Low insulin sensitivity may also result in
chronically high blood sugar levels, which are thought to increase your risk of many diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.
It's because they induce a constant state of hyper - insulinemia, and
chronically high blood sugar levels.
Not exact matches
Your A1c appears to be
high normal, suggestive of a
chronically borderline
high blood sugar level.
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.
Diabetics, for example, may suffer from poor bones, not because of low mineral density but because their collagen is damaged by the advanced glycation end products (AGEs) created when
blood sugar levels are
chronically high.
If HPA axis dysfunction leads to
chronically high or low cortisol
levels then
blood sugar imbalance may result which will then result in cravings.
Over time,
chronically high cortisol
levels can stress your adrenal glands, create hormonal imbalances, increase your
blood pressure, and «rev» belly fat,
sugar cravings, and insulin
levels.
This cause our
blood sugar levels to become
chronically high and increase the risk for obesity and a lot of other nasty diseases.
While this is a good thing if you're literally running for your life,
chronically high levels of cortisol (i.e.: from long distance running), tells your body to make and release more
sugar into the
blood so your body can make more energy.
Chronically high or imbalanced
levels of
blood sugar or «glucose» means your body needs more insulin to allow glucose to get into your cells.
This means that the cells are better at absorbing
blood sugar, which helps regulate insulin
levels and prevents the occurrence of type 2 diabetes caused by
chronically high insulin
levels.
Excess weight and
chronically high insulin
levels caused by eating too much
sugar and white bread also weakens
blood vessels, which causes softer erections.
It's the
chronically high insulin and
blood sugar levels that are so hard on the vascular system and precipitously increase the risk of heart disease.