Sentences with phrase «by elevated blood sugar»

The most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, which is caused by elevated blood sugar levels damaging the blood vessels of the retina and affects approximately 7.7 million Americans.

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They help manage weight (because they help curb cravings because they take a lot time to digest), they can help reduce the risk of heart disease, they help to ward off diabetes (helping to reduce both blood sugar and insulin levels and they help to keep cholesterol in check (by lowering LDL (bad cholesterol) and elevating HDL (good cholesterol).

A provocative study published in Science in April 2010 suggests that a change in the bacterial population of the gut contributes to the risk of metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by elevated weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood fat.

By switching mice to a diet comprised of 20 % inulin, Gewirtz and colleagues found that they could reverse some aspects of metabolic syndrome in the mice — like promoting weight loss and greater blood sugar control — but not others, such as elevated triglycerides levels.

When our blood sugar rises too high for too long, proteins and lipids are coated passively by the elevated sugars.

Depression, a common form of chronic stress, causes hyperactive responses to stress and a chronically elevated levels of cortisol, which undoubtedly will lead to a chronically elevated level of blood sugar.23 We already know that cancer cells are fueled by glucose and people with higher serum glucose levels have an increased risk of cancer.24 One of the main goals of a caveman diet is to minimize any spikes in blood glucose levels and to keep them chronically low.

I hope you will be as pleasantly surprised as I was to learn that, while your blood sugar may seem elevated by doing home testing as I was, your average blood sugar is not as bad as you fear.

You're damaging your pancreas and many other tissues by living with elevated insulin and blood sugar levels.

If not, I would hesitate at assuming your elevated morning cortisol is caused by low blood sugar at night.

I just heard a talk by Dr. Christiane Northrup who said that cholesterol over 200 is not a problem unless the blood sugar levels are elevated, and she likes blood sugars to be between 70 and 85, not 100 like conventional medicine says is «normal.»

The blood sugar roller coaster caused by regular consumption of too many carbohydrates or the wrong kind of carbohydrates (refined and processed) and / or stress, produces chronically - elevated levels of insulin, which eventually leads the cells to lose their sensitivity to insulin and no longer respond normally.

By keeping your blood sugar levels constantly elevated with snacking, you never really allow your body to learn how to reliably burn fat as a fuel.

Type II diabetes is characterized by chronically high blood sugar — which poses a danger to small blood vessels, and is a potent inflammatory condition, increasing the risk of heart disease — and elevated insulin.

In the second part of the experiment, the researchers gave the mice diazoxide, a glucose - elevating drugs that is often used to treat low blood sugar, by injecting directly into the brain.

Juice fasts are popular, but juices offer a concentrated source of sugars which dramatically elevate blood sugar levels, followed by a dramatic plummet, which can instigate lethargy and mood swings.

If elevated sugars are evident, the veterinarian may run some blood tests to ensure the kidneys and other organs have not been impacted by the disease.

Its side effects of increased appetite, thirst, weight gain, elevated blood sugar and adrenal gland suppression are well understood by your veterinarian and can usually be managed through frequent weigh - ins, dietary management and periodic blood exams.

Laboratory examination may confirm the diagnosis, confirmed by an elevated level of potassium in the blood serum and slight hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels).