Yes, your blood sugar can affect your mood. These affects can be short-term due to fluctuations in blood sugar itself, or long-term due to the strain of managing diabetes. Blood sugar swings can cause rapid changes in a person's mood. These could include confusion, anxiety, irritability, and having the jitters. When a person's blood sugar returns to more normal ranges, these … [Read more...] about Is Your Blood Sugar Affecting Your Mood?
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Fast Food And Diabetes, An Undeniable Connection
Fast food is everywhere… literally! It’s widely available, convenient, and inexpensive. However, these foods are highly processed, and often contain far too many calories, fat, and sodium. These foods also tend to have little to no nutritional value, vitamins, minerals, or fiber. Fast foods often contain large amounts of added sugar and are high in saturated fats and trans … [Read more...] about Fast Food And Diabetes, An Undeniable Connection
The Truth Behind Early Morning High Blood Sugar
Even when the human body is asleep it requires energy. When the body is awake and needs fuel, it turns to glucose in the muscles. However, in sleep, the muscles are relaxed and unmoving. So instead the body turns to the liver to produce the glucose it needs. When the liver releases the glucose, there is not always enough insulin available to control it, so blood sugar … [Read more...] about The Truth Behind Early Morning High Blood Sugar
How Energy Drinks Affect The Mind & Body
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers 400 milligrams of caffeine per day to be "safe." However, drinking an energy drink is not the same as drinking a coffee or soda. Energy drinks contain up to 500 milligrams of caffeine per bottle/can. Compare that to 100 milligrams of caffeine in one cup of coffee, or around 50 milligrams of caffeine in 12 ounces of soda. The … [Read more...] about How Energy Drinks Affect The Mind & Body
Use These 5 Tips To Cut More Sugar From Your Diet
Know Sugar When You See It Don’t let the name “sugar” fool you. Corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, maltodextrin, all are sugars and all should be avoided. Check your food and beverage labels carefully. You may think sugar is pretty easy to spot, but think again! It's not only cookies, cakes, and donuts that diabetics need to watch out for. Sugar is lurking … [Read more...] about Use These 5 Tips To Cut More Sugar From Your Diet