Why is Blood Sugar Control so Freakin’ Important?

Blood sugar control is at the heart of all the major diseases that afflict Americans. That is a pretty good reason to pay attention to it.

Here is another. Besides diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers, too low or too high of blood sugar really messes with your hormone system. It is a major player in menstrual cycle abnormalities, adrenal exhaustion, thyroid problems, and male hormonal issues where estrogens elevate and testosterone declines. This can look like men with low drive and ambition with a reduced ability to gain muscle mass and a lack of desire to perform in the boardroom or bedroom and women with major mood problems who grow hair on their face, and can’t lose weight.

Got your attention yet?

Good, because the answers are not in the pharmaceutical field although many doctors think that it is. The answers lie in figuring out why your blood sugar is not balanced, not in what drugs forces your body to adapt to an imbalanced blood sugar state.

So, why is a persons blood sugar imbalanced, outside of a genetic reason?

The biggest reason is what people put into their mouth. How they eat. People are told that to be healthy, they must “eat right”. What the heck does that mean? The details in eating are part of the answer to balanced blood sugar.

People are not told to avoid the fast acting carbohydrate foods that cause immense blood sugar elevations and crashes. This should be apparent but for many people it is not.

People are not taught to eat protein at every meal. They should be. Protein sparks a hormone opposite insulin called glucagon and it tends to balance the insulin surges caused by eating too many fast acting carbs. Thus, less damage is done to your body.

So, how much protein and how much carbs?

Great question!

Generally strive to eat an equal volume of each at any one sitting(unless you eat on the go!)
That was a lame attempt at humor.

Seriously, if you eat a baked potatoe(a fast acting carb) you should not eat more of that than the steak you eat with it. Or, do not eat any more af the hashbrowns you have with your eggs

You do not have to measure these food portions, just eyeball it in terms of volume.

If you follow this rule, you will have generally avoided one of the major reasons for blood sugar imbalance in America today and the potential disasterous consequences.