Jimbo39
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Could someone point me to any doctors or authors who are knowledgeable about high blood sugar/insulin resistance/pre-diabetes? Thanks
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I have been doing the low-carb diet for about a month now. Mostly I just cut out things like potatoes and rice.
I think we have blood sugar challenges because of the lack of exercise. i still don't know what to do about that.
I understand completely. We have just started making cauliflower rice. It actually works fairly well as a rice substitute under things with a sauce. Not that great on its own though, IMO. Costco sells it already riced in the produce section. Saves the preparation energy.Yes, I'm half Japanese and have a hard time letting go of rice.
do not know but suspect that this is to do with Julia newton's findings on glucose utilisation in muscle cells cultured from CFS patients. In healthy people about half of all the glucose that is absorbed by cells is absorbed under the influence of insulin. In Newton's experiments the CFS patients muscle cells absorbed glucose under the influence of insulin, but not under the influence of exercise they were also more insulin sensitive.
My guess is that our insulin levels have to go up high in the glucose tolerance test because it is the only mechanism we have for absorbing the glucose (so it is for us effectively a 150g glucose test instead of a 75g test) and that the glucose stays pretty level because we are insulin sensitive, but it is a guess and I really do not know.
If you are already on a low carb diet, there is something called "physiological insulin resistance" that will make your blood sugar go up, not because of high ingestion of carbs, but due to endogenous liver production (which is expected).
I forgot to mention the intermittent fasting that I am doing as well. For the last month, I have been doing 16 hours of fasting two-three times per week and 24 hour fasting twice each week. 24 hours is not that hard. I just don't eat between dinner one night and the next. Voila a twenty four hour fast. I
Read Dr Bernstein's website and/or read his books. Also Blood Sugar 101 book and website are very helpful too.
I think that processed foods ruined our metabolism and excess abx prescription ruined our guts. I for once have been prescribed (and taken) more abx than it was really needed. Not to mention OTC anti-inflammatories, anti-acids etc all needed due to poor nutrition.@Gondwanaland Do you feel a lot of people with CFS struggle with this problem? Do you think adrenal fatigue, hypothyroidism, inflammation, methylation problems contribute to it? I also have high BP and cholesterol. Are these contributing factors or maybe the result of glucose/insulin related problems? Sigh, this condition can be pretty overwhelming and depressing.
I think that processed foods ruined our metabolism and excess abx prescription ruined our guts. I for once have been prescribed (and taken) more abx than it was really needed. Not to mention OTC anti-inflammatories, anti-acids etc all needed due to poor nutrition.
I believe that hyperinsulinemia might be the root of too many illnesses. BUT a LCHF or Paleo diets aren't the only way to fix the issues for everyone.
If you are insulin sensitive, as Julia Newton found pwcfs/me were, you need less insulin to pump the same amount of glucose into your cells.
You can read Fung, but one of the methods for creating diabetes he mentions is having lots and lots of glucose all the time. When a healthy person does this their insulin level goes up and the glucose gets pushed into their cells. But the cells then get too much glucose and become less sensitive to insulin. which means you need much more insulin to put the glucose into the cells. If you keep having a lot of glucose, the insulin levels keep going up and the insulin resistance does too. But it is really complex and Fung takes several long videos to explain it.
The Paleo diet helped me very little actually. After 3 months on it I still was deficient in B12. Presently I am not restricting legumes or carbs since I am underweight. The most beneficial supplement I took was P5P, but only tolerated it for 2 weeks. It caused me hyperthyroidism and then hypothyroidism.In addition to the Paleo diet, what has helped you?