Blood Sugar Balance Cheat Sheet + Checklist

Essential Oils for Blood Sugar Balance Cheat Sheet

Blood Sugar, or glucose, is the critical fuel for our bodies and our brain. In fact, the brain needs a constant steady supply of glucose at all times to function properly. Although the brain weighs only about two or three pounds, it uses about 30 percent of the body’s total glucose.

Carbohydrates in the food we eat are digested and absorbed as glucose, then transported through the bloodstream, supplying energy to every cell in the body. The body is continually monitoring the levels of glucose (blood sugar) in the blood to ensure that it doesn’t spike too high or dip too low. The goal is to maintain a condition of internal stability, which is necessary for optimal function.

Keeping blood sugar in balance is important for:

Energy levels, including optimal sleep

Brain health, including moods and mental focus.

Hormonal balance

Weight loss

Optimal health, including the optimal function of every organ

Diet is a primary tool for controlling blood sugar, ideally limiting the intake of foods that spike blood sugar, like sugar and carbohydrates. When blood sugar dips too low, hormones like cortisol and epinephrine can raise blood sugar. Increasing the intake of healthy fats and supporting the body’s ability to digest and assimilate fats can also help curb hunger cravings and sustain blood sugar levels for longer periods of time.

To keep blood sugar levels balanced, it helps to support the organs of blood sugar regulation along with diet and lifestyle choices. For example, consider the following essential oils to support the organs of blood sugar balance.

Essential Oils for Blood Sugar Balance Cheat Sheet

Pancreas™: The digestive system breaks down the carbohydrates from food into glucose, which goes straight into the bloodstream, causing blood sugar concentrations to rise. The pancreas releases insulin to transport the glucose into the cells. As more and more cells receive glucose, blood sugar levels return to normal. Excess glucose is stored as glycogen (stored glucose) in the liver and muscles. If you have not eaten for a while and blood glucose concentrations drop, the pancreas releases another hormone called glucagon. Glucagon triggers the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, thus pushing blood glucose levels back up to normal. Pancreas™ oil facilitates this normal function of the pancreas.

Liver™: The liver acts as the body’s glucose (energy) reservoir and helps to maintain steady and constant blood sugar levels by balancing the uptake, storage, and release of glucose, depending on the body’s need for energy. More specifically, excess glucose is removed from the blood and converted into glycogen (the storage form of glucose), which is stored in the liver. When blood sugar levels drop, the liver initiates a process called glycogenolysis, where glycogen is converted back into glucose, or by converting other sugars into glucose, gradually releasing it into the bloodstream until levels approach normal range. Finally, the liver produces ketones from fats when glucose is in short supply.

Adrenal™: Blood sugar imbalances can exhaust the adrenals. For example, eating a sugary meal will spike then quickly crash blood sugar, requiring the adrenals to release cortisol to stabilize blood sugar. Similarly, stress hormones such as adrenaline (epinephrine) can increase blood sugar levels to meet your body’s demands for energy. Every stress response is a blood sugar response. Fatigued adrenal glands can struggle to produce and release cortisol, which in turn throws off the body’s balance of blood sugar.

The following assessment can help you identify what essential oil blends can be used to support balancing your blood sugar.

You can grab the cheat sheet below!

HYPO - ADRENAL

If you answer yes to one or more below, you may

Slow starter in the morning

Chronic low back pain, worse with fatigue

Become dizzy when standing up suddenly

Pain after or difficulty maintaining manipulative correction

HYPER - ADRENAL

Tend to be a “night person”

Difficulty falling asleep

Tend to be keyed up, trouble calming down

Blood pressure above 120/80

Feeling wired or jittery after drinking coffee

HYPO-GLYCEMIA

(caused by fatigue of the adrenals and the pancreas)

Awaken hours after going to bed

Find it difficult to go back to sleep

Binge, have uncontrolled eating or struggle to be satiated

Crave coffee or sweets in the afternoon

HIGH BLOOD SUGAR

Have trouble falling asleep

Feel fatigued after meals

Crave sugar and sweets after meals

Experience on-going sugar cravings

Frequent thirst and/or urination

LIVER

Become sick or easily intoxicated when drink wine

Easily hung over when drink wine

Long term use of prescription/recreational drugs

Sensitive to smells, like tobacco smoke

Cravings CHECKLIST

Crave salty foods or salt foods before tasting

Chronic fatigue, or get drowsy often

Afternoon yawning or headache

Tendency to need sunglasses

Clench or grind teeth

Calm on the outside, troubled on the inside

Arthritic tendencies

Perspire easily

Tendency to sprain ankles or “shin splints”

Feel sleepy or have energy dips in afternoon

Feel irritable or shaky if meals are skipped or delayed

Have difficulty concentrating before eating

Never skip meals

Need stimulants such as coffee after meals

Have difficulty losing weight?

Waist girth larger than hip girth

Feel like skipping breakfast

Gain weight under stress

Pain under right side of rib cage

Hemorrhoids or varicose veins

Chronic fatigue or Fibromyalgia

Microwave foods or cook/re-heat food in plastic or teflon

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