Pillar 1 Week 2 - The Blood Sugar Roller Coaster

Question 1

Food choices either promote ______ or reduce it.

Answer 1

stress

Question 2

Blood sugar is the concentration of ______ in the blood.

Answer 2

glucose

Question 3

What is the body’s preferred/main energy source?

Answer 3

Glucose

Question 4

This hormone is released when the body is in need of energy, which signals you to begin looking for nourishment.

Answer 4

Ghrelin

Question 5

What is the delivery system that carries glucose to your cells?

Answer 5

The bloodstream

Question 6

What hormone is a determining factor of how the body utilizes blood sugar?

Answer 6

insulin

Question 7

What is the word that describes storing sugar short term? What does the body store excess glucose as for long term? (2 names)

Answer 7

Glycogen, lipids or fatty acids

Question 8

Ketones mainly provide energy to the _____ and _____.

Answer 8

heart, brain

Question 9

This process is used for your body to utilize a form of stored energy, and usually only occurs when the body is in a perceived state of starvation and is used as a last resort.

Answer 9

Ketogensis

Question 10

The body can gain energy from _____ and _____, but glucose is the preferred energy source.

Answer 10

proteins, fats

Question 11

What type of carbohydrate is digested and absorbed quickly, providing a quick burst of energy followed by a crash?

Answer 11

Simple carbohydrates

Question 12

What type of carbohydrate takes the body longer to break down, producing a slow, even burn without drastically spiking blood sugar levels?

Answer 12

Complex carbohydrates

Question 13

What is the name for processed sugar, or white table sugar?

Answer 13

Sucrose

Question 14

_____ sugar is disguised by various names in many processed foods, which causes people to consume more sugar than they often think they are.

Answer 14

Processed

Question 15

If you are having a _____ blood sugar reaction, you may experience brain fog, difficulty concentrating, impatience, nervousness, heart palpitations, excess sweating, light-headedness, nausea, fatigue, or moodiness.

Answer 15

low

Question 16

If you are having a _____ blood sugar reaction, you may experience a feeling of hyper-anxiety, increased thirst, headaches, or feeling as though you are bouncing off the walls.

Answer 16

high

Question 17

_____ removes the fiber, vitamins, and minerals from the plant which forces your body to pull from or draw on its own reserves of vitamins and minerals.

Answer 17

Processed sugar

Question 18

The smallest, gentlest intervention you can make, that will also have the biggest impact, is _____________.

Answer 18

balancing blood sugar

Question 19

When there is too much or too little glucose, or sugar, in the blood, it will trigger a ___________________.

Answer 19

significant stress response

Question 20

_____ carb —> spike —> crash —> craving ( _____ or _____) —> spike —> crash —> craving

Answer 20

simple, sugar or caffeine