Glucose is precious fuel for all the cells in your body when it's present at normal levels. But it can behave like a slow-acting poison. 1  High sugar levels slowly erode the ability of cells in your pancreas to make insulin.2  The organ overcompensates and insulin levels remain too high.ut it can behave like a slow-acting poison. 1  High sugar levels slowly erode the ability of cells in your pancreas to make insulin. 2  High levels of blood sugar can cause changes that lead to a hardening of the blood vessels, what doctors call atherosclerosis.
105 pages, index. Goochland County was formed in 1727 from the western portion of Henrico County. At the time of its creation, Goochland's lands stretched to include all or part of the present counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Albemarle, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson, and Powhatan.
Henrico County was the scene of the second settlement in the colony of Virginia and was established in 1634 as one of its eight original shires. Its boundaries incorporated an area from which ten Virginia counties were later formed in whole or in part, as well as the cities of Richmond, Charlottesville, and Colonial Heights. The county was named for Henry, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King James I of England.