Blood sugar refers to the amount of glucose in the blood. When the regulation of blood sugar goes awry or when something goes wrong with the way the body processes food, blood sugar problems result.

When a healthy person eats carbohydrates (like bread, potatoes or cookies), they get broken down into sugar and sent into the bloodstream. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, then acts as a delivery system, moving the sugar from your blood into your cells, where it is burned for fuel.

When the mechanism for controlling blood sugar fails, diabetes is the result; the pancreas either stops making insulin (type I diabetes), or the body cells become insulin-resistant and "refuse delivery" of all or most of the sugar (type II diabetes). Either way, sugar builds up in the blood, the body doesn't get enough fuel, and complications result.

We offer the following Standard Process® supplements to support blood sugar metabolism.