subject: Could You Be On A Path To Diabetes? [print this page] It is not that well known that stable blood sugar levels are one of the most important considerations of good health. Enormous damage can be inflicted to tissues and organs over a period of time from high or wildly fluctuating blood sugar levels. The long term effects on health are so serious that it can shave years or even decades off one's life.
So many people struggle to control their weight and go on and off various diets either under eating or overeating all which do not help to keep blood sugar stable. Becoming overweight and having blood sugar problems go hand in hand. Intense hunger signals and cravings are increased with out of control blood sugar levels which can lead to binges and over-eating which cause further weight gain.
How do you know you are having blood sugar problems you say? Many people do not know without a blood test and this is one of the problems as a person can firstly become overweight, then progress on to pre-diabetes and finally full blown diabetes without realizing it. High blood sugar from nutritional disorders may have been doing damage your body in a quiet hidden kind of way for years or even decades.
One major clue is your waist measurement - anything over 35 inches for a women or 40 inches for a man is a visible symptom. Other clues are not being hungry at breakfast time and craving sweets and starchy foods. Another clue is feeling tired or mentally fuzzy during the afternoon after lunch.
Becoming overweight is a modern epidemic that is out of control with two out of three people now being over their healthy weight. Many of these people are on a path to the devastating disease diabetes along with an increased risk of the other big ones - heart disease and cancer.
Eating too many unhealthful foods is what sets the stage for these problems. Too many calories, too many refined sugars and other processed carbohydrates and too many unhealthy oils are the villain's.
Even if you are in this situation think of it as actually an opportunity to improve your eating habits, add in some exercise and regain your health.
Your exercise program needs to be made up of mostly strength training exercise that will assist you in retrieving your health. Glucose from the blood stream is burnt for energy in the muscle cells so by working them directly with proper exercise you get rid of that excess blood sugar that is causing problems in your body. You will also get further health benefits from becoming stronger and fitter.
To further improve your health ditch as much processed foods as possible, especially high sugar, high fat refined carbohydrates and replace them with natural complex high fiber carbohydrates in the form of vegetables. Emphasize quality protein at each of 4-6 small meals every 3 hours throughout the day.
This will keep those blood sugar levels stable and in time if you are consistent with your improved eating and the addition of 2-3 proper exercise sessions each week you can reverse pre-diabetes and banish it from your life forever.
