Controlling Glucose Levels
(Glucose Support)

The proper regulation of blood glucose levels and insulin is critical for your health.

The incidence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome is on the rise throughout the world. Recent estimates indicate over 18 million Americans suffer from diabetes and approximately 1 in 5 has metabolic syndrome. Over 40% of people in their 60s and 70s are affected.

Controlling your blood glucose is a function normally handled with ease by your pancreas which administers and monitors blood sugar concentration.

When you exceed 90ml/dl, your pancreas secrets insulin into your blood stream to bind with the beta globulins in your blood and promote circulation.

Insulin causes the cells of your muscles and liver to:

• convert glucose into glycogen for storage in your liver and muscle.
• Increase the amount of glucose your cells absorb.
• Increase the catabolism of glucose.
• Increase the production of fat.

Did you notice that I said "normally handled with ease"?

Supplementation can help! - So here to assist are ...

5 Areas of Glucose Support

Supplementation can help with Glucose Support in several ways. 

Here are 5 supplement areas that have been identified as important in maintaining healthy blood glucose already within normal limits.

Blood Glucose Levels

Elevated blood glucose levels are the underlying factor in diabetes and metabolic syndrome as well as cardiovascular disease. Learn how to protect yourself through natural supplementation. My page on Blood Glucose Levels discusses what happens the glucose in your blood and what nutrients and herbs can be used to maintain healthy blood glucose levels.

Digestive Enzymes Supplements

You need digestive enzymes supplements to help replace your body's enzyme stores because the foods you eat are usually cooked or processed and no longer provide you with enough viable enzymes to handle the job they used to years ago.

A Digestive Enzyme Supplement will assist in processing the foods you eat into a format usable by the body.

Proper digestion of foods will greatly assist in controlling glucose levels.

Digestive enzyme supplements are included in the 5 essentials I discuss on Daily Nutrition Essentials.  (as this link is an "aside" I have coded it to open in a new browser window. Just close it when you are ready to return here)

Do You Overeat Sometimes?

Maintaining healthy weight can be a real challenge and overeating is a very common occurrence these days. Everywhere you go you are encouraged to eat more and more but your activity level is not likely increased.

Supplementation can assist your body deal with the ups and downs of your dietary intake and actually reduce the absorption of carbohydrates and fats.

Fat Burning Enzymes

A Fat Metabolizer will help convert fat into energy. Using fat burning enzymes will help your body digest the fat stored in your tissues.  They also break down undigested fats in your blood stream to improve cardiovascular health.

Fat burning enzymes level out sugar highs and lows, which will support healthy insulin functions and minimize your mood swings.

Fat burning enzymes are also included in the 5 essentials I discuss on Daily Nutrition Essentials.  (as this link is an "aside" I have coded it to open in a new browser window. Just close it when you are ready to return here)

Immune System

I have not yet developed a page dealing with this area but, rather than leave you hanging, I invite you to read this article from ProHealth.com entitled Immune System Booster.

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