When you’re stressed, your blood sugar levels rise. Stress hormones like epinephrine and cortisol kick in since one of their major functions is to raise blood sugar to help boost energy when it’s needed most. Think of the fight-or-flight response. You can’t fight danger when your blood sugar is low, so it rises to help meet the challenge. Both physical and emotional stress can prompt an increase in these hormones, resulting in an increase in blood sugars.
Key Takeaways:
- A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain’s ability to control anxiety.
- It establishes a metabolic chain reaction that starts with low attention control, which leaves a person vulnerable to tempting or distracting information, objects, thoughts or activities.
- The research showed individuals with low inhibition were more likely to have diabetes than those with high inhibition due to the pathway from high anxiety to IL-6.
“A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain’s ability to control anxiety. That control lies with the brain’s executive functions, which handle attention, inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility and are also involved in reasoning, problem-solving and planning.”
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