Burning fat by controlling blood sugar

Lowering blood sugar is one of the simplest strategies for triggering the fat-burning process. It simply helps our body recognize the need for another fuel source, thus triggering the release of energy substances from our fat cells. In other words, lowering our blood sugar causes our body to pull calories from the storage areas (fatty deposits) and shrink these areas. 

 Having a high blood glucose level is also very dangerous (because of things getting sticky), so our body, when working properly, has a series of triggers that it operates on to moderate the level of glucose in our blood. Insulin helps lower our blood sugar, and burning fat for energy is pretty much turned off in the presence of insulin. This is a healthy process; if your system doesn’t shift over to burning sugar but instead continues to burn fat (while having a high sugar content in the bloodstream), many other problems could start.   

 When we consume high levels of sugar and starches (especially when we’re not very active), our body often has no choice but to store the extra sugars (in the form of fat) throughout our body, including our liver. This is set up so our body can feed itself when we cannot access food. However, when we constantly consume excess calories over the amount we burn off, it starts distorting our shape.

 I really wish everyone who is trying to lose weight would get a blood glucose monitoring kit to check their blood sugar levels periodically. Checking your blood glucose levels regularly makes you want to eat slower-digesting foods and strengthens your resolve against dumping sugar loads into your body! 

Lowering blood sugar through diet: many foods we eat are converted to glucose, so we have fuel to burn for our energy needs (the other nutrients are for keeping our blood strong, fighting disease and rebuilding our body). The secret lies in foods that break down slower.

Example: milkshake vs. sweet potato, or an apple with a serving of nuts vs. a fruit smoothie. If you drink a liquid meal or shake, consume it over a longer period of time so it won’t all hit your system at once (this causes blood glucose spikes).

Our choice of foods goes a long way in keeping our blood sugar levels steady. It’s the spikes in sugar that cause weight gain. Food fats are not the problem; sugar spikes from sugar-loaded foods, drinks and high-starch meals are the primary cause of fatty deposits. This includes the entire family of sweeteners (whether naturally occurring or chemically altered sugars). This includes fruits; constantly eating them can keep blood glucose levels spiked so that our body has difficulty switching to fat-burn mode. Vegetable and nut snacks are much better for burning fat. 

Sugar spikes insulin levels: when we have spiked insulin levels from a high sugar intake, it shuts off the fat-burning process in our body. Sugar becomes the most necessary fuel to burn (because having high levels of it in our blood can wreak havoc). After a large amount of insulin has transported our sugar off to various parts of our body, it will trigger the release of fat once again as an energy source (the problem is, many of us take in just enough sugar to keep this fat burn process turned off, or at the least, not operating efficiently).

Dietary tip for burning body fat: If you want to learn what foods will help you avoid sugar spikes, avoid fatty deposits, and burn body fat, get a list of foods that a type 2 diabetic can have. And do not drink sugar beverages with meals!

Lowering blood sugar through exercise: intense activity burns off our excess blood glucose. When we get the level low enough during exercise, it triggers the release of body fat, and we start burning fat for energy. A secondary effect that regular exercise has (on blood sugar levels) is the added muscle gives us the better capability to suck up excess sugar from our blood and burn it off with all the activity that is happening inside all these muscle cells. 

Avoiding sugar spikes not only helps us burn fat but also helps us prevent and control diabetes without insulin medications. Insulin usage without lifestyle change = obesity.

If we all would eat like a type 2 diabetic would have to (if he or she couldn’t get medical insulin), we would be a much leaner society…