Are You a Sugar or Carbaholic Even If You Don’t Eat Sugar?

Sugar!  You can hear and read almost anything about sugar, from how it is a good food to how it causes major health problems in everyone who eats it.  Somewhere in between is where the proper perspective will be found.

The answer is determined by how well the hormones of the body regulate blood sugar levels.  Dysglycemia (unbalanced blood sugar) can be due to some of the organs or glands that produce and control hormone levels not functioning properly.  These can be examined by laboratory tests and Applied Kinesiology methods.  Poor dietary choices can cause poor blood sugar regulation even if the organs and glands are functioning adequately.  Keep in mind that there is seldom a single cause for any health problem.

Proper blood sugar regulation is necessary throughout life.  When normal blood sugar regulation fails it goes into highs and lows, eventually leading to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome – serious life changing conditions.

Sugar does not affect everyone the same way.  We inherit our glandular characteristics and ability to handle sugar just as we inherit hair characteristics, body type, and skin color.

Blood sugar levels can be too low (hypoglycemia) or too high (diabetes mellitus), and then there are the in-betweens.  Sometimes blood sugar is within normal levels, but the glandular system is in great stress maintaining a proper balance.  When a person’s blood sugar is constantly going up and down, up and down, this is called oppositic blood sugar. This is not uncommon in my patient population.

Properly regulated blood sugar is necessary for normal body function.  Blood sugar is the fuel that runs the body; it does not build strong, healthy muscles, bones, or organs or glands.  The brain and nerves are in constant need of blood sugar and are among the first areas to develop symptoms when the level is disturbed.

HYPOGLYCEMIA

As with sugar there are many opinions about hypoglycemia.  The American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, and the American Medical Association issued a Statement on Hypoglycemia in which they say, “…it is often attended by symptoms of sweating, shakiness, trembling, anxiety, fast heart action, headache, hunger sensations, brief feelings of weakness, and occasionally seizures and coma.  They go on to relate that these symptoms are probably not due to hypoglycemia; rather, they are anxiety reactions.  They further state, “…there is no good evidence that hypoglycemia causes depression, chronic fatigue, allergies, nervous breakdowns, alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, childhood behavioral problems, drug addiction, or inadequate sexual performance.”  Let’s question these statements and examine sugar handling stress.

Many professionals, especially in natural health care, see varying levels of health problems resulting from blood sugar handling stress. Stress is the important word.  Regulation of blood sugar is a complex process incvolving many hormones that are responsible for (1)raising and lowering blood sugar, (2) storing and releasing sugar fro the body’s needs, (3) converting other nutitional products into sugar, and ((4)converting sugar from one form to another.  When the glandular system regulating blood sugar is stressed, it causes imbalance in the hormones and neurotransmitters secreted by the glands, thus resulting in some of the symptoms associated with hypoglycemia.

Blood sugar comes primarily from carbohydrates in the diet.  Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, the type of sugar that circulates in the blood for the body to use.  Glycogen is glucose converted to a form primarily stored in the liver and muscles for quick conversion to glucose when the body needs a quick increase in blood sugar to meet specific demands.  This is part of the body’s fight or flight system.

Here are some interesting facts about sugar that I thought would interest you:

  • Sugar is only one molecule different than cocaine
  • Sugar is extremely addictive and gigantic food corporations such as McDonalds and Stoffers use sugar to get their customers addicted to their food
  • Sugar causes the brain to deteriorate in a very similar way to the way in which methamphetamines cause the brain to deteriorate.
  • Sugar increases pain and inflammation in the body. The more sugar you take in the more pain you have.
  • Sugar depletes the body of nearly all B – Vitamins, especially B6 which is needed to create serotonin and melatonin which allow you to sleep well at night
  • Sugar depletes the body of zinc and a variety of minerals as well.
  • Sugar is directly linked to numerous diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and crohne’s disease, celiac’s disease and the list goes on and on.
  • Sugar causes a fatty liver which is a very serious medical condition
  • Sugar causes the blood to become sticky which can then lead to Diabetes or pre-diabetes or other kidney and/or pancreas diseases.
  • In many people, sugar will cause their blood sugar to rise.
  • Sugar was not a part of the human diet prior to 10,000 years ago which is just a blink of an eye in human history.
  • Over 66% of Americans are considered to be either hypoglycemic, overweight or actually obese according to the CDC and other census organizations.
  • Sugar aggravates all known cancers – causing the cancer patients to get worse.
  • Sugar is what propagated the slave trade in the United States. Sugar is addictive. These two facts right here make sugar evil.

It might be a good idea to reconsider the next time you are buying that coca cola, cotton candy, doughnut or even sitting down to a great homemade plate of Italian pasta. Don’t let the sugar get you!