Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

Saturday, August 7, 2010

[fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

Ew, do you have to prick yourself? I'm squeamish...

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Ellen Ussery <ellen.ussery@...> wrote:
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> http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046889.php
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> or you could purchase a glucometer and do the test described here. Will
> give you a very good idea of how unstable your BG is and you don't have to
> risk getting your insurance company involved.
>
> Ellen
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> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Bill McCarty <wbmccarty@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > In some people, a large-carb meal produces unstable glucose levels: First
> > the glucose is high, then low, then high again over a period of maybe 2-12
> > hours. That's one possible mechanism.
> >
> > Alternatively and without appeal to a large-carb meal, in the absence of
> > food, some people experience low blood glucose. If the glucose level drops
> > low enough, the liver may dump glucose into the blood stream, causing high
> > blood glucose.
> >
> > The bottom line is that the body's glucose thermostat, so to speak, may
> > alternate between low and high rather than establish a medium level. And,
> > however it comes about, a transitory high blood glucose level can induce
> > sleepiness.
> >
> > I'm not claiming this *is what you're experiencing, only that this is a
> > possible* mechanism. If you want to investigate this possibility, you
> > could purchase and use a glucometer. Or, you could ask your physician to
> > perform a glucose tolerance test, which might confirm glucose instability.
> > Or, you could just enjoy the nap if doing so fits your lifestyle :-)
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@...>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "moderately elevated blood glucose resulting from the consumption of a
> >> large carbohydrate load."
> >>
> >> How does that happen when I haven't eaten anything all day?
> >> Why would I get sleepy when I haven't eaten anything?
> >>
> >>
> > --
> > Bill McCarty
> >
> >
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