Dangers of Fluctuating Blood Sugar Levels

[Guest guest]

Dangers of Fluctuating Blood Sugar Levels

 

Hypoglycemia means low blood sugar levels. In fact the name doesn't

cover the condition. Hypoglycemia is a condition which causes the

blood sugar levels to fluctuate.

 

Dangers of fluctuating blood sugar levels

 

First, high blood sugar levels are very toxic for the human body.

Many cells do not tolerate the high concentration of glucose in the

blood. They start to deteriorate.

 

Damage is done on a molecular level: Proteins react with glucose

and in the process the proteins are destroyed. So, when the blood

sugar levels are high, the body tries to decrease the blood sugar

levels as quickly as possible. It does this by producing insulin

(the pancreas does this).

The insulin levels in the blood increase rapidly. The insulin is

like a key: It opens the door of the cells, so the glucose can

enter. Inside the cells, the glucose is metabolized: It's burned as

fuel or it's converted into fat. In healthy subjects, this process

works fine..

When you've had a Cola, your blood sugar level rises and soon after

that it drops again until it reaches the normal levels. In a

hypoglycemic some of these regulation processes don't work

(the " drop " part and the " until " part).

 

Different types of Hypoglycemia

There are several types of hypoglycemia. I'll try to summarize them

below:

Hypoglycemia due to Insulin Resistance

The cells in the body don't react to insulin anymore and this causes

the pancreas to produce too much insulin. Over time, the cells start

to react, but because of the excess insulin, the blood sugar plumets

below levels to maintain well-being: Hypoglycemia

 

 

Hypoglycemia due to Adrenal Fatigue

When the adrenal glands are exhausted and can't produce enough

cortisol, the low cortisol levels can't effectively antagonize

insulin and thus the blood sugar plumets below levels to maintain

well-being: Hypoglycmia. Cortisol is also needed for gluconeogenesis

(making glucose out of protein).

 

 

Hypoglycemia due to yeast metabolites

Certain yeasts produce arabinose, which is a yeast metabolite. The

arabinose binds to L-lysine, which is important for effective action

of (among others) vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is essential for

gluconeogensis.

 

So, when the blood sugar levels fall below the base-level, there is

not enough vitamin B6 available (functional deficiency) to start the

gluconeogenisis. Result: Blood sugar levels fall below the base

levels: Hypoglycemia.

 

 

Hypoglycemia due to acidity or alkalinity of the body tissues

 

The body uses minerals, primarily different types of organic

calciums to buffer the pH in the blood and the tissues of the body.

The blood pH remains at a strict 7.

 

A drop of one or two tenth of the pH can cause death, so the blood

pH is balanced strictly with different means: Minerals that buffer

pH, CO2 respiration, the kidneys secreting excess H+ or OH- and

finally the body can dump acids or alkaline excesses into the

tissues when all other meassures are exhausted.

 

The urine pH, when meassured using the right protocol reflects the

tissue pH. 6.4 is the optimal pH. Low pH's indicate deficiencies of

anionic (alkaline-forming) calciums (like calciumcarbonate, -

hydroxide), while high pH's indicate deficiencies of cationic

calciums (like calciumlactate).

 

When the tissues are too acid, insulin's action is lowered. When the

tissues are too alkaline, insulin's action is exaggerated. I don't

think it needs much explanation how both these abnormal conditions

can cause hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.

 

 

Any condition that causes insufficent uptake/metabolism of important

vitamins and minerals

 

An example is kryptopyrrolurie, pyroluria or HPU, which causes a

deficiency of vitamin B6 and zinc.

 

There are many more examples of conditions like this.

 

 

Possible other causes not covered in this article

Hypoglycemia as a result of gastrointestinal disorders, pancreatic

disfunction, disfunction of the autonomic nervous system, pituitary,

liver, cancer of the pancreas, etc.

