What are rocky blood sugar levels?
At any one time the maximum amount of sugar in our blood stream should not exceed about the equivalent of one teaspoon. Our ancestors used to eat a diet full of unrefined whole foods, lean meat, fish, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits. These were digested slowly and the sugar this food produced would slowly enter the bloodstream replacing the sugar that had been used up by the body. This diet helped the body remain in balance and the insulin levels low. A modern diet is very different. We eat a great deal of sweet and processed foods which all turn into sugar in the blood. Pasta, cereal, cakes, biscuits, processed food and even wholemeal bread are digested so quickly that our bloodstream is suddenly flooded with excess sugar which is highly toxic to the body. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, comes charging to the rescue and sweeps the sugar out of the bloodstream and stores it out of harms way as fat. Unfortunately, however, this insulin response can become less efficient
