I know that the last time I was pregnant and had to be in the hospital my
endocrinologist did tests that proved grazing, at least in my situation,
made my blood glucose levels about twice what they are when I eat just three
meals and a bed-time snack. Also, using preventative insulin, and not
sliding scale which is reactive, has made my HBA1C numbers drop
significantly over a year. I cannot fathom how eating frequently could help
lower glucose levels.
MJL
My pancreas can keep up with smaller, more frequent intake (challenges) w/o
meds.
Pregnancy changes a lot of things. Have you tried the grazing method when
not pg?
bj
"Marsha" <larrabe…@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I know that the last time I was pregnant and had to be in the hospital my
>endocrinologist did tests that proved grazing, at least in my situation,
>made my blood glucose levels about twice what they are when I eat just
>three meals and a bed-time snack. Also, using preventative insulin, and not
>sliding scale which is reactive, has made my HBA1C numbers drop
>significantly over a year. I cannot fathom how eating frequently could help
>lower glucose levels.
> MJL
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:02:42 -0600, "Marsha" <larrabe…@charter.net>
wrote:
>I know that the last time I was pregnant and had to be in the hospital my
>endocrinologist did tests that proved grazing, at least in my situation,
>made my blood glucose levels about twice what they are when I eat just three
>meals and a bed-time snack. Also, using preventative insulin, and not
>sliding scale which is reactive, has made my HBA1C numbers drop
>significantly over a year. I cannot fathom how eating frequently could help
>lower glucose levels.
>MJL
Depends how much, and what, you eat when you eat "frequently". Half as
much, twice as often, should lead to zero effect on calories. It should
also lead to lower spikes after each smaller meal.
In the case you mention, a lot depends on exactly what you ate at those
frequent meals, rather than how frequently you ate.
Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia.
Remove weight and carbs to email.
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"Marsha" <larrabe…@charter.net> wrote in message <news:10phdo59avncc32@corp.supernews.com>…
> I cannot fathom how eating frequently could help
> lower glucose levels.
Many type 2′s have impaired first-phase insulin secretion (the acute
response to blood sugar spike resulting from a meal). Grazing might
place less demand on first-phase insulin response than a full-sized
meal, and thus make it easier to control glucose levels.
ejp
type2, d&e
"Ed Posnak" <spa…@venev.com> wrote in message
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> "Marsha" <larrabe…@charter.net> wrote in message
> <news:10phdo59avncc32@corp.supernews.com>…
>> I cannot fathom how eating frequently could help
>> lower glucose levels.
> Many type 2′s have impaired first-phase insulin secretion (the acute
> response to blood sugar spike resulting from a meal). Grazing might
> place less demand on first-phase insulin response than a full-sized
> meal, and thus make it easier to control glucose levels.
Or you could speculate the other way, that a small amount of carbs a short
time before a main meal would cause the second-phase response (and the HISS
reaction) to be at full efficiency when the main meal was eaten.
Nicky.
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HbA1c 10.5/6.4/<6 Weight 95/80/72
1g Metformin, 75ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004