 

--

Insulin Resistance

So, when a hypoglycemic subject drinks a Cola, the blood sugar level

rises. As a result, the pancreas starts to produce large amounts of

insulin. However, the cells do not react to the insulin. Somehow the

lock on the glucose-door has been changed and the insulin-key won't

fit. After some time (depends on how bad the insulin resistance is,

ie 10 minutes or 4 hours) the cells start to react and the blood

sugar levels start to drop. However, when the normal blood sugar

levels are reached, there is still very much insulin in the blood.

The bloodsugar levels keep dropping. A life-threatening condition is

created. The brains and vital organs need a minimum ammount of

glucose to function properly. The subject is in danger of falling

into a coma.

 

Emergency Situation: Low blood sugar

 

The body reacts very swiftly, just before it's too late. It does

this by releasing many hormones in the blood. These hormones signal

the liver to deposit the glucose-stores in the blood and to convert

proteins into glucose. During these events, the subject feels very

bad, he might be sweating, his mental abilities drop to 20%, he

trembles alot, he might faint. After some time (minutes), the blood

sugar levels are normal again. The subject has inherited some

problems from the flush of hormones.

 

These hormones are adrenalin, epinephrine, glucagon and some more..

We all know what adrenalin can do to us: Flight or Fight syndrome.

Epinephrine causes major stress and irritation. The problem is that

these hormones stay in the blood for up to an entire week. During

that week, the subject is not very nice to be with: He gets

irritated very easily.

 

Insulin Resistance: Vicious Cycle

Hypoglycemia can have different causes. Both causes lead to a

vicious cycle.

 

Cause 1: Refined carbohydrate consumption, which causes

intracellular magnesium deficiency

 

High refined carbohydrate consumption results in high insulin levels

throughout the day. High insulin levels make the intracellular

Magnesium decrease and the Calcium increase. Studies [barbagallo,

Renick 1994] show that high blood glucose levels causes the flushing

of different minerals, among which magnesium. Calcium, on the other

hand, is not affected. This poses a problem, because calcium is the

antagonist of magnesium. A mineral antagonist " fights " some other

mineral, meaning that high calcium levels will cause lower magensium

levels. Check all mineral interrelationships.

 

After eating a diet high in refined carbohydrates for several years,

a magnesium deficiency will be inevitable. This won't show up on the

blood magnesium tests, because most magnesium is stored inside the

cells, intracellular.

 

The reduced intracllular magnesium alters the way the cell opens the

door for glucose. The low-Mg and high-Ca causes the insulin-key to

not fit on the door. Besides that, also the intracellular Mg and Ca

of the pancreas cells change. This makes the pancreas overshoot

insulin. The next time you eat refined carbohydrates, the same

events occur and it gets worse and worse.

 

Cause 2: Diet extremely low in Magnesium (Mg) and high in Calcium

(Ca)

 

You can understand that the same vicious cycle is started when the

diet is high in Ca and low in Mg. The intracellular Ca and Mg levels

also change in such a way that the insulin can't open the door.

 

Cause 3: Diet low in minerals in general (like the standard western

diet most people eat)

 

When we eat insufficient minerals, which is the case when we eat a

diet full of refined foods like sugar, white flours, pasta's and

refined carbohydrates in general, our body loses the ability to

control acids and bases.

 

Minerals are an important means to control acid/base balance.

 

The blood remains perfectly stable at pH 7.3. Even a very strong

deviation will cause death, so when we don't have enough minerals to

balance acids and bases, the body starts to store acids in its

tissues. The tissues (in particular the spaces in between the cells)

then start to get saturated with acids and cells start loosing even

more minerals.

 

The relation with insulin:Insulin only works when the tissue is at

its optimal pH level. When the pH level is too low (too acid)

insulin will work less effective and when the pH level is too high

(too alkaline) insulin's action will be exaggarated.

 

Hence: People who have acid tissues will often have too low

bloodsugars and people who have alkaline tissues will often have

high bloodsugars. In both cases, the bloodsugars won't be controlled

good enough and hypoglycemia can be the result quite easily.

