Eliminating sugars can improve your ANS Disorder

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, chances are very good that the excess carbohydrates in your body are, in part or whole, to blame:

• Excess weight : Extra weight
• Fatigue and frequent sleepiness : extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.
• Depression :severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy.
• Brain fogginess :Clouding of consciousness
• Bloating: is a condition of excess gas in the body, feeling abdominal pressure and at the same time feeling full in your stomach, at times feeling though as your stomach is stretched to full extend and or even feeling weighted down.
•  Low blood sugar: Also known as hypoglycemia increases the risk of damaging the arteries which leads to the development of heart disease and kidney disease. 

     *    High blood pressure: is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways.

• High triglycerides: a type of fat found in your blood. Your body uses them for energy.

***Just remember that people with Dysautonomia have a wide variety of symptoms and allot of what you put into your body can be the cause of most of it. I know others have more severe issues and then there are others that have mild cases. Not one persons Dysautonomia is the same. After all, our bodies are different from each other. Some will have other illnesses with it or illnesses that caused it.

Did you know that for several million years, humans existed on a diet of animals and vegetation. It was only with the advent of agriculture a mere 10,000 years ago -- a fraction of a second in evolutionary time -- that humans began ingesting large amounts of sugar and starch in the form of grains (and potatoes) into their diets. Indeed, 99.99% of our genes were formed before the advent of agriculture; in biological terms, our bodies are still those of hunter-gatherers.

Reducing the amount of sugar in your diet may make you eat less food overall, promoting weight loss. and for those who are not over weight it will balance your weight. 

The pancreas is an organ in the upper abdomen. Enzymes (chemicals) made by cells in the pancreas pass into the gut to help digest food. The hormones insulin and glucagon are also made in the pancreas and help to regulate the blood sugar level. How does the Pancreas control blood sugar?
 The endocrine component of the pancreas consists of islet cells that create and release important hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two of the main pancreatic hormones are insulin, which acts to lower blood sugar, and glucagon, which acts to raise blood sugar. Maintaining proper blood sugar levels is crucial to the functioning of key organs including the brain, liver, and kidneys.

The liver acts as the body’s glucose (or fuel) reservoir, and helps to keep your circulating blood sugar levels and other body fuels steady and constant. The liver both stores and manufactures glucose depending upon the body’s need. The need to store or release glucose is primarily signaled by the hormones insulin and glucagon. When you’re not eating – especially overnight or between meals, the body has to make its own sugar. The liver supplies sugar or glucose by turning glycogen into glucose in a process called glycogenolysis. The liver also can manufacture necessary sugar or glucose by harvesting amino acids, waste products and fat byproducts. This process is called gluconeogenesis.

Glucagon : a hormone formed in the pancreas that promotes the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver.

Glycogen :a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates. It is a polysaccharide that forms glucose on hydrolysis.

Polysaccharide: a carbohydrate (e.g., starch, cellulose, or glycogen) whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together.

Glycogenolysis :  is the breakdown of glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate and glycogen. Glycogen branches are catabolized by the sequential removal of glucose monomers via phosphorolysis, by the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase.

Gluconeogenesis : is is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate carbon substrates such as pyruvate, lactate, glycerol, glucogenic amino acids, and odd-chain fatty acids.

Sugar Weakens the Immune System

Since the 1970's, doctors and scientists have known that vitamin C helps white blood cells kill viruses and bacteria. White blood cells must accumulate vitamin C in order to consume virus, bacteria or cancer cells. But glucose and vitamin C have similar structures, so when you eat sugar, your body's white cells accumulate glucose instead of vitamin C, leaving less room inside the cell for it to accumulate the vitamin C it needs to fight off pathogens. Sugar, therefore, slows your immune system down.

Here is a reminder of some of the other harmful effects of sugar:

• Sugar contributes to anxiety, depression and hyperactivity.
• Sugar reduces HDL cholesterol levels and raises LDL cholesterol levels.
• Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
• Sugar can cause kidney damage.
• Sugar leads to tooth decay.
• Sugar can cause mineral deficiencies.
• Sugar can cause headaches and migraines.
• Sugar can increase fatty deposits in the liver.
• Sugar can inhibit your ability to think clearly.
• Sugar can increase your risk of blood clots and strokes.

***I am here to educate and help those in need. I am not a doctor and I get my resources through research and other medical doctors. May my time on this be very helpful for those in need. I know it is and can be hard to have an illness that others do not understand, nor is it popular in any way, yet people are suffering from this Dysautonomia. Many blessing and light and I will continue to bring out awareness as much as I can. Feel free to contact me at any time. The writer of Dysautonomia Mania (Miss Vivian Carrera Roberson)