At times it might be hard to get blood sugar levels right, but it is important to factor everything in to arrive at the best blood sugar level. food, physical exercise and the medication play an important role in your blood sugar level

1. Smoking and Other Factors
That Affect Blood Sugar

2. • Although smoking does not change the concentration of
blood sugar after smoking, it causes hyperglycemia and
there is an increase of nicotine intoxication signs after
smoking. This is a serious medical problem for people
with diabetes that leads to a significant rise of the blood
pressure and pulse rate and it can decrease the skin
temperature of fingers as well as the toes.
• High blood sugar happens when the body has too little
insulin or when insulin can’t be used properly in the
body. Therefore your body can’t use glucose for fuel. It
will begin breaking fats to use for energy instead,
producing ketones which can build up in blood and lead
to more complications.
Smoking

4. HOW SMOKING AFFECT BLOOD SUGAR
 The information that smoking is bad for us is
everywhere, it is damaging everyone’s health in many
ways.
 Research shows that nicotine raises blood sugar
levels and this explains higher risks of diabetes
complications such as eye and kidney diseases. It is
the specific reason that blood sugar levels are higher
in smokers.
 It is more deadly to people with diabetes because it
adds to cardiovascular disease, but It is important for
everybody to stop smoking.

5. • Nicotine is the specific reason that blood sugar
levels are higher in smokers. It is important for
everybody to stop smoking.
• It is more important to limit the use of nicotine
replacement products like nicotine patches during
smoking cessation. This is very crucial for smokers
to know because it is not just cigarette smoke alone
that is harmful. Therefore if
you think you can just use
a nicotine replacement product
indefinitely, there's still a risk,
and there are more chances of
getting complications. But there
is no risk if you can use them
for a short period of
time to quit smoking.

6. Physical activity
 Physical activity can lead to
altering blood glucose levels:
 It can affect insulin sensitivity for up
to 48 hours - which can lead to lower
blood sugars over this time.
 Getting less exercise than usual
raises blood sugar and Getting more
exercise than usual lowers blood
sugar.
 Sugar levels can initially
rise following a short burst of activity.
If you usually are active most days,
not doing activity could lead to
higher blood sugars than usual

7. Meals
 Extra helpings or snacks, especially those high in
carbohydrates raises blood sugar and skipped meals or
snacks lowers blood sugar.
 Foods with carbohydrates, have the most effect on your blood sugar
levels.
 Protein usually has only a small effect on your blood sugar levels.
 Foods with fat slow down how fast the stomach empties and this can
make blood sugar a little lower soon after meals and a little higher
longer after meals.

8. Medications
 Taking different medications and some health
conditions can affect blood glucose levels:
 Skipping doses of insulin or other diabetes medication and
making changes in medications raises blood sugar.
 Some medications
you take may affect
your sugar levels
and missing out
some medications
or injections at irregular
times can also lead to
fluctuating sugar levels.

9. Conditions
 For women, your
menstrual cycle can
influence your sugar levels
 Pregnancy can affect
blood glucose level range
targets

10. Stress
 Positive stress (like wedding) and
negative stress (like death in the family)
or any other stress such as fear, anxiety,
or anger and physical stress like injury,
pain, or surgery can raise blood sugar.
 There are several ways stress may affect
your blood sugar levels, it can do so by
releasing stress hormones in the body
which can shoot your blood glucose
levels up and out of your desired range.

11. Alcoholic Beverages
 Drinking more alcohol than usual lowers blood sugar levels. They can
affect sugar levels up to several hours after stopping drinking.

12. Sickness
 Having a cold, the flu,
infection, or other illness
can trigger blood sugar.
 This is because
hormones produced to
combat illness cause
blood sugar to rise.

13. • Instead of using nicotine patches during smoking cessation,
you can visit quit smoking hypnotherapy for a permanent and
successful change of your smoking habit. Nicotine found in
cigarette smoke is an addictive substance which is the main culprit
responsible for high blood sugar level in smokers.
• It is well known that those constantly high blood sugar levels, in turn
increase the risk of serious diabetes complications such as heart
attack, stroke, kidney failure and nerve damages. So if you are a
smoker, you should be concerned about quitting.

14. Conclusion
 Most people are surprised to know that even protein
and carbohydrates can trigger blood sugar levels.
But they do it to less extend and proteins do it slower
than carbohydrates. Both are important to be
included in diets. But it is important to Keep tracking
the carbohydrates and proteins you eat to manage
your blood sugar, especially Carbohydrates, they
have the greatest impact on your blood sugar after
meals, and your blood sugar level can go too high
when you eat more carbohydrates than your body
can use.