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Mr. Abel Cadias

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May 16, 2017

Does Having Too Low and Too High Blood Sugar Level Make People Aggressive?

Too low and too high blood sugar level can cause aggression because too low blood

sugar level causes hunger and too high blood sugar level can lead to diabetes which both

hunger and diabetes can make people aggressive.The purpose of this research report is to

explain how sugar blood level can affect aggression. The importance of this research report is

to provide the information on the amount of sugar in blood can cause aggression in people.

The pieces of information found in this research report are based on eight resources. First,

Bob B. In his article about Sugar high is bitter-sweet for aggressive people shows about

how increasing amount of sugar in blood make people better from aggressive behavior and

how too high sugar level in blood also make people more aggressive. Second, Leo B. on his

article about Are people with diabetes prone to violence? revealed the people with diabetes

are more violent. Third, an article entitled Behavioral Signs of Low Blood Sugar shows the

behavior of people who have low blood sugar level and this include the aggressive behavior.

Next, Catherine H. In her article about How does elevated blood sugar affect a persons

behavior and mood? reveals how the increasing amount of sugar in blood can change

emotion and behavior in human. Fifth, Sirah D. In her article about Can Low Blood Sugar

Cause Bad Behavior in Children? shows how low blood sugar make the children become

aggressive. Moreover, an article entitled Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions by

Serena G. and an article entitled Emotions & Blood-Sugar Levels: How Diabetes Can Affect

Your Mood by Joslin Communication show how diabetes and emotion are related. Finally,
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Jacqueline M. In her article about How Blood Sugar Affects Mood shows how different

amount of sugar in blood can affect people's mood.

Blood Sugar Level

Brown (2014) stated that the changing amount of sugar in the blood can cause

emotion changed which is including the aggression. There are many factors that actually

affect blood glucose which are separated into five areas. For the first area which is food, it is

the source where body get energy and nutrients from. Food as energy sources are

carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Carbohydrate is the source that affects blood sugar level the

most. The more you intake carbohydrate, the higher level of sugar in the blood. Fat is the

kind of food which affects the insulin resistance that causes the rising of blood sugar. Protein

also affects the insulin resistance which after the body consumes protein, the blood sugar will

increase. There are two other types of food which are not energy sources which also affect

blood sugar Caffeine and alcohol. Caffeine can increase insulin resistance and release

adrenaline. For alcohol, it disturbs the liver which normally, the role of the liver is to release

glucose for maintaining blood sugar level. After people intake alcohol, the amount of glucose

that is released will be decreased.

The second area is medication. The ability to raise blood sugar level has many kind

medicines to affect diabetes (Vroomen, N.D.). There are six factors in medication which

affect blood sugar Medication dose, medication timing and medication interactions. The

dose of medicine affects the blood sugar directly whether it be taking a higher dose or lower

dose of medicines. For medication timing, it is important too. As a result, various medicines

have their certain time for taking for them to work efficiently. Next, is medication interaction

which affects peoples blood glucose by some medicines can interact with others. The third
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area refers to activities which can be divided into two factors Light exercise and moderate

to high exercise. Blood sugar can be lower as a result of light exercise or activity. On the

other hand, moderate to high exercise or activity can higher blood sugar by cause of releasing

of glucose when adrenaline is responded. For the fourth area which is biological, there are

nine factors Dawn phenomenon, infusion set, scar problem, lack of sleeping, stress and

illness, allergies, glucotoxicity, menstruation, and smoking. All of these factors can impact

the blood sugar whether it be lower or higher the blood sugar level. Moreover, environmental

is the last area which is including three factors Insulin issues, imprecise blood sugar

reading, and altitude.

How Blood Sugar and Emotion are Related ?

Emotion can be controlled by blood sugar and also blood sugar can be controlled by

emotion. Edward (n.d.) stated that as glucose is known as a primary source of energy for

every cells in the body so every cells require glucose for proceeding their job. Thinking,

memory, learning or even mood are affected by the glucose level. There are various problem

if people have too high glucose in the blood but the major one is diabetes. Diabetes can be

divided into two types type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is when insulin producer cells or

known as pancreas are destroyed then it will be no longer produce a hormone named

insulin which maintains the glucose level in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is the type that most

people got. For type 2 diabetes, pancreas can produce the insulin ordinarily because the

environmental or other factors impact the body and they lead to producing not enough insulin

of the body.

Following the changing of blood sugar level, whether it rises or falls, it affects the

ability to process of brains (Marshall, 2014). The brain completely operates on glucose so
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when the blood sugar level is decreased, it wont work capably. On the other hand, high

blood sugar level can lead to mood changes.Various brain functions are related to glucose

level in blood. If there is too low glucose in the blood, the brains messenger will unable to be

produced and the communication will break down. Moreover, brains work is including

controlling mood so blood sugar level can affect people's mood.

How Low and High Blood Sugar Level Affect Aggression ?

Aggression is the act of attacking without any cause which can be caused by blood

sugar level whether it be lower or higher. Solowiejczyk (2012) stated that high blood sugar

level can extremely causes mood change which affect the self-control and make people feel

irritable. People with high blood sugar can be aggressive even they are not provoked.

According to Dubois (2012), as he did an experiment which he divided children into two

groups and gave candies to only one group. After 30 minutes, the group of children that were

given candies are more hyperactivity, aggressive, and louder noise making. People should not

intake too much sugar as it considered as causing aggressive in people. On the other hand,

lower blood sugar affect aggression too. Hieronymus (2006) showed that many people

experienced the aggression when they were having very low blood sugar level. When blood

sugar drops below regular level, the brain will start starving of fuel due to extreme lower

glucose in blood and then adrenaline which is a fight hormone will be released. Then

symptoms which are confusion, violence, and aggression will occur as a result. So intaking

too low sugar can make people aggressive. A further research from the article entitled Low

Blood Sugar and Aggression Linked in Studies showed that the US have the highest rates of

diabetes likewise had a tendency to have more elevated amounts of vicious wrongdoing, for

example, murder, strike, and burglary, even once neediness was considered.
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Conclusion

In conclusion, this research report aimed to find out how sugar blood level can affect

aggression. This concluded that the changing amount of glucose in blood can affect

aggression which when the blood sugar level is too low, it will affect aggression as a result of

less amount of hormones that are being produced. Moreover, when the blood sugar is too

high, it will affect the aggression as a result of diabetes or losing self-control. This research

recommends further studies on how to control the blood sugar level naturally.
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References

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Catherine H. (2012, September 12). How does elevated blood sugar affect a persons behavior
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Jacqueline M. (2014, December 16). How Blood Sugar Affects Mood. Retrieved April 29,
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Joslin Communication. (2014, July 8). Emotions & Blood-Sugar Levels: How Diabetes Can
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Leo B. (2014, July 23). Are people with diabetes prone to violence? Retrieved May 2, 2017,
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https://asweetlife.org/are-people-with-diabetes-prone-to-violence/

Macy L. (2015, October 16). Behavioral Signs of Low Blood Sugar. Retrieved May 4, 2017,
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http://www.livestrong.com/article/27092-behavior-signs-low-blood-sugar/

Serena G. (2012, May 18). Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions. Retrieved April 29,
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Sirah D. (2015, November 5). Can Low Blood Sugar Cause Bad Behavior in Children?
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