🥕How ADDING Carbs Can LOWER Blood Sugar 🤔 #WellnessWednesday
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Right now, my body communicates with me by charley horses. Those horrible insane pain in the legs events that strike and I’d rather die than go through an episode. Those charley horses is what lets me know when I’ve eaten something wrong. Now so far, after reading the super gut book, I found that I can’t incorporate all of the veggies that Dr Davis recommends bcuz those charley horses came for me.
I’ve reintroduced onions and leeks in my diet and that seems to be going very well. No charley horses. And I’m noticing great progress in weight loss with my fasting and keeping the weight off while consuming onions. And I also do well with fruit in moderation. No charley horses there either.
But with other carbs and things is another story. Eating salad brought on the charley horse. One serving in a day was fine, but a second salad serving in a day did me in with those horses. I found that I can have salad but gotta watch it. No more than one serving in a day. And I ate a few pieces of broccoli and stopped and threw the rest of it out bcuz I felt crazy inside. No more broccoli. So I’m skipping the Brussel Sprouts too. Why even bother…. And I tried that butter eating thing going on in the carnivore community, eating a stick of butter of day. And nope. Charley horses came on. Can’t do it.
It seems that right now, charley horses is what lets me know where not to go with food. So, I’m staying carnivore, but are open to having carbs. Whatever ones my body shows to be ok or helpful for me. I can’t eat all that stuff Dr Davis recommends, I’m actually afraid to, but I can do a small portion of it with no problems and apparent benefits.
I can have the dandelion green salad just one serving in a day. I haven’t started the yogurt yet but will very soon. So I have a lot further learning to do and see what may happen after treating my gut with probiotics. I just know that at the moment, veggies and I are not good friends, except onions and leeks.
Interesting discussion. I have been having problems of abnormally high(for me) AM fasting BGLs > 100. Not normal Dawn Effect. So I try to eat breakfast as early as possible and have added some yogurt/stevia/berries/nuts to stimulate insulin production and eventually get the BGL lower. Which it seems to be doing. Hba1c is still high (again, for me) at 5.7 from 5.4-5.5 (was down to 5.0!). Fasting Insulin is 5.2, where 4.0 is insulin sensitive and 8+ is pre-diabetic – so that's pretty good. Am still somewhat confused, I guess that perhaps I was eating too much protein bread and meats in an effort to increase protein + fats (butter bites, etc). Apparently the combination doesn't work for me – I was diabetic 10+ years on meds before reversed it 3 years ago. Limiting protein to 25 grams per meal 2-3 meals per day, and cut down on the butter bites. I also saw some excess protein markers (BUN, Uric Acid #s, Trigs higher – but still OK) in my most recent blood work.
So, when you add carbs, your insulin kicks in and lowers your blood glucose. That is the way it is supposed to be. When we are insulin resistant, our glucose doesn't go down as quickly and so we have a dangerous amount of glucose in circulation. However, continuously high insulin levels is also damaging to our bodies.
Makes sense for some certainly. I'd think those without really severe metabolic damage and those of us older ones with it especially. Higher fat and less protein at a time might be better there. But as you said-we're all different and have to figure out our best plan. Also Thomas delauer or Dr Berg just have a video out that has info about iron absorption and the absolute necessity of having enough copper along with other info if you haven't seen that.
Sounds like my issue. I knew my A1c would go down while doing ketovore but it went up .10 not much but I thought it would go down about .30. Very disappointing.
Hmmmm, something to think about. I have hubby on low carb for fatty liver. Me, I'm just chubby so do it to be at a healthy weight among other things!!! He can tolerate much higher carb than I can and listening to you, this is all making better sense. Thanks for that!!!
For myself, I have been concerned about getting the proper/usable protein. I'm not a big fan of most protein!! I used to get most of my protein from beans aka carbs!!! A NP relative suggested I read 'The Search for the Perfect Protein'. I read it and have more questions than answers now!!!(honestly, I felt it was a big infomercial for his supplement) . I will look into the video you suggested to maybe help with these carb/protein/sugar questions I have.
Thanks again for your wonderful curiosity and deep diving into the "whys" of so many things!!!
Your cat is super gorgeous 😻💖
The key here is MODERATION….let me give an example – I fast and my LDL goes very high. I eat keto and my LDL is lower, but still a bit elevated. I eat keto, but consume a lot more saturated fat and calories and my LDL goes in the normal range. The shouldn't be the case right? Well it is because I tested 3 times. The same with the glucose, I myself don't bother to do clean keto, but eat around 50-60gr of carbs on average, blood sugar is absolutely perfect and for about an year I gained a lot of my insulin sensitivity back. The thing is that the body despite being close to a perfect selfregulating machine, at time it tends to shoot up with insulin, LDL, glucose, cortisol ect and that when a hacks like that actually might work.
The body is a complete mystery sometimes! I spent seven years on a high carb low fat vegan diet. My A1c was just a tad above normal but my doctor had her suspicions that my insulin would be high based on other symptoms ( high blood pressure, difficulty losing weight, high cholesterol) It was very high…. 20 ( Australian) and apparently normal is below 8. That told me that my body was doing a great job of keeping my A1c ‘normal’ by producing excess insulin. Of course in the vegan world you are told that high fat is what causes diabetes so I continued to eat my high carb low fat diet. Fast forward a few years and my A1c had shot up to diabetic levels. I have been on a keto diet for four weeks in the hope of reversing this. Many years of high insulin has done its damage. Even now whilst intermittent fasting my blood sugars are high. I’ve been told my liver is releasing sugar and I hope that’s correct because it’s scary! Medication like Ozempic ( which works well to normalise insulin but is impossible to get because of social media hype) works as it mimics GLP 1 which is deficient in diabetics ( it becomes more deficient as the diabetes gets worse)
Anyway, I like what Dr Cywes says about keto…. Veggies ( not starchy) are free and for me I think that’s the limit of my carbs!!
