber, a 100 percent natural fiber supplement, on rice to slow the absorption of the carbs, so they have less of an impact on your blood sugar," Aloi says. "It's tasteless and just blends in." A study in the New England Journal of Medicine backs this up: People with diabetes who ate 50 grams of fiber a day were able to control their blood glucose better than those who ate far less. Use these high-fiber recipes to pack more fiber into your diet.