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4. Is Sugar Making You Stressed?

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Successes with the Nerve Support with Benfotiamine \

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? Promotes normal nerve and brain function
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? Increases resistance to free radicals

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Are You Struggling Inbetween Diets?

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From diets promoting raw foods to meal plans that revolve around shakes and prepackaged foods, a new fad diet seems to pop every day.

Have you tried keto and intermittent fasting?

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Is Sugar Making You Stressed? By Melanie Beasley, RD, LD
Melanie is a licensed dietitian at Nutritional Weight & Wellness.

Have you ever heard the word sugar and then thought, “If I eat sugar, it creates stress in my body!” I am going to take a leap and guess that is not your first thought. Most of us are simply wanting the sweet taste of a treat. However, sugar equals stress and pain for the body. In fact, eating high amounts of sugar can create all kinds of health problems. Let’s dig a little deeper into what actually happens when we over consume sugar.

A common day of eating that leads to stress.

Let’s say you stop by the coffee shop on your way to work in the morning. You order a 16oz pumpkin spice latte and enjoy your coffee as you drive into work. What you may not realize is you are drinking 52 grams of carbohydrates, which turns into 13 teaspoons of sugar in your blood stream!

Now it’s mid-morning and you are incredibly hungry, maybe even a little irritable or perhaps not focusing like you could. You need something to pep you up fast, so what do you grab? A bagel in the break room that a co-worker brought in and head back to your desk.

The bagel has 44 grams of carbohydrates, so your mid-morning snack turns into 11 teaspoons of sugar in your blood stream. 11 TEASPOONS!! You are now on another sugar high and, in a short time, you will crash and your blood sugar will be low. And again you will be looking for a quick fix. Sugar and processed carbs to the rescue! It’s easy to reach for the candy bar or the box of crackers that leads to another sugar spike.

Now it’s lunch time and you didn’t make time to pack a lunch, so you look for a sandwich shop and pick up a 12-inch sandwich, with some chips and a soda totaling 244 grams of carbohydrates all of which become 61 teaspoons of sugar in your blood stream. 61 TEASPOONS!! You have now eaten 340 grams of carbohydrates that your body turned into 85 teaspoons of sugar, and it is only 1:00pm! What is the impact on your body?

Why high-sugar eating makes you stressed

When you consume high amounts of sugar on a daily basis, you are going to find yourself on a blood sugar roller coaster and, when you get on that ride, you realize quickly it makes you stressed. A high-sugar meal or beverage picks you up, but in no time you’re crashing down again.

What are the consequences? You may find yourself losing sleep. (Insomnia can be a symptom of unmanaged blood sugar.)

You may make yourself some popcorn for an evening snack and wake at 2:00am, wide awake. Why? Your high blood sugar fell from your high-sugar snack and now you are experiencing low blood sugar which will wake you up.

Over time, lack of sleep will impact your daily activities. You may struggle to get through a day, focus at work, or take care of your family in the evenings and you end up feeling stressed.

Do you experience anxiety or depression? When you are riding high with spiked blood sugar, you eventually crash. For some people when they have low blood sugar, their anxiety increases or their depression intensifies and it sends them looking for more carbohydrates because their brain needs to feel better. Sugar gives you a fast calm, but it doesn’t last and when the calm goes away, you’re stressed again.

Excess sugar = inflammation

Another consequence of eating foods high in sugar is that excess sugar causes inflammation and can lead to chronic and/or serious health problems. When your diet is high in sugar, that creates inflammation in your body and you may experience more aches and pains.

Have you ever thought that your aching joints could feel better with less sugar in your diet? Sugar acts like sandpaper on your joints, so less sugar means less sandpaper and less pain.

What about those of you who feel like you can’t remember things the way you used to? Sugar creates inflammation in your brain too. You may lose focus, can’t remember why you went into a room, or forget where you parked your car at the grocery store. Less sugar means less inflammation in your brain and more mental clarity.

What about Type 2 diabetes? This is created by too much sugar in your daily diet which increases the amount of insulin in your body, a hormone produced by the pancreas.

Over time, the cells that take in glucose become desensitized and the pancreas pumps out more insulin to get cells to respond, which leaves excess glucose floating in the bloodstream—not where it should be. It is estimated that 37 million Americans are dealing with Type 2 diabetes.

Another indicator of too much sugar is obesity. One third of American adults are clinically obese. Eating excess amounts of sugar packs on the pounds because sugar does not fill you up, like protein and healthy fats do, so you want more and more.

Put an end to the sugar-stress cycle

How can you decrease sugar in your diet and experience less stress and inflammation? You can start today by getting rid of the processed foods in your kitchen cabinets and desk drawers at work, and replace them with real foods. At every meal and snack make sure you’re eating animal protein, vegetables, small amounts of fruit, and healthy fats.

Reduce your stress with the help of real food

See also for more information -What is Stressing You Out?

and Diets for Health

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