The REAL problem is what's causing the damage in the first place, such as having
chronically elevated blood sugar.
This is how people go for years with
chronically elevated blood sugar levels without feeling any negative effects, despite inching closer and closer toward diabetes, and why more than 1/3 of American adults have have prediabetes but 9 out of 10 don't know it.
Numerous studies have shown the ever - growing relation between
chronically elevated blood sugar levels, inflammation and the rapid development of degenerative chronic conditions.
If you follow the best kind of treatment program, you can avoid many of the grave complications that come from
chronically elevated blood sugars.
Not exact matches
In fact,
chronically elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol can lead to increased
blood sugar, cholesterol, depression and dementia.
But when cortisol is
chronically elevated, it can lead to a heightened sense of «rev» or unease in the body, depression, accelerated aging, weight gain,
blood sugar problems, and metabolic syndrome.
Chronically elevated cortisol imbalances
blood sugar and hormones and leads to weight gain.
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.
It also increases cortisol, the primary stress hormone, which if
chronically elevated suppresses the immune system, causes sleep disturbances, increases
blood sugar, contributes to abdominal weight gain, and even increases
blood pressure.
Consistently spiking
blood sugar levels also results in
chronically elevated insulin which contributes to inflammation, hormone imbalance, weight gain, and yes, more
sugar cravings.
When that happens your
blood sugar and insulin levels will become
chronically elevated, and that leads to
chronically oily skin, blocked pores and acne.
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.
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.