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High Blood Glucose
By peace | November 18, 2007
Why Is High Blood Glucose Bad For You?
Too much glucose in your bloodstream can be toxic to a number of your body’s systems and organs. Prolonged high blood glucose levels can damage your blood vessels, your eyes, your nerves, and your kidneys. Although you may feel good after you have eaten a wonderful meal(the result of elevated blood glucose levels), you may also feel drowsy and washed out. A good feeling from high blood glucose levels is only a short-term effect. Do this time after time for year after year, and you will start feeling negative instead of positive effects.
High blood glucose levels can make you feel depressed and helpless. The more depressed and helpless you feel, the more likely you will ‘feed’ your depression with extra food — thus making things worse, rather than better. High blood glucose levels eventually will damage the nerves, resulting in a condition called diabetic neuropathy. This condition often affects the feet and legs, resulting in severe pain and discomfort.
High blood glucose levels also affect both the small and large blood vessels. This results in such complications as diabetic retinopathy(loss of visual acuity and, in some persons, complete blindness) and diabetic nephropathy(kidney failure).
High blood glucose levels also result in the development of impotence in diabetic men who have had the disease, without good control, for 10 or more years.
High blood glucose levels interfere with the body’s ability to transport cholesterol and lead to the clogging of blood vessels, which then could cause heart disease and stroke. These high blood glucose levels also interfere with blood clotting and thinning.
Last but not least, high blood glucose levels speed up the normal aging process by accelerating such age-related problems as cataract formation and stiffening of the joints and skin.
