Many diabetics love to bake. Unfortunately, traditional ingredients such as white flour and sugar lead to high blood sugar levels. Diabetes baking methods are available to help you continue the practice that you love without risking your blood sugar levels rising too high. DiabetesHealth.com provides the following diabetes baking tips to help you keep your meals healthier:

• Reduce the sugar amount in a recipe by one quarter, which is not noticeably differ, but cuts down the total carbohydrate count of your meal.

• Replace sugar with agave nectar, which is lower on the glycemic index than sugar.

• Use unsweetened applesauce instead of oil.

• Throw in walnuts, flax seed, and/or wheat germ to increase the amount of healthy fats and add protein to your dish.

• When possible, use whole wheat flour, whole wheat pastry flour, oats, or flaky cereal in place of white flour.

• Do not replace butter with margarine. Try to