Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 is she a stressed kind of person / does she have problems with insomnia and waking early? it may be that her cortisol levels are out of kilter around then which would raise blood glucose. maybe consider an adrenal hormone test which uses saliva samples over a 24 hour period ( done at home by the patient and then sent off for analysis) regards ,annette diabetis Hi everyone, I have been treating a young woman for three months with early onset diabetis. She is on insulin injections and has managed to reduced these from 10 (am and pm) to 8. What concerns me though is her blood sugar levels are very high some mornings 14.5 on waking, they are low in the evenings 4.5. I would expect them to be low in the mornings, it doesn't make sense to me. Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? I can furnish more information about the case need be. Thanks in advance Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 It sounds as though her cortisol levels are out of whack. She needs lots of adaptogens and maybe nervines as well. When cortisol spikes sugar does too - she may need a high protein snack before bed to help even things out. J Fidler, MCPP, (RH) AHG Herbalist ________________________________ To: ukherbal group <ukherbal-list > Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 5:15:25 AM Subject: diabetis Hi everyone, I have been treating a young woman for three months with early onset diabetis. She is on insulin injections and has managed to reduced these from 10 (am and pm) to 8. What concerns me though is her blood sugar levels are very high some mornings 14.5 on waking, they are low in the evenings 4.5. I would expect them to be low in the mornings, it doesn't make sense to me. Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? I can furnish more information about the case need be. Thanks in advance Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Agree about the adaptogens! I would especially recommend Rhodiola rosea and it belongs to the Crassulaceae family which display Crassulacean Acid Metabolism which leads to a diurnal variation in sugars and acids, the signature fitting this case quite nicely. Craig From: ukherbal-list [mailto:ukherbal-list ] On Behalf Of susan fidler Sent: 20 October 2010 13:04 To: ukherbal-list Subject: Re: diabetis It sounds as though her cortisol levels are out of whack. She needs lots of adaptogens and maybe nervines as well. When cortisol spikes sugar does too - she may need a high protein snack before bed to help even things out. J Fidler, MCPP, (RH) AHG Herbalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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