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

Saturday, August 7, 2010

[fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

Thank you, I understand a little better.

I don't get sleepy that often, but when I do, I worry about it. Maybe I shouldn't worry so much since it's only occassional.

The idea of pricking myself over this puts me off so much, I think I'd rather take a nap...! I am a real wimp!!! If I HAD to do it, I'd have to get someone to help me. uh.

Perhaps as I adjust to Fast-5 and eat less carbs, my body will adjust and it will happen less often.

Thank you.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Bill McCarty <wbmccarty@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>