Re: Food question - could it be thyroid related?

[Guest guest]

My personal trainer always harps at me to eat protein at EVERY meal. He can go on and on. LOL

I suspect, and it is just a personal guess, that with the sugar from syrup and sugar from starch foods, pancakes, waffles, etc., your body may overcompensate and dump on you. Thereafter, your normal body functions occur and then extra due to the dump and your body uses up all the sugar and you get symptoms of low blood sugar.

I am not a doctor.

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[Guest guest]

Pancakes and syrup are very high glycemic and raise blood sugar way

out of the bounds. This causes an immediate equally big output of

hormones from the adrenals and pancreas to get the range back to

normal in a healthy person.

What is probably happening is there is an impaired absorption and

assimilation of what you ate from low adrenal output. Overeating of

carbohydrates causes the blood sugar level to rise rapidly,

stimulating the pancreas to secrete an excess of insulin. This

excess insulin often removes too much sugar from the blood,

resulting in an abnormally low blood sugar level. If you don't put

out enough cortisol, you will have trouble being able to use the

glucose that eating all those pancakes caused. High glycemic foods

are real stressors for the adrenals and perhaps after you eat all

this, especially in the morning when adrenal demand is already high,

your adrenals get temporarily exhausted of their hormones and then a

little later you don't have enough cortisol to get the liver to keep

keep glucose up and to get what glucose there is into the cells of

your body.

Sugar and simple carbos are adrenal crashers for me. I feel bad if I

eat too much and that is usually about a tablespoon or less of

sugar. Also, I will get hypoglycemia for the rest of the night if I

eat too many carbos at dinner. High fructose corn syrup, found in

most pancake syrups have been found to cause worse blood sugar

disturbances and impaired insulin function and is implicated in the

rising diabetes rate.

Hypothryoids very frequently have adrenal problems and disturbed

responses to demand and it is best to eat complex carbohydrates and

no sugar to not overburden them.

Tish

[Guest guest]

I've noticed over the last couple of years that if I keep protein and carbs/sweets balanced that I'm satisfied on less food and don't binge eat any more...

For example.. I eat 5 to 7 mini meals a day.. if I'm planning on having a sweet.. say a piece of cake.. I'll count it as a mini-meal, I won't add it as a dessert to a meal... the meal before that sweet and the meal after that sweet will be mostly protein...

That simple change...well, changes.... the eating every three hours or so, and keeping protein levels high enough to 'balance' the sweets ... ended up being how I finally started losing weight...

Perhaps your system also needs a protein buffer/balance to keep your blood sugars level (binging, overeating, excess snacking are often signs of low blood sugar)

Just thinking out loud... may or may not apply to you.....

*shy smile*

Topper ()

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:37:28 -0700 Broberg writes:

Hi all - Another question for the group....I've never had blood sugar problems per se but I noticed a couple of years ago that I do much better when I eat protein at every meal - especially breakfast. Whats really strange is that every time I eat pancakes or waffles for breakfast (with syrup) my blood sugar seems to drop and I feel really shaky by lunch...yesterday I had a couple of pancakes with syrup for breakfast and I almost felt like I was going to pass out by 1pm...I had some strawberries and chicken for lunch and felt better after I ate. Anyone else experience this? None of my blood tests have ever indicated either diabetes or hypoglycemia I'm just becoming more in tune with how I feel when I eat certain things...maybe I shouldn't eat syrup anymore? Wonder if people with thyroid related disorders are more sensitive to the foods they eat and/or blood sugar irregularities??

[Guest guest]

I've noticed over the last couple of years that if I keep protein and carbs/sweets balanced that I'm satisfied on less food and don't binge eat any more...

For example.. I eat 5 to 7 mini meals a day.. if I'm planning on having a sweet.. say a piece of cake.. I'll count it as a mini-meal, I won't add it as a dessert to a meal... the meal before that sweet and the meal after that sweet will be mostly protein...

That simple change...well, changes.... the eating every three hours or so, and keeping protein levels high enough to 'balance' the sweets ... ended up being how I finally started losing weight...

Perhaps your system also needs a protein buffer/balance to keep your blood sugars level (binging, overeating, excess snacking are often signs of low blood sugar)

Just thinking out loud... may or may not apply to you.....

*shy smile*

Topper ()

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:37:28 -0700 Broberg writes:

Hi all - Another question for the group....I've never had blood sugar problems per se but I noticed a couple of years ago that I do much better when I eat protein at every meal - especially breakfast. Whats really strange is that every time I eat pancakes or waffles for breakfast (with syrup) my blood sugar seems to drop and I feel really shaky by lunch...yesterday I had a couple of pancakes with syrup for breakfast and I almost felt like I was going to pass out by 1pm...I had some strawberries and chicken for lunch and felt better after I ate. Anyone else experience this? None of my blood tests have ever indicated either diabetes or hypoglycemia I'm just becoming more in tune with how I feel when I eat certain things...maybe I shouldn't eat syrup anymore? Wonder if people with thyroid related disorders are more sensitive to the foods they eat and/or blood sugar irregularities??

[Guest guest]

I've noticed over the last couple of years that if I keep protein and carbs/sweets balanced that I'm satisfied on less food and don't binge eat any more...

For example.. I eat 5 to 7 mini meals a day.. if I'm planning on having a sweet.. say a piece of cake.. I'll count it as a mini-meal, I won't add it as a dessert to a meal... the meal before that sweet and the meal after that sweet will be mostly protein...

That simple change...well, changes.... the eating every three hours or so, and keeping protein levels high enough to 'balance' the sweets ... ended up being how I finally started losing weight...

Perhaps your system also needs a protein buffer/balance to keep your blood sugars level (binging, overeating, excess snacking are often signs of low blood sugar)

Just thinking out loud... may or may not apply to you.....

*shy smile*

Topper ()

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:37:28 -0700 Broberg writes:

Hi all - Another question for the group....I've never had blood sugar problems per se but I noticed a couple of years ago that I do much better when I eat protein at every meal - especially breakfast. Whats really strange is that every time I eat pancakes or waffles for breakfast (with syrup) my blood sugar seems to drop and I feel really shaky by lunch...yesterday I had a couple of pancakes with syrup for breakfast and I almost felt like I was going to pass out by 1pm...I had some strawberries and chicken for lunch and felt better after I ate. Anyone else experience this? None of my blood tests have ever indicated either diabetes or hypoglycemia I'm just becoming more in tune with how I feel when I eat certain things...maybe I shouldn't eat syrup anymore? Wonder if people with thyroid related disorders are more sensitive to the foods they eat and/or blood sugar irregularities??