These are hard questions, but dealing with diabetic complications is even harder if you don t take care of yourself. Take these study results to heart and make a New Year s resolution to improve your diabetes and blood pressure control in 1999. Eating Italian Italian food is an ethnic favorite. How it s prepared can affect how your blood sugar reacts. Only by measuring your blood sugar before and after a meal can you see how a certain dish affects you.
Some people report that tomato sauce seems to raise their blood sugar.
This may be due to added sugar in the sauce or something else unique to tomato sauce. Of course one big reason may be that we tend to eat large portions of Italian food. Cooking at Home. You have more control when you prepare Italian food at home. First, make the sauce from scratch using unsalted canned tomatoes, tomato paste and lots of fresh vegetables like mushrooms, onions, garlic, zucchini and bell peppers.