Juicing may be putting you at risk for diabetes | Health Blog

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I get my blog ideas from daily experiences and I put it all together during my daily dog-walks.? There is something so refreshing about being outside after a day cooped up at the office.?

Tonight was very cold and my walk was short and therefore, so is my blog. But, please read this blog today (actually, tonight?it is 10pm. But that is more than you want to know) if you are engaged in any non-medically supervised diet.? The degree healthy young people will undertake in order to rapidly lose unwanted pounds can negatively impact their health.

Elevated blood sugars in an otherwise healthy adult patient on a juicing diet raised my level of concern for this popular diet craze.? ?The high fructose-corn syrup diet and a family history of diabetes was what triggered us to check ?Sam?s? blood sugars. This 23 year old had a glucose (blood sugar) that was significantly elevated approximately 2 hours after eating.? Untreated? persistently elevated blood sugars define diabetes which is a disease that can damage the blood vessels, kidneys, eyes and heart.

?Juicing? or drinking liquids with concentrated fresh fruits may cause significant spikes in blood sugars after eating.? While for many healthy people, that may not be terrible, it could result in repeated stress on the pancreas to secrete bolus? (concentrated and large) amounts of insulin.? Insulin helps to move glucose into the body for use as energy.? As the body gets used to these sugar boluses, it may require more and more insulin in order to move glucose into the muscles and organs of the body.? In other words, much like a drug addict requiring increasing amounts of narcotics to maintain their ?high?, more and more insulin is needed over time to meet the growing needs of the sugar load.? (Diabetes Care January 2008 and January 2013 issues)

As a ?juicer?, you may be uncertain this information applies to you. Either way, please check your 2-hour post-prandial blood sugar after juicing.? What this involves is a finger stick blood sugar 2 hours after your juicing experience (or whatever you call it).? Your blood sugar should be less than 140 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) if you are age 50 or younger; less than 150 for people ages 50-60; and less than 160mg/dL for people age 60 or older.**

You would be surprised how many patients I see with pre-diabetes.? Patients whose sugars are borderline high and continue to ingest concentrated fruit drinks may develop diabetes unless they adopt a healthier lifestyle change.? Studies in the American Diabetes Association?s Diabetes Care journal have reaffirmed my concerns. ?Choosing to eat whole fruits and vegetables is a slower and more appetite-fulfilling process.? Yes, ?you could have had a V-8?, but wouldn?t it more satisfying to finish off an entire carrot, a few leafy vegetables and a pear?

**You may find glucose monitoring available at For Women for Life this weekend and free glucose monitoring is available to attendees.? For more information: www.baylorhealth.com

?Dr Jane Sadler MD is a family physician with the Baylor Medical Center at Garland.

Source: http://healthblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/juicing-may-be-putting-you-at-risk-for-diabetes.html/

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