A Crash Course in the Blood Sugar Crash

Ready for a crash course in exactly what happens at the cellular level when you eat too much sugar at once?

Let’s say—a big gulp slushie. 🥤

When the sugar hits your digestive tract, it’s absorbed into your bloodstream as glucose (aka blood sugar)...

…which signals beta cells in your pancreas to release insulin (a hormone) into the blood as well.

⚠️ Remember this: because we’re dealing with a slushie here, a large spike in blood sugar triggers a large spike in insulin.

Insulin facilitates the movement of glucose into cells so it can be used as energy.

Sounds great EXCEPT…

Because of the sudden nature and magnitude of the sugar spike and insulin spike, glucose is quickly moved into cells and blood sugar drops dramatically (the CRASH), which leads to:

· Hunger

· Cravings

· Shakiness

· Brain Fog

· Anxiety

· and more…

Our bodies were not made to deal with excessive sugar intake!

If repeated day in and day out, eating high amounts of sugar or refined carbs without healthy fats, fiber, and protein leads to a number of unhealthy outcomes, including:

· Insulin Resistance

· Accelerated Aging

· Overweight & Obesity

· Chronic Fatigue

· Higher Risk of Many Cancers

Are you ready to get off of the blood sugar rollercoaster? We offer a variety of tools to get you back into balance, including:

· Comprehensive Laboratory Testing

· Guidance on Meal Structure and Timing

· 1-on-1 Health Coaching

· Targeted Nutritional Supplementation

· Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Non-Diabetics

· Use of GLP-1 Agonists

As a board-certified Integrative & Functional Medicine physician, I can help you “think outside of the box and dig deeper with a variety of laboratory testing to help uncover the underlying root causes of your symptoms and create a plan personalized for you that goes beyond the prescription pad to incorporate diet/lifestyle change, nutritional supplements, holistic therapies, health coaching and more! Contact us to get started!