While you've heard that high blood sugar can cause serious conditions like diabetes, you may not be aware that
imbalances in your blood sugar can cause a host of unpleasant symptoms.
Over time,
imbalances in blood sugar can lead to serious diseases like type 2 diabetes, which has sadly become an «epidemic» in the U.S with over 12 percent of the adult population now considered diabetic according the US Centers for Disease Control.
Imbalance in blood sugar levels and insulin secretion are the main characteristics of diabetes.
[By the way,
imbalances in blood sugar will also lead to inflammation — so it works both ways.]
This imbalance in blood sugar and cortisol also promotes inflammation and trigger autoimmune flares.
Not exact matches
Asian restaurants serve everything with a TON of rice, which is high
in carbohydrates that cause
blood sugar imbalances and inflammation.
Blood sugar imbalances also lead to nutrient deficiencies
in key B vitamins, trace minerals and magnesium that further weaken the BBB and increase oxidative stress and inflammation
in the brain.
Not only does this mean that they do not contribute to
blood sugar imbalance, but also that they can be used safely
in diabetic populations.
In the health food industry, there are greens bars and other superfood bars that are full of date
sugar or honey that are simple
sugars that cause inflammation and
blood sugar imbalances.
The cause of the nausea is not entirely known, but is believed that nausea is caused by the changes
in body hormone and
blood sugar imbalance.
The root cause of mental health issues is part physical
imbalance (e.g., chronic inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, autoimmunity, hormone
imbalance,
blood sugar dysregulation, chronic sleep deprivation), and part psychospiritual (e.g., history of trauma, cognitive distortions, social isolation, chronic stress, living out of alignment with the way human beings evolved to thrive — eating real food, moving their bodies, sleeping
in darkness, breathing fresh air, drinking clean water, seeing the sun, connected to nature, and deeply rooted
in community).
The androgen overload is actually caused by an
imbalance in insulin, the hormone that helps regulate
blood sugar.
If we continue to push long enough and also have other stressors
in our lives like digestive issues, lack of sleep, relationship issues,
blood sugar imbalances, and work - related stress, we end up being
in a chronic sympathetic state also known as the fight or flight response.
Frequent
blood sugar imbalances and crashes are common
in this state.
Blood sugar issues, high cortisol, adrenal fatigue, neurotransmitter
imbalance, anxiety, alcohol use, chronic pain, and poor diet (especially lacking
in critical minerals) are all potential causes.
Over time, a
blood sugar imbalance can lead to serious diseases like type 2 diabetes - which is now an epidemic
in the U.S. with over 12 % of the adult population now considered diabetic according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Blood Sugar Balance:
Blood sugar imbalances stress the liver and deplete the B vitamins which aid the liver
in the detoxification process 4.
This trick does work best for those with adrenal fatigue and
blood sugar imbalances who wake
in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep, but use it even if you have trouble falling asleep too.
Without that proper fuel, any number of things can happen, including
imbalances in our hormones, our nervous systems getting out of whack, our digestive process breaking down, guts becoming permeable,
blood sugar spikes or falls - just to name a few.
Curb cravings by eating a diet heavy
in fresh vegetables and modest amounts of fruit (so as not to
imbalance blood sugar).
Alfalfa contains high levels of manganese that can help balance
blood sugar in diabetes and
blood sugar imbalances.
Although diet plays a role
in leaky gut, so do other factors, such as high
blood sugar, chronic stress, and hormonal
imbalances.
Adrenal stress can cause
blood sugar imbalances through hormone fluctuations from stressors; or it can result from hormone fluctuations
in response to
blood sugar imbalances (caused by poor food choices and nutrient deficiencies).
This will also tax your
blood -
sugar handling mechanisms which will always result
in energy
imbalances (later if not sooner).
A commonly overlooked aspect
in the pursuit to prevent heart disease is actually
blood sugar imbalances.
Consistently spiking
blood sugar levels also results
in chronically elevated insulin which contributes to inflammation, hormone
imbalance, weight gain, and yes, more
sugar cravings.
