Large Meals are Toxic

The Latest data shows that even temporary increases in blood sugars are toxic. Large meals increase blood sugar levels to high levels.  These large increases in blood sugar cause damage even in people without diabetes.  The high blood sugars directly damage and kill many tissues.  Pancreas cells seem to die from the high sugars, leading to diabetes. The lining of arteries is damaged and this causes much higher rates of heart attacks. 

We’ve known for years that diabetics have damage to many body areas from high blood sugars. It is news that non diabetics have damage as well.  It is a surprise that even a temporary increase in blood sugar levels can cause damage.

There are two ways to lower your damage today and start improving your health.

1. Eat smaller meals.  Especially avoid sugar, juice and sweetened drinks.  These are foods without fiber and without the fiber the blood levels raise to high levels more quickly after eating these foods.  Other foods that are low in fiber can have a similar affect in some people.  These include bread, rice, potatoes and pasta.  Choosing the high fiber version of these kinds of foods can help lower blood sugars after a meal. It is very important to remember that only plain vegetables can be eaten in large amounts.  Any other food in large amounts will raise the blood sugar levels significantly. 

2. It is good to have a back up plan.  No matter what your intentions may be, you may have a meal larger than you know you should have had.  Go for a walk.  If you walk immediately after a meal you can lower your blood sugar fairly quickly.  Make it a habit, walk after a meal.

You can take control of your health.  Eating smaller meals, more vegetables and walking more will lower your health care costs.  You’ll feel better.  You can avoid burdening your family with your illness.  Heart attacks and other diseases cause families grief.  How long will you be sick? How many more health problems will you get?  How long will you be out of work?  You will have many more health problems and you will miss work. The latest estimates link high blood sugars to the development of diabetes within 2.5 years.  In these people the number of heart attacks is nearly double that of normal people.

Eat smaller meals, large meals are like poison.

The American Journal of Medicine.  Glycemic Control and Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.   March 2010, Volume 123, Number 3A.  Pages S3-S11.

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