As the blood sugar level begins to rise, the pancreas sends insulin into the bloodstream. The insulin opens to the cell wall, sending sugar from the. The basics of what sugar does to the body go like this.

Amid a myriad of websites, books and medical reports, I learned that refined carbohydrates (like white flour) as well as refined sugar, convert into blood sugar. I was feeling it again, but now I was on sugar, not illegal drugs. Suddenly things would get very quiet, and my vision centered in more and more as my peripheral vision narrowed. I could actually feel the blood course through my veins. Every time I had my blood sugar checked, the results said I had a perfect balance. In me, they created an emergency situation that I often ignored.

Parting Was Such Sweet Sorrow - How I Said Good-By to Sugar I remembered the feeling of days long ago, before my adult conversion, when I got high; a feeling of lethargy, as if my arms weighed 50 pounds each.

Then why did my post-sugar experiences rival my previously private pill-popping parties. I could feel my heart beating without touching my chest.

We eat and the food is changed into sugar, which then enters the bloodstream.