Understanding Hyperglycemia

This discussion will change your way of thinking.

Why do you have high blood sugar?

Because you had no place left to store it.

Your fat cells are called adipocytes. They are not just inert fuel storage tanks. They are extremely bioactive and connected to both the bloodstream and the nervous system.

These adipocytes communicate with virtually all of your organs, like the brain. They secrete proteins which are hormone-like, as a group they are called adipokines. The first one identified was aptly titled “adioponectin” after the cell that created it. There are 100’s of various adipokines.

Science has not well studied them to define, classify, and delineate their functions.

The result? We are at a loss. There are adipokines that control hunger & appetite.

I’m not going to get into the boring details. You can look up Ghrelin, Leptin, Resistin, and adipokines on the web, and go down a very deep rabbit hole.

The rabbit hole is very useful, but one could get lost down there and stay lost. There are plenty of brilliant people that are scouring the rabbit hole, and academic students that will spend, and have spent decades there. They are looking for the golden ticket- the next wonder drug to make billions of dollars from. They are searching for their fortunes and to make a big name for themselves as wunderkind in the rarefied air of academia.

I spent 2 years down that hole, myself, and it was fun. MY AIM WAS TO HEAL MYSELF.

It worked.

Getting back to why you have high blood sugar. There is no place left to stash the energy, and the excess energy is damaging cells.

The human body is not designed to take in the massive energy bombs that our modern food has become.

It is apparent that the body can withstand substantial abuse, for decades.

However, it needs to be understood, that once the cellular damage of adipocytes causes a significant and perpetual level of hyperglycemia, many other issues develop.

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How high is too high.

This is very important to the T2D, extremely important to the prediabetic, and should be most important to those practicing medicine.