Blood sugar can be anyone’s problem
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The average American consumes more than a pound of refined sugar a week. It sounds unbelievable until you realize that sugar goes by more than 50 names and is an ingredient in virtually all processed foods, from your morning doughnut to the ketchup on your burger.
Eat it (along with excess fat and calories), sit around, and you’ll gain weight.
It’s the average American way of life, and it deserves a new warning label: Practicing this lifestyle could send another sugar — your blood sugar — into the danger zone.
Your body’s primary source of fuel, blood sugar plays a vital role in physical and mental well-being. But when it rises even slightly above normal — thanks to excess body fat, lack of exercise, and/or genetics — your health, your energy levels, and your weight-loss efforts are jeopardized.
Overlooked by doctors
High-normal blood sugar is anything but normal. Too high to be healthy yet too low to be called diabetes, high-normal blood sugar has long been overlooked by doctors and their patients alike. Yet an estimated 16 million Americans have it — including tens of thousands of children and teens.
High-normal blood sugar can lead to the following conditions:
Overweight
Syndrome X
Pregnancy diabetes
PCOS
Full-blown type 2 diabetes
Heart disease and stroke
It wasn’t until after I had been on immunosuppressants and blood pressure medicines following my renal transplant that I developed diabetes, so it can happen to anyone at anytime.
November 21st, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Thanks for posting this information. It will help a lot of people specially those pregnant woman who develops diabetes during pregnancy.. What are the other suggestions or advise you can share to us so that we will be more aware about it?
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:47 am
I like this posting! It helps a lot of people especially those who are suffering from gestational diabetes. Aside from the details mentioned above, are there any other information you can share?