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Avoid refined, processed carbohydrates (especially sugar). Seek opportunities to use whole, fresh foods.
Eat whole fruits as desserts .....Processed sugar has many harmful effects throughout the body and can cause major imbalances in the organ systems. You could say that sugar tends to throw off the homeostatic balance of the whole body by increasing the production of adrenaline by many times. In essence, sugar stimulates the nervous system by inducing a flight or fight response.
Too much sugar can adversely affect body weight and hormones; it may also cause fatigue, increased hyperactivity and tooth decay. Do we know the harm being done by loading the body with sugar?
Refined sugar provides empty calories and if a lot of your food contains sugar, there’s no room for the nutrients you need to stay healthy. When sugar isn’t needed, it’s stored as fat, and by eating sugar, you’re also raising levels of the hormone insulin in your blood. Insulin stores fat, a risk factor of diabetes, and can damage artery walls, making it easier for cholesterol and fat to build up and cause heart disease. Too much sugar affects immune systems by causing white blood cells to be sluggish, thus lowering resistance to disease.
High sugar consumption leads to an overly acidic body and in turn will cause the body to strip nutrients from its reserves to counterbalance this effect. This can eventually cause the body to take calcium from the bones and teeth since calcium is the primary mineral used to neutralize high acid in the cells. The can lead to arthritis or osteoporosis.
Refined sugar is devoid of all nutrients, which leads to the body getting depleted of its stores of various vitamins, minerals and enzymes. If sugar consumption is continued, an over-acid condition results, and more minerals are needed from deep in the body to correct the imbalance. If the body is lacking the nutrients used to metabolize sugar, it will not be able to properly handle and rid itself of the poisonous residues. These wastes accumulate through the brain and nervous system, which speeds up cellular death. The bloodstream becomes over-loaded with waste products and symptoms of carbonic poisoning result.
Diabetes is a very commonly known disease caused by sugar as well as a high fat diet. Diabetes is caused by the failure of the pancreas to produce adequate insulin when the blood sugar rises. A concentrated amount of sugar introduced into the system sends the body into shock from the rapid rise in the blood sugar level. Diabetes (high blood sugar) is caused when pancreas fail because of overwork and the blood sugar levels are not under the control of normal metabolism.
Diabetics must monitor their blood sugar (glucose) levels very strictly to determine how far above or below normal their glucose is and to determine what oral medications or insulin(s) they may need to lower the blood sugar level. The "gold standard" for diagnosing diabetes is an elevated fasting blood sugar level after an overnight fast (not eating anything after midnight). A value above 140 mg/dl on at least two occasions typically means a person has diabetes. Normal people have fasting sugar levels that generally run between 70-110 mg/dl.
Good health begins with your personal plan to manage diabetes. You and your doctor will come up with a plan, often with the help of a diabetes educator or a dietitian. They can help you choose the best foods for controlling your blood sugar.
Changing your eating habits and increasing your daily activity are very important to bring down blood sugar level. Many people with type 2 diabetes also take one or more medicines to help keep their blood sugar under control. You may also need to lose weight. Weight loss may help lower your blood sugar level.
If you smoke, try to stop. Smoking increases your risk of diabetes health problems. Anyone with diabetes faces a hig
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