3 Blood Sugar Imbalances That Affect Your Ability to Manage Leaky Gut and Autoimmunity

Contact Your Elected Officials
The Epoch Times Header

Blood sugar stability may be the least exotic but most important lifestyle change for autoimmunity and chronic health conditions.

Itโ€™s almost impossible to manage autoimmunity or improve a chronic health condition if your blood sugar is chronically dysregulated. In my more than 20 years of working with chronically ill patients worldwide, many have not improved simply because their blood sugar imbalances went ignored.

Patients and practitioners alike are eager to jump into protocols for the gut, parasites, heavy metals, the brain, hormones, etc. Meanwhile, their blood sugar dysregulation and sedentary lifestyle feed into each other in a downward spiral that holds their bodies hostage.

A blood sugar imbalance robs your cells of the ability to produce sufficient adenosine triphosphate (ATP), our primary energy source. Think of ATP as trillions of tiny batteries. We can store enough ATP to power cells for only a few seconds at any given time. This means we must constantly produce ATP through pathways that convert food into energy. When your diet has you on constant peaks and crashes of blood sugar, you sabotage these energy-production pathways. This means you donโ€™t produce enough energy to heal.

Research shows that 88 percent of Americans suffer from blood-sugar-related metabolic disorders, thanks to the Standard American Diet high in simple carbohydrates and sugars and low in nutrition. In other words, Americans are in a cellular energy crisis.

Whether your blood sugar is consistently too high, too low, or a combination of both, the result is the same: Not enough glucose gets into the cells to produce energy. Low blood sugar starves cells, while high blood sugar blunts glucose receptors. Both leave cells hungry for energy.

Unfortunately, the longer a person is in a dysregulated blood sugar stateโ€”a lifetime for most Westernersโ€”the more difficult it is to repair. Most people need to significantly lower their consumption of carbohydrates and increase their physical activity to unwind the cravings that drive them to overeat. Reversing insulin resistance can take many months, if not a year or more, of steadfast adherence to an anti-inflammatory diet and regular physical activity.

Byย Datis Kharrazian

Read Full Article on TheEpochTimes.com

The Epoch Times
The Epoch Timeshttps://www.theepochtimes.com/
Tired of biased news? The Epoch Times is truthful, factual news that other media outlets don't report. No spin. No agenda. Just honest journalism like it used to be.

Blind Manโ€™s Shutdown

Congress is playing the equivalent of Bind Man's Bluff. With the shout โ€œtag your itโ€ they seek to blame the other party for the government shutdown.

A Reluctant Acknowledgment: What Conservatives Can Admire in Everyday Progressives

Admirable ideological qualities seen in liberals and left-wing individuals are those of the everyday believer not their political leadership.

Ensuring Domestic Tranquility

The Supremacy Clause in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes it as the highest law of the land, taking precedence over conflicting state laws.

Pam Bondi, Zohran Mamdani, and the ADL: Censorious Peas in a Pod

Typically, the only four circumstances under which the leadership...

Shut it Down – Shut it Down

Shut down and dismantle every federal agency not essential to citizens' life, health, or liberty โ€” phase them out and end their power. permanently!

Trump Weighs on Cutting Agencies as Government Shutdown Enters Day 2

Trump to meet with OMB Dir. Vought to decide which agencies face cuts and whether reductions will be temporary or permanent.

Is There a 9/11 WTC and 9/10 Charlie Kirk Connection?

Strange parallels in online stories raise questions about whether Israelis and Mossad intelligence are our allies or adversaries.

ACLU Sues ICE to Release Records of Detainment Facilities

ACLU has filed a lawsuit against ICE, seeking to compel the agency to disclose records related to specific operations, according to the complaint.

Pam Bondi, Zohran Mamdani, and the ADL: Censorious Peas in a Pod

Typically, the only four circumstances under which the leadership...

Department of Energy Cancels $7.5 Billion in Project Funding

The Dept of Energy (DOE) said on Oct. 2 that it had terminated 321 federal grants funding 223 projects, amounting to about $7.56 billion in cuts.

White House Withdraws EJ Antoniโ€™s Nomination to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

The White House has withdrawn economist EJ Antoniโ€™s nomination to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House confirmed on Sept. 30.

US to Impose 100 Percent Tariffs on Foreign-Made Movies, Trump Says

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 29 that he will impose a 100 percent tariff on all movies produced outside the United States.

Trump to Host Netanyahu at White House to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan

President Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on Sept. 29 to discuss a ceasefire and broader peace plan for Gaza.
spot_img

Related Articles