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What happens when you eat too much sugar? || Simple Nutrition ||Ep56
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Jun 2, 2025
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hello and welcome back to my channel if
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you're new here this is a nutrition and
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lifestyle channel giving solutions to
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everyday nutrition problems so when we
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are talking about diabetes we are
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definitely talking about high blood
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sugar levels that is hyperglycemia and
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very low blood sugar levels that is
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hypoglycemia and of course the very many
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complications that are brought forth by
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poorly managed blood sugar levels
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so there's already so much
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misinformation going around on how
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exactly to manage diabetes and most of
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which are already draining most diabetic
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patients and making it very unbearable
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for them to manage their blood sugar
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levels we want to create a very
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comfortable environment for everyone
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including diabetic individuals
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so that we can all have just a normal
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life as much as possible and in turn be
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able to enjoy our favorite meals
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participating sports activities and
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avoid premature deaths due to
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complications which kick in pretty fast
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when the blood sugar levels
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are not well controlled
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so here are some of the most common
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diabetic myths
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the first one is eating sugar causes
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diabetes
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according to the signs of digestion what
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happens when food gets digested they get
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broken down and later gets into our
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blood system and finally into our body
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cells so that
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we can use it for energy for day to day
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activities
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now keeping that in mind what do you
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think happens when your diet contains
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too much sugar
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there's going to be too much sugar in
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your blood system when you're already
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living with diabetes this is extremely
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dangerous as the little insulin being
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produced that is in type 2 diabetes may
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not be sufficient enough to help the
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sugar get out of your bloodstream if
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this continues for a long time then the
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buildup of too much sugar in your blood
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can bring not only kidney damage but so
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many other complications as well however
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if you are not diabetic sugar alone gets
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into it into you
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gets you into developing obesity or
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being overweight which are risk factors
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to developing type 2 diabetes what this
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means is that too much sugar is a risk
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factor it's therefore safe to avoid or
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limit the use of foods that contain too
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much sugar and added sugars for example
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cakes juices sweets soda and other
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processed foods
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so the second myth is that only
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overweight and obese individuals can get
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diabetes
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weight management is a very important
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aspect in managing diabetes and living a
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sedentary lifestyle that includes fewer
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physical activities then you'll
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definitely get you into being overweight
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and obese but then we have a lot more
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causes of diabetes including a family
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history of having diabetes gestational
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diabetes that occurs during pregnancy
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so the weight aspect is just one of them
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you therefore cannot straightforward say
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that overweight and obese individuals
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will get diabetes however prevention is
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better than cure
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the third one is you cannot eat
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carbohydrates when you're diabetic
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there are three important things you
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need to consider when it comes to
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carbohydrates how much carbohydrates are
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you eating what kind of carbohydrates
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are you eating how often do you eat
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carbohydrates
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you are there for so wrong to deny
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adiabatic individual carbohydrates
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because just like any other people they
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need carbohydrates for energy and for
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general nourishment
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in managing diabetes we therefore want
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to focus more on portion control and
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that is why you have so many methods of
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portion control including using the
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diabetes plate method the food pyramid
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and using your hands for portion control
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and so on and so forth
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to be on the safe side choose more whole
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grain carbohydrates with slow
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penetrating sugars because this will
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ensure that sugar gets into your blood
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system slowly and therefore preventing
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hyperglycemia also important is to eat
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small portions of carbohydrates like a
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quarter of your plate being carbs while
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half of your plate is vegetables
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also avoiding simple sugars from
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processed foods will be a big saver
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diabetic individuals should only eat
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diabetic food
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is there a food you consider a diabetic
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food have you ever heard of people being
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advised to eat only diabetic food what
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is being said here is that once you are
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diabetic then you can only be restricted
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to diabetic foods which is not exactly
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true
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now what we recommend is a modified just
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normal foods that are only modified in
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order to help a diabetic individual to
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maintain a normal blood sugar level that
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is why we talk about portions types and
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frequency we also want a diabetic
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individual to have three main meals just
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like every other person but only with
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healthy snacks like fruits nuts a cup of
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porridge a cup of milk in between these
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meals so that you can make six eating
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times in a day of course to prevent both
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hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
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therefore it's not limited but it is
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modified diet
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you will go blind and lose your legs
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when you're diabetic
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too much of something is dangerous
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rather poisonous so with poorly managed
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blood sugar levels you're therefore at
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risk of developing diabetes
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complications including kidney failure
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amputations due to slow wound healing
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reduced sensations due to nerve damage
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and so on and so forth so unless you are
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not with the best management team and
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poor compliance of medication poor food
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care then you definitely no need to
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worry about developing diabetic
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complications
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diabetic individuals cannot participate
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in sports activity
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still going back to hypoglycemia
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over-exercising can easily get your
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sugars low quite fast and as much as
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hyperglycemia is bad hypoglycemia is
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very very bad and can lead to loss of
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life so while participating in sports
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activities a diabetic individual needs a
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very close monitoring to avoid
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circumstances like those we already said
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we want diabetic patients to enjoy a
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normal life just like any other person
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and sports activity is part of normal
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life
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diabetic individuals are prone to
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infections
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sugar creates a very good environment
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for bacteria so while with poorly
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managed blood sugar levels then you are
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definitely at risk of many different
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infections and therefore you are better
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off following your diet take your your
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meds properly
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food care and also exercise
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so
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there are so many other diabetic meats
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out there but what we want to do is to
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create a comfortable environment for
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individuals living with diabetes you
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don't want to make their life so hard
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because
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managing blood sugar levels is crucial
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you want to maintain them at a very
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normal level you don't want hypoglycemia
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or hyperglycemia so
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i hope this short tutorial has been
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helpful to someone out there
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