The Hypothyroidism Revolution PDF / Program Diet System Cookbook Free Hypothyroidism Revolution Tom Brimeyer | Page 63

This is different than some other forms of sugar which cause your blood sugar to rise
rapidly. The wrong sugars cause your body to secrete a large amount of the hormone
insulin, which helps to remove the sugar from your bloodstream. But at the end of this
process, your blood sugar typically drops too low once again re-starting the cycle.
Another important factor in managing your blood sugar levels is to cut out
polyunsaturated fats from your diet. These fats can lead to insulin sensitivity and
eventually, diabetes. But I will discuss this in more detail in a minute.
One other useful tip worth sharing is that many people need to eat something before
they go to bed in order to help them maintain their blood sugar level throughout the
night. In fact, low blood sugar is an extremely common cause of night waking and
insomnia. This is because when blood sugar is low, stress hormones rise. Oftentimes,
adrenaline rises high enough to wake you up.
This is especially important with hypothyroidism when your liver can’t properly store the
sugar that it would normally use to keep your blood sugar balanced throughout the
night.
And as you should now know, with low blood sugar comes high stress hormones, which
again, causes hypothyroidism.
Solution #6 – Avoid Polyunsaturated Fats
This is a big one that most people are not aware of and that’s because it’s more of a
controversial topic that really deserves a lot more attention than it gets. But when you
really look at it from all angles, I think the research speaks for itself.
Studies have linked polyunsaturated fats in your diet to numerous
diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and obesity just to
name a few.
A big part of the problem with these fats is that they have such a long
lasting effect on your body once they become stored in your fat cells.
Even if you remove them entirely from your diet, they can still be
present within your body for up to 4 years while continuing to cause
damage.
Part of the problem of these types of fats is that they are highly
unstable, especially when under heat and in the presence of oxygen.
They become very reactive within your body when you eat them because they are
heated to your body temperature and mixed with the abundance of oxygen within your
body. So, they easily become rancid and toxic both inside and outside of your body.
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