 

Read more about the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization on how to

meassure the pH's and other factors that have an impact on health.

Once you've got a " picture " (a set of figures that indicate mineral

deficiencies) you can supplement the right minerals to overcome the

deficiencies and hence improve the " terrain " or " soil " in the body,

of which the pH is an important factor.

 

Cause 4: Electrosmog radiation

 

Electrosmog like the radiation from cellular phone antenna's and

wireless phones in the house (don't forget DECT, UMTS, GSM, etc) has

a devastating effect on the human body. In The Body Electric it's

explained how high frequency radiation (in particular the

longtitudinal part of it) affects the human body regulatory systems.

 

Most important perhaps is that it changes the way how the calcium

channels in the body act. They either let in too much calcium in or

out of the cell or they block the calcium influx/outflux.

 

The pancreas is largely controlled by calcium: When calcium flows

into the pancreas it will let flow insulin into the blood. It

doesn't take a genius to realize how the bloodsugars of a person who

lives in an appartment with a wireless phone (a DECT wireless phone

sends 24 hours per day, even when you're not calling) turn quite

unstable.

 

New Treatments

The New treatment consists of the following regimen:

 

Stop eating carbohydrates, except the complex carbohydrates in

vegetables. Max of 30 grams carbohydrates every day.

Do not eat too many foods high in calcium: Cheese, milk, ice cream.

 

Take a Magnesium-glycinate supplement which is the only form of

Magnesium that can increase intracellular Magnesium effectively

Within days you will start to feel a lot better..

 

 

-

Hypoglycemia due to adrenal fatigue

 

The adrenals are very important in that they produce many important

hormones. One of the most important is cortisol, which is needed for

regulating stress and glucose and fat metabolism. The adrenals can

get exhausted after long periods of stress or after steroid

treatments, like prednison. The adrenals then don't produce enough

cortisol and aldosterone.

 

Signs of adrenal fatigue are:

 

Check potassium status (tends to be very high)

Check sodium status (tends to be very low)

Check testosterone status (tends to be high)

Check blood pressure (tends to be low)

Check erythrocytes (tends to be low)

 

Treating Adrenal Fatigue

 

The most important thing to start with is adopting a low-carb diet

like explained above. Besides that it's important to sleep enough.

Sleeping promotes the adrenals. This is often a vicious cycle:

Adrenal fatigue causes insomnia, and insomnia aggrevates the adrenal

fatigue.

 

Supplements that can be used to boost the adrenals are licorice,

cordyceps sinensis and adrenal gland extracts.

 

I did some further investigations on how Cordyceps sinensis acts on

the adrenal cells and I found that:

Radioimmunoassay of corticosterone indicated that the amount of

corticosterone produced by adrenal cells is increased in a

positively dose-dependent manner by CS, reaching a maximun at 25

g/ml. This stimulating effect was seen 1 h after CS treatment and

was maintained for up to 24 h

 

Also, I checked how licorice acts on aldosterone (which regulates

sodium/potassium balance):

 

The excess of endogenous cortisol produced combines with the renal

mineral corticoid receptor, which promotes an aldosterone-like

action.

 

So, it seems like it doesn't directly affect aldosterone

production/inhibition, but because of the higher cortisol levels in

the blood (due to lowered enzyme activity that converts cortisol

into cortisone), the kidneys react by doing something that's

identical to what aldosterone does..

 

 

 

---

-----------

Treating yeast overgrowth

 

The third type of hypoglycemia is caused by arabinose, a yeast

metabolite.

 

The goal would be to get rid of the yeasts. This can be done (again)

by a low carb or a specific carbohydrate diet. This will starve the

yeasts and get rid of the metabolites, and thus, overtime of the

hypoglycemia.

_________________

 

JoAnn Guest

mrsjoguest

DietaryTipsForHBP

www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Genes