PRE DIABETES
Here is some good advice from Dr. Mirkin…
Dear Dr. Mirkin: What can I do about very high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol?
These blood test results mean that you have metabolic syndrome, a form of pre-diabetes or diabetes that puts you at high risk for heart attacks (JAMA, April 15, 2010). When you eat foods with added sugars, those made from flour, and sugar in liquid form (including fruit juice), your blood sugar rises to high levels. This causes your pancreas to release large amonts of insulin that converts sugar to triglycerides (high triglycerides). Then you use up your good HDL cholesterol in carrying triglycerides from your bloodstream into your liver (low HDL cholesterol).
You should avoid the refined carbohydrates that cause the highest rises in blood sugar, except when you exercise. When muscles rest, they cannot remove sugar from the bloodstream without insulin. However when muscles contract, they draw sugar rapidly from the bloodstream without needing insulin. This effect lasts while you exercise and for up to an hour afterwards, and then tapers off to zero in the next 17 hours. That’s why you must exercise every day to reap this major benefit of exercise.
You can avoid diabetes by exercising daily, losing body fat, gaining muscle, eating lots of vegetables, and making sure that your blood level of vitamin D is normal. Lack of vitamin D increases risk for diabetes by blocking insulin receptors and preventing your body from responding to insulin. If your vitamin D3 level is below 75 nmol/L, you are deficient and need more sunlight or vitamin D pills.
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