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body that affects glucose from being able to enter the cell. Insulin is a
hormone that helps glucose enter cells so they can use it as a form of energy.
For type one diabetics, the pancreas is unable to produce insulin , and
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similarly, type two diabetics are unable to use the insulin produced as their
bodies have become immune to it . Glucose, or sugar, is used as the bodys
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main energy source . In the body, glucose is joined together and then stored
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to be used as energy. Some foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are already
naturally high in glucose. These foods are digested slowly, which enables the
body to have a longer supply of energy and store the glucose that is not
needed at the time . With a high intake of such foods, heart disease, obesity,
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takes a toll on your liver, with sugar being described by many as acting like
alcohol and obliterating the liver over time . Apart from sugary foods,
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around 42% of an Americans average glucose intake comes from soda and
sports drinks . Gatorade in particular, which is designed to keep one
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body creating more glucose. Fructose, another type of sugar that is sweeter
than glucose is also very common. In soft drinks, fructose provides a sweet
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taste while giving off calories. It has been seen that from 1970 to 2000, there
has been a 25% available added sugar increase from fructose , meaning
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that fructose is being added to common foods such as soft drinks and
condiments .
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scientists that over an extended period of time, exercise does have great
effects on blood sugar levels. In 1989, a similar experiment was conducted
through patients with impaired glucose tolerance . 5
The study involved over 110,000 patients (557 of them having impaired
glucose tolerance) being tested for 6 years to see if their glucose levels
would change. The goal was to discover whether, through diet, exercise, or
both, if the 557 IGT patients would develop diabetes. The 557 IGT positive
patients were separated into three groups; one that would be put on a diet,
one that would exercise every day, and another that would do both . The
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