When a person senses danger, their body does something remarkable.
It temporarily stops storing glucose, so every bit of it is available for energy (just in case they need to get away quickly).
Now once the danger passes, that response is supposed to shut off.
In this video, Sherita Golden, MD, explains what happens when it doesn’t, and how chronic stress can quietly turn that same survival mechanism into insulin resistance.
Take a look. It’s just over 3 minutes.
As Sherita described, a nervous system that gets stuck in a stress response may slip into a chronic, low-grade form of insulin resistance over time.
This is one more piece of the mind-body connection we’ve been exploring recently.
And you can find out more about that here.
But now I’d like to hear from you. Where have you seen chronic stress showing up physically in your clients?
Please leave a comment below. And thanks for watching.
Janet Eades, Teacher, Tallahassee, FL, USA says
Stress from divorce. Stress from financial instability. Ashwaghanda to the rescue. Weight gain,type 1 diabetic