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Recent research shows that in 2018, 80% of consumers found conflicting information about food and nutrition, and 59% said that makes them doubt their choices. The beauty of objective data is that it cuts through the noise. What’s an Optimal Diet? Glucose levels and how they change over the long and short term have a great deal to do with health and well-being. Diet is the most significant determinant of our [GlycoMode Blood Sugar support](https://wikibuilding.org/index.php?title=User:KassandraG19) sugar. Chronically elevated levels and post-meal spikes can lead to serious dysfunction, including increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, liver cirrhosis, obesity, death from cancer, and more. Healthy regulation of glucose is a fundamental building block of an optimal diet. Maintaining stable blood sugar is key to optimal metabolic health. Here are 12 strategies to improve glucose levels. In the past, there have been a few tools to help understand how food affects glucose levels. A glycemic index chart could offer rough estimates of a food’s predicted glucose impact for the general population.
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Daily finger sticks to spot-check glucose levels could provide more personalized information. CGM changed all this. This powerful tool can track glucose trends 24 hours a day, not only in response to diet but for lifestyle behaviors, including exercise, sleep, and many others that affect [GlycoMode glucose support](http://britta-merzenich.de/index.php?title=Revolutionizing_Glycobiology:_The_Emergence_Of_Glyco_Mode). The term postprandial hyperglycemia refers to larger-than-average elevations, or spikes, in [glucose levels](https://wideinfo.org/?s=glucose%20levels) after eating a meal. Excessive spikes are dangerous for many reasons. They’re a risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, thickened carotid artery walls, liver disease, obesity, stroke, retinopathy, renal failure, cognitive dysfunction, cancer, and mortality. The mechanisms linking glucose spikes with chronic disease may include oxidative stress and inflammation, which can contribute to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is when the body’s cells become less responsive-or "numb"-to signals from insulin, a hormone that allows cells to take up glucose. Insulin resistance can be the first step toward diabetes. What is insulin resistance?
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When a cell loses its responsiveness to insulin, which can happen due to various conditions, it becomes insulin resistant. Scientists believe it proceeds like this: Insulin resistance leads to lower post-meal blood glucose control, followed by elevated fasting glucose levels, which leads to sustained high glucose levels over time. As a point of reference from the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence, healthy people should rarely exceed 140 mg/dL after a meal, and glucose should revert to pre-meal levels within two to three hours. However, studies of non-diabetic populations wearing CGMs suggest that we may benefit from keeping an even tighter range after meals. One study showed that healthy young adults spent about 80% of the time at glucose levels under 100 mg/dL and less than 1% over 140 mg/dL. Another study showed that healthy people spend 94.4% of the time at glucose levels under 120 mg/dL and, again, less than 1% above 140 mg/dL.
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