The 13 Biggest Blood Sugar Mistakes Diabetics Make (Fix This Today)

The 13 Biggest Blood Sugar Mistakes Diabetics Make (Fix This Today)

From Dr. Eric Berg DC by Dr.Berg

April 30, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

This episode discusses 13 common blood sugar mistakes diabetics make and offers tips for better blood sugar management.

Find out how to improve blood sugar control and stop making common blood sugar mistakes! In this video, we’ll cover 13 blood sugar mistakes to avoid, along with the best blood sugar management tips for healthy blood sugar levels. Watch this episode next: Reset Your Body in 5 Days (With Zero Food) Chapters: 0:00 Introduction: Stop making blood sugar mistakes! 0:25 High blood sugar explained 2:41 Insulin resistance and diabetes 5:47 Common blood sugar regulation mistakes 12:22 How to lower blood sugar naturally 14:05 More blood sugar management tips Did you know that all of the blood in your body should only contain a single teaspoon of sugar? Our bodies tightly regulate the amount of sugar in our blood at any given time. If you have prediabetes, that number rises to 1.5 teaspoons. With diabetes, the blood contains 2 teaspoons of sugar. The average person consumes between 50 and 100 teaspoons of sugar every day. Insulin removes the sugar from your blood and converts it to fat or stored sugar in the liver and muscles. The body only needs a tiny amount of sugar (which the liver can make on its own), so we don’t actually need to consume any sugar at all. Chronic excessive sugar…

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Host: Dr.Berg

Topics covered

  • blood sugar control
  • diabetes management
  • insulin resistance
  • health tips
  • common mistakes

Keywords

  • blood sugar
  • diabetes
  • insulin resistance
  • health tips
  • sugar mistakes
  • blood sugar management
  • chronic diseases

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