Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm sending this to both lists... My husband has diabetes, and it runs in my family, so I check my blood sugar every month or two. It's always been normal. Then BAM! This Saturday it was 160 first thing in the morning (normal is under 110). I knocked it down ten points with a brisk walk and have been eating 100% very low glycemic, getting more sleep and exercising since then, but still running 150ish in the morning, and the best reading was 125 2H after eating. I'm taking chromium and cinnamon, and trying to figure out what to do with the frozen bitter melon I bought from the Indian food store. The biggest thing that's changed in my diet is adding coconut oil. I've been eating higher-fat for some time now. I'm not clear on coconut and the adrenals - I understand it stimulates them, along with the thyroid, and definitely felt some warmth with my first big dose, and am having zero cold-hands problems this winter. But overall I'm not really sure how it works. When the adrenals are stimulated, they can also stimulate the liver to produce more glucose, which could explain higher-than-normal morning BG combined with lower postprandial BG (because when you eat, insulin is released). Could the coconut oil be part of this? How do I find out what's causing this? Glucophage is working very well for my husband, who has had trouble making major dietary change, but the last thing I want to do is get on the med-go-round if I can control it with diet and exercise. We've been talking about another baby and considering the difficulties I had with our daughter, this added wrinkle is very scary. Advice? Resources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Why not try giving up the coconut oil for a week or so and see if it comes down? If it does, you could try an organic brand, as maybe something added to the coconut oil was causing the problem. Did you ever hear about the grapefruit seed extract thing? It was touted as the cure-all for bacteria, yeast, and fungal problems - turns out it was the preservative that was doing the curing! - Renate You said: The biggest thing that's changed in my diet is adding coconut oil. I've been eating higher-fat for some time now. I'm not clear on coconut and the adrenals - I understand it stimulates them, along with the thyroid, and definitely felt some warmth with my first big dose, and am having zero cold-hands problems this winter. But overall I'm not really sure how it works. When the adrenals are stimulated, they can also stimulate the liver to produce more glucose, which could explain higher-than-normal morning BG combined with lower postprandial BG (because when you eat, insulin is released). Could the coconut oil be part of this? How do I find out what's causing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Stress maybe able to put you over the edge as well. TT --- Mati Senerchia <senerchia@...> wrote: > I'm sending this to both lists... > > My husband has diabetes, and it runs in my family, > so I check my blood sugar every month or two. It's > always been normal. Then BAM! This Saturday it was > 160 first thing in the morning (normal is under > 110). I knocked it down ten points with a brisk > walk and have been eating 100% very low glycemic, > getting more sleep and exercising since then, but > still running 150ish in the morning, and the best > reading was 125 2H after eating. I'm taking > chromium and cinnamon, and trying to figure out what > to do with the frozen bitter melon I bought from the > Indian food store. > > The biggest thing that's changed in my diet is > adding coconut oil. I've been eating higher-fat for > some time now. I'm not clear on coconut and the > adrenals - I understand it stimulates them, along > with the thyroid, and definitely felt some warmth > with my first big dose, and am having zero > cold-hands problems this winter. But overall I'm > not really sure how it works. When the adrenals are > stimulated, they can also stimulate the liver to > produce more glucose, which could explain > higher-than-normal morning BG combined with lower > postprandial BG (because when you eat, insulin is > released). Could the coconut oil be part of this? > How do I find out what's causing this? > > Glucophage is working very well for my husband, > who has had trouble making major dietary change, but > the last thing I want to do is get on the > med-go-round if I can control it with diet and > exercise. We've been talking about another baby > and considering the difficulties I had with our > daughter, this added wrinkle is very scary. > > Advice? Resources? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Mati-- Are you having any of the classic symptoms of diabetes? Sudden, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, constant hunger, thirst or need to urinate, blurry vision, tingling, slow-healing wounds? I'd suggest getting an HbA1c (glycosylated hemoglobin) done as it will reflect average blood glucose levels over the last month or two, and will give you a better idea if there is a real chronic high glucose issue here. Some home blood glucose meters have HbA1C functions, though I don't know how accurate they are compared to the lab. A fructosamine (glycosylated albumin) test will reflect blood glucose level for the past 2-3 weeks or so, so comparing the average blood glucose levels indicated by fructosamine and HbA1C might give you an idea if there have been recent changes. This one has to be done in a lab. Given your family history and recent high self-tests, I suspect you could convince a doc to do an oral glucose tolerance test, and I'd encourage you to do so. But seriously, Mati? Though I don't post often, I recognize most of those who do, and I've often admired your strength and determination. If you have diabetes, I know you will be one of those patients who just barrels along, handling the darn thing. -- Persi M. Mon superfruit@... --------------------------------- " A 5-year-old could understand this! Fetch me a 5-year-old! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Hello, You wrote: >>Did you ever hear about the grapefruit seed extract thing? It was touted as the cure-all for bacteria, yeast, and fungal problems - turns out it was the preservative that was doing the curing!>> No, I haven't heard about this. Can you give me the reference please?.....for the preservative doing the curing I mean. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I'm using organic VCO... one change is that I was having what seemed like a fatty liver sensation the last week or two. Maybe a stressed liver? --- In , " haecklers " <haecklers@...> wrote: > > Why not try giving up the coconut oil for a week or so and see if it > comes down? If it does, you could try an organic brand, as maybe > something added to the coconut oil was causing the problem. > > Did you ever hear about the grapefruit seed extract thing? It was > touted as the cure-all for bacteria, yeast, and fungal problems - > turns out it was the preservative that was doing the curing! > > - Renate > > You said: > > The biggest thing that's changed in my diet is adding coconut oil. > I've been > eating higher-fat for some time now. I'm not clear on coconut and > the adrenals > - I understand it stimulates them, along with the thyroid, and > definitely felt > some warmth with my first big dose, and am having zero cold-hands > problems this > winter. But overall I'm not really sure how it works. When the > adrenals are > stimulated, they can also stimulate the liver to produce more > glucose, which > could explain higher-than-normal morning BG combined with lower > postprandial BG > (because when you eat, insulin is released). Could the coconut oil > be part of > this? How do I find out what's causing this? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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