What happens when you have two nice sugar doughnuts early in the morning? Let’s just assume, for the sake of it that you are young and basically healthy. Your blood sugar will raise very quickly, as the refined carbohydrate that doughnut is made of gets digested and absorbed very fast. All of a sudden, your blood sugar is high and your body needs to do something about it.

Insulin will be called from the pancreas to help remove the sugar molecules from the blood stream and introduce them into the cells, where they are used for energy purposes. Insulin can do its work if the receptors for insulin cooperate. If the receptors are sensitive, the intake of glucose by the cells occurs without any surprises. There is glucose in the cells now, but not too much left in the blood stream. The brain is the organ that seems to suffer most from lack of glucose and it will react by the means of headache, dizziness and a feeling of being ‘spaced out’. This is called ‘reactive hypoglycemia’. Well, obviously, you will need more sugar intake. Why not a chocolate bar or two more doughnuts, then the events described above will happen again, in the same sequence.

THEN….when a person does not eat for hours, another hormone will be released from the pancreas that will break down reserves in order to provide some glucose for the cells, for energy. Over time…. Your pancreas will become tired from excessive stimulation and insulin and other hormones may be delayed in their release. Another unwanted consequence of this continuous stimulation is decreased sensitivity of the insulin receptors.

Sugar will pool out in the blood stream, not being able to be utilized by the cells and you will become tired, as the base for energy production is missing at cellular level. These premises for creating blood sugar irregularities are the initial planning stages for hypoglycemia and latter on, diabetes.

So hold that doughnut…. Eating healthy is your choice!

Disclaimer: This information is for educational purposes and is not meant to diagnose or treat illness. The author, publishers cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage suffered by individuals as a result of following advice in this article.

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