Re: [fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

Yes, but if you know where to prick it  doesn't hut at all.  Also there are some models of "prickers' that you feel even less.

Ellen

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:08 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

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

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Ellen Ussery <ellen.ussery@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046889.php
>
> 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
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, 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
> >
> >
>

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