14/01/2026
📈🩸5 Silent Blood Sugar Spikers (That Have Nothing To Do With Food
1️⃣ Stress
Cortisol acts like pouring sugar into your bloodstream for survival.
Great for escaping danger. Terrible for insulin control.
2️⃣ Poor Sleep
Just one night of bad sleep can induce insulin resistance.
It’s literally like putting a lock on your glucose store.
3️⃣ Certain Medications
Steroids and even common BP drugs like beta-blockers can raise fasting sugars.
Always review long-term meds with your physician.
4️⃣ Sedentary Lifestyle
Your muscles are a glucose sponge — but only when you use them.
Long sitting = sugar has nowhere to go.
5️⃣ Infections & Illness
When your body fights germs, stress hormones surge.
Blood sugar rises as part of your internal “backup fuel” system.
🤯 And here are other factors which 95% people don’t know, but are IMPORTANT:
⚠️ Dehydration concentrates glucose in your blood
⚠️ Low magnesium & vitamin D worsen insulin resistance
⚠️ Irregular meal timing confuses your insulin response
⚠️ Late-night light exposure disrupts glucose rhythms
⚠️ Gut inflammation & poor microbiome directly impair sugar control
⚠️ Chronic pain & inflammation elevate baseline blood sugars
⚠️ Excess caffeine on an empty stomach spikes cortisol → sugar rise
If your reports confuse you…
it may not be your food.
🫀 Blood sugar control is a lifestyle equation, not a meal plan.
If you want a step-by-step system to fix this, the Blood Sugar Reset Framework™ is in the pinned comment ⤵️
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— Dr Abhilasha Malik
Cardio-Respiratory Physiotherapist & Lifestyle Coach 🧬
Helping busy professionals reverse lifestyle disease, sustainably 🫀