The Definitive Guide to Blood Sugar
What’s sweet, red, sticky, and deadly? Blood sugar. (I’m sure there are other things that qualify, but most of them contain sugar of some sort so I’m sticking with it.) Too little of it, and you go into hypoglycemic shock. That can kill you if left untreated. Too much of it, and you waste away slowly. Chronic overexposure to sugar will degenerate your tissues and organs. Yes, getting blood sugar right is extremely important. Vital, even. Today, I’m going to explain how and why we measure blood sugar, what the numbers mean, why we need to control it, and how to maintain that control. First, blood sugar is tightly controlled in the body. The average person has between 4-7 grams of sugar circulating throughout their body in a fasted state—that’s around a teaspoon’s worth. How does that work when the average person consumes dozens of teaspoons in a single day? Again, it’s tightly controlled. The majority of the sugar “in our system” is quickly whisked away for safekeeping, burning