RE: is this group active?

[Guest guest]

I used to think it was blood sugar for the last year. But I found I would

even get tired after eating meat. Now that I have almost eliminated wheat, I

find I can have crème brulee without getting sleepy! :-)

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Irene de Villiers

Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 1:04 AM

Subject: Re: is this group active?

On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Debra wrote:

> So I am hoping to get some light shed by joining this group with

> several

> questions if you don't mind.

Welcome and we usually have fun with questions ....

>

> 1. Does anyone else experience this need to nap? Were you ever

> able to

> pinpoint the cause?

I get super tired but have never been able to nap in the daytime.

Just get super-tired instead.

Do you know your glucose levels and how they respond to foods?

If your blood sugar goes up, that causes sleepiness.

Notes on that:

Normal is below 100 at all times. Safe from damage is below 110 at

all times. But American Diabetes assoc only is interested if it is

consistently over 126. IMO - that's WAY too late to take action as

you get damage from 110 up.

Mine was 190 for years before I knew. VERY bad as the damage shows up

LATER - not at the time of the bad sugar levels.

Two years after I got mine under control, the peripheral neuropathy

damage showed up in my feet and lower legs.

> 2. How long does it take for wheat or allergy symptoms to show up?

They are insidious.

I have finally (the past several months) avoided wheat completely,

and NOW I see what I had missed before....that there was a lot of

edema and other nonsense and SEVERE lack of enthusiasm, close to

clinical depression as I was so sluggish next day -...... that I did

not need to have and these symptoms are now gone.

BUT - I find I am even MORE sensitive now to the odd bit of wheat I

get by mistake, than was the case when I ate it regularly.

Perhaps my body quit adapting to it as its personal junkfood. Now if

I have the very least bit of wheat accidentally in something, I get

like shooting pains all over my insides for a day or so. Most

unpleasant. A very effective reminder to be more caereful!

The tendency to depression (I had to have all kinds of strategies and

" rules " to get past it) and lassitude and lack of enthusiasm is gone

now.

> For

> instance, I had three dumplings last night at a Sushi restaurant?

> My energy

> is down today. Is it the wheat or the wine?

The wheat:-)

> Could just three little

> dumplings cause that much fatigue?

Very much so. ONE dumpling is enough to set it off.

I use brown rice snaps (the one with vegetables added for flavor)

> I also had some rice. I usually don't eat

> a meal mainly of carbs but ever now and then due to circumstances,

> I can't

> help it.

It helps to eat the protein first, always, and to incloude good fat

like extra virgin olive oil.

Namaste,

Irene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.

P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.

www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)

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