India, Oct. 28 -- To regulate the blood sugar levels, the first instinct is to eliminate all the sweets which appear to be big-time spike contributors. One such obvious one is chocolate cake. Cake is anyway prepared with the obvious glucose-soaring ingredients like refined flour, sugar, and butter. And to top it off, the chocolate-flavoured fillings or frostings make it a rollercoaster for your blood sugar. The repercussions are evident, and likewise, you tread carefully, exercise caution with strict portion control, whenever you eat.

But sometimes the hidden offenders and blood sugar boosters are lurking in plain sight, right in your daily staples that form the base of your dinner. New Jersey-based endocrinologist, Dr Alessia Roehnelt, ...