Is food your ally or your enemy?
There’s no doubt that what we eat has an impact on our health. Food has become our greatest ally or our greatest enemy. The decision really is ours. Whether you are healthy, diabetic, overweight or slim; adults and children alike must know that what we eat is the foundation to either sickness or health.
What has been fascinating to discover is the train wreck of events that can follow the consumption of an unhealthy meal; especially one that spikes your blood sugar when your body cannot deal with it.
Medical researchers are finding that the period of time following a meal to be the most critical to the body’s well-being. They call it the post-prandial state. Check it out.
When you eat a high glycemic meal, you’ll get that rise in blood sugar. A noticeable rise in energy from something high in sugar, maybe an energy drink or even something processed like a muffin or croissant. I’m sure we’re all familiar with this feeling.
What you may not be familiar with is that elevated blood sugar in your blood stream actually produces a remarkable rise in the number of free radicals produced. [1] If this is a new term for you then you may be familiar with effects of oxygen to an apple. Exposing an apple to oxygen causes the apple to turn brown. A similar process is happening within the body; elevated blood sugar levels is causing excessive free radicals which causes significant oxidative stress and the damage is being done to the fine lining of your arteries called the endothelium.
The endothelium lining is much like the concrete lining of a swimming pool. The concrete lining is preventing the water from coming into contact with the ground soil.
Another role of the endothelium lining is to produce nitric oxide which causes the arteries to relax and allow proper blood flow.
With a damaged endothelium the production of nitric oxide is significantly reduced causing your arteries to literally spasm.
Ok, I’ve used that endothelium word way too many times so let’s review:
When blood sugars spike following a high-glycemic meal – 1). Excessive free radicals are created 2). Damage to the endothelium lining 3). Reduced production of nitric oxide 4). Arteries go into spasm.
Keep following carefully, Because here is where it all falls into place.
Imagine your arteries are in spasm. Is that making it easier or harder for blood to pass through them? Harder right? Why? Because the space has become smaller.
Now think of the role that insulin plays. When you spike your blood sugar from eating a high gylcemic meal, insulin is produced to carry that sugar or glucose out of your blood. But if your arteries are in spasm, the space is smaller, making it harder for the insulin to pass to where it is needed to lower blood sugar.
So what does the body do? It sends a message to the pancreas to make even more insulin because it’s got to get the sugar out of your blood.
This is the beginning of what’s called ‘Insulin Resistance. A condition where the body produces more insulin than it needs, making it near on impossible to lose unwanted body fat.
This cascade of damage starts by the consumption of one high-glycemic meal and most of us are doing this day in day out.
You may be finding it increasingly difficult to lose body fat. Your weight may have been creeping up slowly over the years and you’re not sure why. You may be thinking to yourself “I eat pretty healthy most of the time.”
You may not be aware of what foods are spiking your blood sugar. Would you like to know a simple way to evaluate the quality of the foods you eat? Would you like to feel confident in your food choices and be free of your addictions and cravings and finally start losing that unwanted body fat?
Addressing the issue of Insulin Resistance may be the answer.
I’ve been there myself. It’s frustrating. But I’ve found a way through it. Let me take you by the hand and lead you every step of the way to making food your ally and not your enemy.
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