Shownotes

• Insulin: The hormone that is increased when we sense blood sugar. It is released by the pancreas and latches onto our cells, allowing doors to open for glucose to enter into the cells.

 

• Insulin Resistance: When insulin signal is not working anymore. It is a metabolic problem associated with a lot of chronic diseases.

 

• Symptoms of uncontrolled blood sugar: Sugar craving. Getting hungry even after you've eaten. Getting fatigued or tired, particularly after meals. Panic attacks. Longterm symptoms: hormonal imbalances - acne, a polycystic ovarian syndrome.

 

• Pathophysiology of high blood sugar symptoms: Make proteins sticky and ineffective and tend to actually bind to receptors. Elevated blood sugars start to inhibit your mitochondria, and increases the oxidative stress in your body. Mitochondrial dysfunction lead to cellular dysfunction.

 

• Hacks to control your blood sugar levels:

1 - Watch the type of foods that you eat. The simple the sugars (fructose, pure sugars, starches), the faster it raises your blood sugar levels. Hidden sugars like those that end with O (sucrose, lactose).

2 - Practice fasting. Give your pancreas a rest. When you're fasting, you’re actually using your stored body fat to be converted to energy (called metabolic flexibility).

3 - Switch the order of your food intake. Start with fiber (vegetables). Fiber coats your stomach and slow down nutrient absorption. Then proteins. Lastly, eat your carbs.

4 - Take a spoonful or two of vinegar (ACV) to inhibit alpha amla and slow down the breaking down process of starch to glucose and to increase the absorption of glucose by the muscle to form glycogen.

5 - No naked carbs. Dress starch with fiber, fats or protein to decrease glucose spike.

6 - Use your muscles after you eat. Do 10-15 minutes of very light exercise after meals to decrease the glucose spike.

1. Sleep well. Get 7-9 hours of quality sleep to increase grelin in your body. 

 

• Monitor your blood sugar: Do it at right around the same time every day. Get your labs drawn as early in the morning as possible. Avoid strenuous physical activity the night before. Consider using a continuous glucose monitor.

 

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