Re: Cortisone's effects

[Guest guest]

Hi Inga,

Even with controlled diabetes, it is still called diabetes.

>>>I guess what I am getting at, is since they say that diabetes has so many

complications and kills people, does it still do that even if you manage to

keep your BG in normal range?

>>>I am scared, because I just read an article that explians why people with

high blood sugar can be craving sugar for so long even though I have

diabetic. Well, that was me and I shudder to think how high my BG has been

for at least a couple of years now.I only THOUGHT I was hypoglycemic!

>>>Is all this damage permanent now?

>>>What is A1c?

>>>~Inga

Some people have to eat low-carb, others prefer low-carb. Then there

are others that cannot eat low-carb. I'm one of those. Low-carbs give

me zero energy, and low bg readings. I eat healthy, most of the time,

but my food choices do include bread, potatoes, etc, but in moderation.

hugs

Eunice - A1c = 5.2

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[Guest guest]

I appreciate your sahre, as I am also a keen proponent and low carb, clean

and healthfull food that doesn't comes in a can or a package.

I didn't really clarify that and was wondering if the complications that

they talk about with diabetes are still pretty much the same after one is

keeping their BG stable, when it has apparently been high for a long time

beforehand..

I did some research and finally found the answer to my question where an

article says:

On the other hand, craving sugar CAN indicate that your blood sugar is HIGH!

I know that sounds bizarre, but when our blood sugar is high, it means that

all the sugars from our food is - essentially -- floating around in our

bloodstream because it can't get into the cells (muscle, skin, organs, etc.)

that need the fuel. Why can't it get in? Cuz there's not enough insulin on

board to deliver it (cells " allow " sugar to enter only in the presence of

insulin).

Sooo, our cells are literally STARVING when our blood sugar is high. Their

starvation results in the craving for sugar, which we may eat ... and since

that new sugar can't reach the cells either, our blood sugar simply goes

higher.

Now this is finally making sense, as the way I lived for a long time was on

very nutritious food, but my cravings would get so bad after eating that I

would crave like a madman for sugar and succomb to it, therefore saying that

low-carb feels so miserable. Having chronic fatigue and being mercury toxic

also hasn't helped things as my cellular energy is already so sapped, and

mercury cuts off the oxygenating, so I think my poor cells have truly been

starving in every possible way. No wonder I crave....

I apologise for not being very clear in my question and post earlier.

~Inga

Many people choose to live a low carb lifestyle that are not diabetic. I

was living that lifestyle 2 years prior to my diabetes diagnosis. Eating in

a non-healthy state as want brings misery. Thinking that you are somehow

depriving yourself is what is bringing you misery. The food I eat while low

carbing is tasty and delicious, plus it gives me lots of energy. I went off

of my low carb diet during the holidays in 2003. THAT WAS MISERY! I felt

terrible for two weeks. I told myself I would not go through that again,

and I have not.

LIving lc is the only way for me.

April in GA