Most people enjoy eating and most of us enjoy it too much and don’t know when to stop. This shows up on the spare tire around the middle and until a person gets a few decades down the road the impact on their health is not fully realized. The first place that people notice an impact is on the annual physical that brings back blood test results that show elevated glucose levels. Now one elevated test doesn’t indicate a problem. But it does indicate that further testing is necessary. If more tests come back looking good then future results can be kept in normal ranges by changing some lifestyle habits and the first one would be what and how a person eats.
Glucose levels are affected by what a person eats and a diet high in carbohydrates will provide more glucose then most need to be healthy. Glucose is the fuel that keeps cells working and insulin acts to move glucose into those cells. As more glucose is absorbed into the blood stream more insulin is signaled for and when the cells are full the excess is stored as fat. However prolonged high glucose intake can make the pancreas slow down in insulin production, almost as if it gets tired, and then high blood sugar health problems can start to crop up.
Some of those problems are circulation related and chronic high blood sugar can damage small blood vessels and bring on other health issues. Keeping normal blood sugar levels is important and getting back to them is also important for a return to good health. The best way to do that is to take a close look at how and what is eaten at every meal and then to evaluate the carbohydrate load it puts on the body. A sedentary life spent in a sitting position doesn’t burn many calories and most of us overdo it on the amount of glucose we consume during the day. Evaluate your meals and change them accordingly and get those glucose levels back to normal.