Thanks for you honesty Indigo, I appreciate you keeping it real. I have noticed over the past few years with going through some serious health issues and experimenting with low carb and keto, I can actually feel when cortisol is high in my system. It's a particular feeling that if you start to become more aware of your body and how you feel and pay attention you can feel it. Obviously a stressful event can cause this, and that's a good time to observe the sensation, but it's pretty surprising sometimes how little things can affect us or even just diet, not enough sleep, etc… After having a lot of problems being on a very low carb diet not being able to sleep well and feeling overly stressed, I have found a sweet spot of up to 100 carbs per day. I also often keep very low carb still though or allow myself a high carb day once in a blue moon if I'm feeling I need it. I think being dogmatic about things keeps us from being in the moment and learning which is what life is all about 😁
What carbs did you add in?
Very interesting to hear about the effects of increasing carbs. I would love to have a CGM. Love Freddy in the video. She's so adorable.
Could you possibly now be insulin sensitive now, when before you were insulin resistant ?
Wish we could measure our cortisol at home. It wasn't that long ago that blood glucose monitoring was revolutionary. Imagine being a diabetic without one!
😻 Freddy
I found that my bloods do better on 50-100 carbs a day.
1/4,cup of oats with nuts, flaxseed and berries bit of cream and milk with a couple of whisked in eggs is my go to carbs for the day.
Did keto and carnivore but always had a few issues so now that I’ve added the carbs in and eat animal based for the remainder it’s fixed things.
I definitely agree with low carb causing higher cortisol. Also agree that increased insulin could be an play. Insulin isn't all bad.
On a side note: how do you afford all these appointments and testing? You must have good health insurance?
Very interesting. I dropped my carbs to below 10 and glucose went up. Didn’t think about this being caused by lower carbs. Thanks for sharing your pondering with us! Could you share the type of carbs you are having? Thanks for all the great content
I get the cortisol effect from fasting, so I understand what you are saying. I have a CGM from my own doctor because I said I was going to lower my blood sugar without drugs.
I am in NY and we are still awaiting the snow. We pretty much only had two semi snow "storms", that is if you think 4 inches is a snow storm. It's creeeeeeepy, really. I love how you explain things, you are an excellent teacher. Thanks for sharing all the great ideas you have, I appreciate greatly adding your wisdom to my current knowledge base.
Thank you for the information. I'll have to look at Dr Christiansen
Very interesting! I’m curious to see what you find out about your insulin levels.
I understand the concept…but I think it really only applies to those who are not diabetic, ie, those who have a fully functioning pancreas.. I too monitor my blood sugars, but I have to as I have glucose issues. Any carbs spike my blood sugars…any carbs. Going carb free has been amazing to my glucose numbers! Going for further testing be believe I’m either LADA or diabetes type 3 c (damaged pancreas due to previous illness)
I think we have to be very specific when it comes to what kind of carbs. Is it veggies, or keto treats and pasta?
My body has just gone hypoglycrazy. I wondered if it was a healing crisis or something. I think my improving insulin resistance and cells opening to sugars and amino acids has created a situation where my body healing is causing a problem. My fasting insulin was 5.6 and fasting glucose was 67 and I have felt so out of control that I actually did bloodwork. You don't know me so that doesn't mean a lot but if have pigs, me and doctors, are like you trying to catch a pig that's not interested. I probably won't add carbs but I've had to increase my calories. I've had total adrenal failure from longterm high dose steroids so I dare not but I'll definitely keep this in mind. I wear a cgm too and I'm very sensitive to carbs. I'm finally at a point where staying under 20g of net carbs doesn't spike me. Before over 16 or 17 total carbs and I'd spike like a rocket. Did you start getting hungry as you got more metabolically stable?
Thank you so much for this. Before keto, my glucose was never high. After being on keto awhile, it is always over 100 and often times up to 125. I commented on it on another you tube video, and so many people told me I was consuming to much protein.
Freddy is so cute. I guess he figures that as long as you're just sitting around talking to yourself, you might as well pet him! So cute. ❤️🥰❤️
This is probably the wrong place, but have you heard of using whey from a batch of L.Reuteri ygurt to make a new batch?o
A) so rude to flaunt your snow 😅
B) I love how experimenting truly is the way we figure out where we as an individual need to be!
I laugh as I tell the dentist why my blood sugar is wonky. Day 45 of dental work for me so I’ve been on a bit of a roller coaster 😊.
Interesting for you. My son is type 1 diabetic and introducing carbs means more insulin needed. I'm borderline type 2 and anytime I eat carbs, my bg…. well… it isn't pleasant. Hope it all works out for you.
Eating carbs releases insulin which will lower blood sugar. That’s wonderful for many. For those of us who are insulin resistant we have to be very careful because we don’t want a bunch of insulin hanging around that is not being productive. As a diabetic I have had a lot of excess glucose turning to fat in my liver. It is a battle to work to heal the fatty liver. Glad your food experiments are working for you.