The 2013 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 30. I'd been looking forward to that day ever since I'd first put on a pair of skates and told myself that one day I'd play in the NHL. I'd been working toward that dream for most of my life, and now the day had finally arrived when I would get to take the biggest step toward realizing it. But the morning of the draft, all of my excitement from the previous weeks and months was gone. In its place was a bundle of nerves. Nervousness can definitely take its toll on your blood sugar levels—big swings in your emotional state, in general, can throw off your blood sugar, going low or high like that can then lead to more mood changes, and the spiral continues. It's only worse when you don't have enough to eat.The 2013 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 30. I'd been looking forward to that day ever since I'd first put on a pair of skates and told myself that one day I'd play in the NHL. I'd been working toward that dream for most of my life, and now the day had finally arrived when I would get to take the biggest step toward realizing it. But the morning of the draft, all of my excitement from the previous weeks and months was gone. In its place was a bundle of nerves. Nervousness can definitely take its toll on your blood sugar levels—big swings in your emotional state, in general, can throw off your blood sugar, going low or high like that can then lead to more mood changes, and the spiral continues. It's only worse when you don't have enough to eat.