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" Thus you've changed your thought and avoided the negative feelings that could have resulted in a negative action or behavior. Depending on the severity of past or present events, some of these issues may need to be worked out with professional help through appropriate counseling. But the good news is that the impulse to eat certain kinds of foods is not all in your head. When you get that craving for the M&M's in your bottom-right-hand desk drawer, there's some serious biochemistry at work, too. The Hormonal Connection Hormones are chemicals that are manufactured by special glands in your body and released into your bloodstream. Your blood transports hormones to different parts of your body, where they influence the way your organs and tissues work. Because hormones control and influence so many vital processes, such as growth, sexual drive, aging, and your metabolism, to name a few, hormone research is one of the most exciting fields of medical research. Among the scientific findings to emerge from scientific studies is the strong connection between food and hormones. Specifically, the kind of food you eat and how much you eat triggers the release of two powerful hormones, insulin and glucagon. What, you may ask, is so important about insulin and glucagon? The answer is simple: Insulin tells your body to store fat. Glucagon tells your body to burn fat. Therefore, we want to produce more fat-burning glucagon and less fat-storing insulin. The Dangers of Excess Insulin When you eat foods that produce too much insulin, such as bread and pasta, not only are you telling your body to store fat, but all that excess in- sulin boosts the production of triglycerides or blood fats. And what does blood fat do to your arteries? It clogs them, making you a prime candidate for a stroke or heart attack. Excess insulin also stimulates the liver to produce cholesterol. This is why your cholesterol levels can still be high even if you cut all fats out of your diet. The amount of fat you eat does not influence your blood choles- terol levels much. The real culprit is excess insulin, which also contributes to high blood pressure. I've saved the worst for last. When your body produces excess insulin on a regular basis, you are likely to develop insulin resistance. This is a vicious cycle in which the body becomes less sensitive to insulin and compensates by secreting more and more of the stuff. The result: you store more and more fat and gain more and more weight. After a while, your pancreas, which produces insulin, cannot sat- isfy the demand. This is a precursor to developing a deadly disease called adult-onset diabetes. Adult-onset diabetes, also known as type 2 diabetes, affects more than 8 million Americans. It is a devastating disease characterized by loss of en- ergy and weight gain. People afflicted with diabetes suffer from blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, and circulatory problems that can lead to the amputation of fingers and toes.