{"id":14649,"date":"2024-10-14T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:27:21","slug":"is-your-blood-sugar-too-high-how-food-sleep-and-exercise-can-affect-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14649","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Blood Sugar Too High? How Food, Sleep and Exercise Can Affect It."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More than one in three adults in the United States has prediabetes, higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that can lead to diabetes. And <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/diabetes\/php\/data-research\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more than one in 10<\/a> has diabetes, characterized by still higher blood sugar levels that can eventually lead to eye problems, heart disease, a stroke, nerve damage and other serious health issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s possible to avoid these complications by keeping your blood sugar in check. What you eat, when you eat, your exercise habits, and even how stressed you are all can affect how high (or low) your sugar level goes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou don\u2019t want to wait until you have prediabetes or diabetes to start thinking about it,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Halprin, chief of adult diabetes at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. \u201cYou want to think about it to prevent it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-510a1a39\">What is blood glucose?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Your body breaks down the carbohydrates you eat and turns them into glucose, which is then absorbed into the bloodstream. 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And more than one in 10 has diabetes, characterized by still higher blood sugar levels that can eventually lead to eye problems, heart disease, a stroke, nerve damage and other serious health issues.It\u2019s possible to avoid these complications by keeping your blood sugar in check. What you eat, when you eat, your exercise habits, and even how stressed you are all can affect how high (or low) your sugar level goes.\u201cYou don\u2019t want to wait until you have prediabetes or diabetes to start thinking about it,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Halprin, chief of adult diabetes at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. \u201cYou want to think about it to prevent it.\u201dWhat is blood glucose?Your body breaks down the carbohydrates you eat and turns them into glucose, which is then absorbed into the bloodstream. This is the body\u2019s primary source of energy.Your pancreas senses how much glucose, or sugar, is in the blood and produces a corresponding amount of the hormone insulin. 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