Guest guest Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 , I also have been diabetic since I was less than 2 and I am now 68. Your body is burning fat when your GBG goes over a certain point, so that is why it craves sugar. _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 5:40 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: sugar cravings? I have had diabetes since I was 2, I am now 37, and the only time I crave sugary things is when my blood sugar is 215 or higher. Odd, I know, but my doc tells me it's because my body gets confused because the cells cannot absorb the sugar in my blood, so my body thinks I need more sugar. Kind of ass backwards, but whatever. sugar cravings? Do you still have sugar cravings? I have been diagnosed as a diabetic in 1987. I was declared insulin dependent in 2003. For most of my life and even today I sometimes crave sugar. When I was first diagnosed as a diabetic, I still ate a candy bar several times a week as well as eating a half gallon of ice cream once or twice per week. Back then my A1C's were running 5.2 or so, and my doctor said I was doing just fine. He also said what ever I was doing just keep it up. For the most part I did. I did eventually stop swimming a mile three times per week, but I still had sugar cravings. Even today when I experience a low sugar reaction I eat a single hard rock candy of 5 grams, and most of the time it will bring me out of the low. My doctor did not have any idea of what I was doing to have such good A1C's. He never took a food history from me. He just gave me prescrriptions for Diabeta, then later both glyburide and rezulin. Today I think the doctor as a general rule just prescribe Metformin and glipizide. Without the doctor taking a food history, there is no way for him to know exactly what is spiking one's glucose levels, if he cares at all. In fact if they just look at one's A1C levels, they will not know what effect a food is having on one's glucose spikes at all. Has your doctor taken a food history from you for each meal of the day including snacks? Curious people want to know, Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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