Fun with blood sugar

[sylvar]

Yesterday I was hanging out in a bookstore reading Diabetes for Dummies and made a few interesting discoveries. First, I'm still supposed to consume 40%-60% of my daily calories as carbohydrates; my pseudo-Atkins attempt to avoid carbohydrates wasn't doing me any good. Second, I was hypoglycemic at that very moment. Recognizing the symptoms as I read them, I wobbled over to the coffee shop, took a packet of sugar, and ate it. In a few minutes I was feeling normal again.

My mom got me back into daily walks, and it's paying off. I'm down about 5 pounds since before the holidays. What a braggart!




And no, I didn't buy the book. But I will soon.

Comments

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they meant "avoiding the carbs help induce ketosis, which makes you lose weight," (well, so does a really nasty flu, but that's also a medical problem just like ketosis) "thus reducing diabetes symptoms".

[ximinez]

Iiiiinteresting.

[kittykatkatja.livejournal.com]

It really also helps control blood sugar levels and insulin production - if you're not introducing carbohydrates into your system, you're not stimulating the insulin production, or needing the insulin to process the sugars. Nina's living proof. I _was_ living proof in those Dorothy days, but then I started carbing again and became the opposite.