6 factors that affect blood sugar levels

The number of sufferers of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) in the World  has increased each year. According to the data of Ministry of health of the Republic of Indonesia, sufferers of DM at the age above 15 years old in 2003 more than 12 million people. A remarkable number.

Uncontrolled Diabetes melitus can cause a variety of complications, such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, coma until diabetikum. To that end, it is important for you to recognize the things that affect your blood sugar levels. In order to be constantly controlled blood sugar levels and avoid the disease diabetes mellitus.
The sugar in the blood acts as a metabolic fuel. However, if the excess simply applied in the body (the fasting sugar < 125 mg/dL fasting and 2-hour pascagula < 200 mg/dL), then it can cause interference on health. Here are a few things that can affect blood sugar levels carbohydrate Intake:

          intake of carbohydrates
blood sugar levels are strongly influenced by the intake of carbohydrates. The amount of the excess intake and lack of physical activity will lead to increased blood sugar levels and the benefits will be stored in the form of fat

        physical activity
physical activity affect the levels of glucose in the blood. When the body's activity is high, the use of glucose by muscle will be increased, so that blood sugar levels decreased. Vice versa, lack of activity led to increased sugar levels.

        Drug use
sugar levels can be affected by the consumption of some drugs. Consumption of oral hiperglikemi drugs such as metformin and glibenklamid can lower blood sugar levels. Whereas, steroid drugs such as dexamethasone and prednison can increase blood sugar levels

       Stress
Stress will stimulate the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the brain. Further ACTH will stimulate the adrenal glands to release cortisol. The hormone cortisol will then cause increased levels of glucose in the blood

       Menstrual cycle
fluctuation of hormones during the menstrual cycle is suspected to cause changes in blood glucose levels. Increased levels of progesterone it is said can cause temporary insulin resistance, causing the blood glucose levels are higher than normal. Meanwhile, high levels of estrogen may improve sensitivity to insulin, so that blood glucose levels can be lower than the normal

          dehydration
when the body is deficient fluid, then the body will do the compensation by way of stimulating the release of vasopressin. Vasopressin stimulates the formation of glucose in the blood as compensation of dehydration, so the sugar levels in the blood will increase.
Terapkanlah healthy lifestyle to help maintain blood sugar levels. Thus, disease diabetes mellitus may be inevitable

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