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Are You At Risk For Diabetes?
With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in our country, I read everything I can about preventing the disease. For me personally, one of my great grandmothers was diabetic (hyperglycemia), and I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in my late twenties. I am acutely aware having hypoglycemia can lead to developing diabetes, so I am very careful. I am at risk for diabetes.
Additionally, the impetus for me “disappearing” my chronic depression was that my husband had been driven to pre-diabetes by the statin he had been taking for years. That’s what lead me to this life of healthy eating and of teaching about it; that’s what lead to the dietary changes that backed him off diabetes and helped me get rid of my depression!
One of my favorite health gurus, Dr. David Perlmutter, has written a really interesting article on the diabetes and the amygdala, the area of the brain involved with stress, fear and impulsivity. The amygdala section of the brain is activated by stress, and stress increases cortisol which is known as the “stress hormone”. Cortisol is believed to increase blood sugar. Increased blood sugar makes diabetes more likely to be in your future. As I tell my coaching clients…it’s all connected!
Dr. Perlmutter writes in part:
