SUGAR-PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1. (PART II)

Blood sugar is not only important for people who have diabetes. Most people with a normal amount of sugar in the blood has a higher value after the meal. Sugar can significantly vary during the day and make real chaos in the body. 

The normal amount of sugar between meals is below 6.2 mmol / l, and immediately after a meal is lower than 8.6 mmol / l. We tend to think that diabetes is a purely genetic disease, but it is not. For diabetes type II  a more important factor is your lifestyle and habits. Did you know that  if you have diabetes for each year you lived you get 1.5 year really? Studies have shown that men  who have a waist larger than 100 cm and women  larger then  94 cm have  12 times increased risk of developing diabetes. Abdominal fat  absorbs insulin, so the level of sugar is higher in your blood. Insulin receptors on the cells do not permit the transfer of glucose by insulin. Glucose wanders around in the blood and damages the artery wall and the risk of high blood pressure is increased, immune system gets weak. Glucose is then connecting with proteins (we wrote about gliycation ) – which is cause of cataracts, joint deformity ,lung problems and premature aging.

However, YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR  GENES by habits! Avoid simple sugars, trans and saturated fat and spend 1000 cal per week through physical activity, walk counts. This way muscles become more sensitive to insulin. If you want to find out how your body cope with the amount of sugar, measure your blood sugar between meals, and again two hours after consuming 75g of sugar.

Never eat sweets alone, eat a hand of nuts before sweets  or a little olive oil, it will slow release of sugar in the blood.

GOALS

Have a clear idea of exactly what you want, crystal clear goals are half work done. If you don’t define your goals, you can not make a great plan that will guide you, step by step  to success.

The first rule is that goals have to be personal and not someone else’s. Don’t spend the whole  life meeting the needs and desires of others and put aside your own. Don’t be surprised with your lack of motivation then. We are all egoists, life is personal thing. It is better to be satisfied than dissatisfied egoist. Dissatisfied egoist would act like victim, while satisfied egoist will be much more positive toward their environment and willing to help without the involvement of personal interests. Mother Teresa said ones that everything she had done, it was for selfish reasons, because it felt  good. If you think you are not egoist, ask yourself the question- why you are doing something concrete? In most cases the answer will be to be more loved, valued, respected. 

Let’s not be hypocrite and say -YES! I AM IMPORTANT, my desires and goals are IMPORTANT!

If you don’t know what you want, define the issues that bothers you at all fields. Define your starting point-where are you in comparison to where you want to be. All books about selfimprovement mention “the objective principle” – to be fair to ourselves and situation where we are. The goals should be truly possible, and within the true potential- DREAM BIG! For example: if you want to lose weight, you need to measure yourself (identifying the starting point A) to determine the desired weight (the target point B). If your goal is to earn more money, you need to determine how  much you are earning now per month, year, and in relation to the desired lifestyle to determine future earnings. If you do not know exactly how much money you need, you will not know how to get them. If you want a new car, you should know exactly which model you want.

The third thing about the goals are deadlines. While some suggest that we should determine the exact date -subconscious works better this way, others are against the date, because the deadline may be unrealistic, and if something is not achieved within that period, may affect our confidence and could discourage us. Personally I agree with the second, but a framework of time can always be predicted.

The more energy and concentration you devote to your goals, the greater are the chances to achieve them.

Did you know that the quickest way to get from point A to point B is a straight line between these two points?