Yes, I am eating high carb, any carb. I am not testing much because the strips are so expensive. (even the cheapest Walmart ones) I will try to do some random Postprandial BS. Doctor doesnt think I can get free strips (Medicaid) unless I am Type II diagnosed.
I am on a liver healing supplement. (Milk Thistle, Tumeric) I also have a history of elevated liver enzymes and liver pain somewhat.
Thanks for your help. I will look into Jenny Ruhl site!
~Amanda
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.
>
> So you are just eating anything, carbs, high carbs, very high carbs on Fast
> 5? Not testing anything other than fasting?
>
> I don't blame you for not wanting to take and meds if you don't have to.
> And most likely, if you monitor your post prandial BS for a little while
> to understand which foods raise your BS and then eat accordingly you won't
> have to.
>
> Heather doesn't eat as low carb as I do and her BS has lowered on Fast 5.
> IIRC she doesn't eat much carb, but does eat rice at each meal. I can't do
> that.
>
> Everybody is different. So it is hard to say exactly what is the best path
> for each person without some testing of Post Prandials.
>
> What Heather is talking about with cortisol levels causing BS to rise is
> aslo what I was referring to when i said your liver must heal. The liver
> has become insulin resistant and thus messes up the hormonal communication
> causing release of too much blood sugar. This is usually the first part of
> blood sugar regulation to go, unless you have one of the autoimmune types
> of D. Fortunately it is the first to heal.
>
> It is also true that the fasting number is often the last to show problems
> and the last to lower...
>
> Have you read Jenny Ruhl? I would suggest reading everything on her site
> to get a good idea of what you are dealing with
>
> http://www.phlaunt.
>
> Ellen
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, afwitmer <afwitmer@..
>
> >
> >
> > Ellen, I am not doing anything except fast-5 and trying to lose wieght. My
> > doctor has prescribed Metformin for my Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, and she
> > said it also could stave off diabetes for a while. I do not want to take
> > that stuff, I am scared of it.
> >
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.
> > <ellen.ussery@
> > >
> > > What else are you doing about your blood sugar? IMO you will have to be
> > low
> > > carb and high fat. Track your PP for a while to see your patterns and
> > which
> > > foods "work" for you and which do not.
> > >
> > > I found I had high blood sugars after being on Fast-5 for 6 months . I
> > was
> > > even eating low carb at the time. It has taken me two years to get my
> > blood
> > > sugar to stay below 100. During that time I tried a number of things and
> > was
> > > on and off Fast 5 several times, experimenting with various approaches.
> > Am
> > > doing Fast-5 again now and so far blood sugar is still good. I eat very
> > > low carb and high saturated fat and take something called Insulow (R
> > Alpha
> > > Lipoic Acid and Evening Primrose Oil). Everybody is different, so you
> > will
> > > just have to experiment and also understand that healing your liver,
> > which
> > > is usually the problem in early blood sugar dysregulation, takes some
> > time.
> > >
> > > I started a yahoo group for this issue
> > > www.bloodsugarthink
> > >
> > > Ellen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:52 PM, afwitmer <afwitmer@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am back on fast-5 again after a break. I did not know that I had
> > > > diabetes. My doctor took my A1C in January and it was 5.9 However, I
> > have
> > > > had gestational diabetes 3 times in the last 6 years or so. I am not
> > > > pregnant now.
> > > >
> > > > This morning I took my blood sugar, after fasting for about 11 hours or
> > so
> > > > and it was 129 !!!!!!! And that was fasting!!!! I took it another time
> > > > before that and it was 119!!!! Whoa! Does anything change for me with
> > this
> > > > diet/lifestyle if I have diabetes OR pre-diabetes?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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