If HPA axis dysfunction leads to chronically high or low cortisol levels then
blood sugar imbalance may result which will then result
in cravings.
This can
in turn fight
blood sugar imbalances and type 2 diabetes.
That
imbalance could be the over-consumption of processed foods, an overload of toxins stuck
in the body, poor digestion, food sensitivities, thyroid
imbalances, an inability to regulate
blood sugar levels, among many things.
Imbalances in insulin and
blood sugar also can trigger or exacerbate autoimmune Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.
Here's how Dr. Datis Kharrazian, a leader
in the functional medicine community, defined the two states of functional
blood sugar imbalance.
As a beauty nutrition guru, one of my major concerns is rapid spikes
in blood sugar because they directly contribute to advanced aging and wrinkles, major breakouts, and hormone
imbalance.
Low
sugar nutrition plans are important
in people with
blood sugar imbalances.
Before we hit a state of
blood sugar pathology (diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood for example), we most likely spend some time, perhaps decades,
in a state of functional
blood sugar imbalance.
Blood sugar imbalances mess up the entire endocrine system because not only are the pancreas, liver, and adrenal glands all necessary for blood sugar regulation but they are also heavily involved in the endocrine sy
Blood sugar imbalances mess up the entire endocrine system because not only are the pancreas, liver, and adrenal glands all necessary for
blood sugar regulation but they are also heavily involved in the endocrine sy
blood sugar regulation but they are also heavily involved
in the endocrine system.
Although diet obviously plays a role
in leaky gut, so do other factors, such as high
blood sugar, chronic stress, and hormonal
imbalances.
In addition to contributing to insulin resistance, inflammation and
blood sugar imbalances (along with the insulin and cortisol spikes) will eventually lead to leptin resistance.
For younger women this paves the path to a smoother transition through perimenopause and menopause, a period
in life that can be made miserable by
blood sugar imbalances.
As mentioned earlier
in this series, inflammation will contribute to
blood sugar imbalances by interfering with cortisol (causing it to spike).
Some people experience problems processing glucose, which is known as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and leads to
blood sugar spikes after heavy meals, whereas type 2 diabetes patients have a chronic condition where insulin simply can not be generated
in adequate amounts, creating an
imbalance.
In addition,
imbalanced blood sugar is one of the risk factors for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Joan — Chromium supplements can be helpful
in managing
blood sugar swings —
blood sugar imbalances are a big contributor to Hashi's.
Blood sugar imbalances have been described as adding «fuel to the fire»
in autoimmune thyroid disease by many practitioners who focus on reversing Hashimoto's.
PMS is primarily associated with hormonal
imbalances, burn - out and adrenal fatigue, which is a very common syndrome
in working women today, hypoglycemia (
blood sugar fluctuations), and nutritional deficiencies, all of which are preventable.
Grains often cause
blood sugar imbalances in people which will exacerbate most symptoms.
However, I would avoid white potatoes as they are very high
in starch and can cause
blood sugar imbalances because of the way they are metabolized
in the body.
At Parsley our most frequent recommendation for alcohol is cutting wine and beer altogether, and sticking to vodka, white tequila and mezcal routinely instead, for people who have digestive issues,
imbalances in gut bacteria, food sensitivities and
blood sugar issues, as these forms of alcohol have very little residual
sugar or toxins.
Daily stress can cause
imbalances in inflammatory COX - 2 production and cortisol levels, which can influence
blood sugar changes.
Hormonal
imbalance, slack (loose) skin, collagen loss, muscle atrophy, fat deposits beneath the skin, poor
blood circulation, water retention, vitamin C deficiency, diet high
in refined
sugar and refined salt, alcohol, skin sensitivity and allergies, chronic fatigue and lack of sleep, poor dietary habits, deficiency of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, sedentary lifestyle, chronic stress, accumulation of toxins
in the body, etc..
Stressors such as gut infections, food intolerances,
blood sugar imbalances, and hormonal
imbalances can depress the pituitary gland, which controls hormone function
in the body.