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Hey Dr. Berg here. In this video, we're going to talk about blood sugars. Okay. Very, very, very important, yet very misunderstood. If you have diabetes, if you have hypoglycemia, which is low blood sugar, if you're concerned about preventing those, you want to watch this video. Now here's how it works. The law of

the body is that no matter what, the body must maintain a certain level of sugar in the blood.

Okay, so the blood sugar level, we'll call it glucose level, should always be right around

100.

Now if you want to know the units, I think it's milligrams per decilator, but don't worry

about that.

But there's blood testing units that you can test your blood, and it should be right here.

Now it does range between

80 and 110, but if that blood sugar goes too high, okay, that's called hyperglycemia,

that means that's diabetes. Okay, if the blood sugar is too low, that is called hypoglycemia. So the goal for the body is to maintain

blood sugar of 100. So it'll do everything. It'll tear the body apart. It'll turn, it'll

break down your muscle protein with one goal is to maintain normal blood sugar. So everything,

almost everything you eat eventually breaks down into glucose or sugar, okay? Even foods that are

not sugar. Even protein and fat will break down and then

you're going to build it, the body will build it back up into sugar. So sugar is used for fuel

and nourishment to the cells. So the way it works is this. You have this huge organ here

called the liver. The liver is on the right side of your body.

It's about three and a half pounds, the size of a football. And then we have this tiny organ

right here, which is called the pancreas. And that's right here, right below the left

rib cage. Now, these two organs reciprocate,

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