When we eat a high-fat diet, the sugar gets trapped in stage 2, and the body works overtime, sometimes to the point of exhaustion and disease,
in an effort to move the sugar out of the bloodstream. Meanwhile, the sugar backs up in the blood, creating sustained, elevated blood sugar that
wreaks havoc on the body in the form of Candida, fatigue, diabetes, etc.

The Role of Insulin

What happens in the presence of fat that causes sugar to pile up in our bloodstream? It has to do with the pancreas. Under the direction of the
brain, the pancreas is responsible for producing a hormone known as insulin.

One of insulin’s roles is to attach it self to sugar molecules in the blood and then find an insulin receptor in the blood-vessel wall. The insulin
can then transport the sugar molecule through the blood-vessel membrane to the interstitial fluid (the fluid between the cells) and continue to
escort sugar across another barrier – the cell membrane – and into the cell itself.

Excess dietary fat in the bloodstream creates some negative insulating effects. When we eat too much fatty food, a thin coating of fat lines
the blood-vessel walls, the cells’ insulin-receptor sites, the sugar molecules, as well as the insulin itself. These fats can take a full day or
more to “clear” from the blood, all the while inhibiting normal metabolic activity, and preventing these various structures from
communicating with each other.

Too much fat in the blood impedes the movement of sugar out of the bloodstream. This results in an overall rise in blood sugar, as sugars
continue to travel from the digestive tract:

(Stage 1) into the blood
(Stage 2) but cannot escape from the blood so they can be delivered to the cells
(Stage 3) which await their fuel.
Sugar and Fat at the Same Meal

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