Re - Specific Carbohydrate Diet & Hypoglycemia??

November 18, 2007

Jackie - I am having similar problems with blood sugar at the moment,

probably due to taking too much prednisolone. May I ask what you are

doing about it? Will blood sugar levels correct themselves if you

reduce your HC dosage?

My Ca/Mg was out of range in my last hair test (44) and has been as

high as 55, so I expect blood sugar problems. But they have always

been hypo rather than hyper, so this is a bit new to me. In any case,

I don't know whether my problems are due to this ratio being out of

whack, or too much cortisol. Is there any way of knowing?

Nicola

> --------------I was going to ask this question myself, because my

Ca/Mg is in range at 8.27 back in Feb '07, and now I have high blood

sugar problems, so maybe my ratio has changed since then. So I'm

wondering if when the problem is arsenic, that then it doesn't show in

this ratio? But, the probable cause is that I was stress-dosing with

HC *alot* this fall, and that will push up your blood sugar. Anyway,

my point is, is if his hair test is older, things may have changed

since then.----------Jackie

>

November 18, 2007

In frequent-dose-chelation Nicola wrote:

Jackie - I am having similar problems with blood sugar at the moment,

probably due to taking too much prednisolone. May I ask what you are

doing about it?

--------I am back at my maintenance dose of HC and will certainly be much more

careful about stress-dosing in the future. recommended I ask my regular

doctor for a prescription for Metformin, to help control/lower my blood sugar,

so I just started that one week ago. I think it is probably helping, but it

hasn't been long enough yet to do any follow-up testing. And of course I'm

watching what I eat, avoiding sweets and limiting carbs.---------Jackie

Will blood sugar levels correct themselves if you

reduce your HC dosage?

------------Theoretically, yes they should. But I may just be more

genetically prone to this problem, because I was told a couple years ago that I

was insulin resistant. How much the heavy metals has to do with this, I don't

know. And like I said, it hasn't been long enough to do follow-up testing, and

now that I'm taking the Metformin, I won't know if they came down because of

that or from reducing the HC or diet or what.----------Jackie

My Ca/Mg was out of range in my last hair test (44) and has been as

high as 55, so I expect blood sugar problems. But they have always

been hypo rather than hyper, so this is a bit new to me. In any case,

I don't know whether my problems are due to this ratio being out of

whack, or too much cortisol. Is there any way of knowing?

-----------I really don't know the answer, Nicola. Have you had hair tests

before and after starting to take prednisolone (cortisol)? If the ratio was out

of whack before you ever started taking prednisolone, then I would think the

problem was already there and not *caused* by the prednisolone. But this is not

to say that it did not exacerbate the problem though. And since my hair test

didn't show this out of range, I can't say what caused my problem either, but it

certainly appears that the excess cortisol (HC) I took this fall was what pushed

it over the edge.------Jackie

Nicola

> --------------I was going to ask this question myself, because my

Ca/Mg is in range at 8.27 back in Feb '07, and now I have high blood

sugar problems, so maybe my ratio has changed since then. So I'm

wondering if when the problem is arsenic, that then it doesn't show in

this ratio? But, the probable cause is that I was stress-dosing with

HC *alot* this fall, and that will push up your blood sugar. Anyway,

my point is, is if his hair test is older, things may have changed

since then.----------Jackie

>

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November 19, 2007

Hi Jackie

thanks for your comments. I have to confess to being in a bit of a

panic about this. My blood sugar is averaging between 6-7mmol today,

going down to 5.5 after a meal, and rising before the next one. It

is very bizarre, but apparently that is insulin resistance or pre-

diabetes.

I have taken my pred doses differently today, in the hope of getting

a longer spread of efficacy, and therefore be able to lower the dose,

but I would love to know how long this is going to take. I am also

stopping my calcium supplement, because I know that this makes my

blood sugar problems worse. I really really don't want to have

diabetes on top of everything else, but it looks like I am heading

that way. I don't know what else to do - my diet is already reduced

to meat, eggs and vegetables and has been for 2 years, so it sure

isn't caused by that! It MUST be the steroids - I also take Florinef

at a fairly high dose.

The funny thing is that I have no signs of too much cortisol - no

buffalo hump, no high blood pressure (it's still low), no swelling,

nothing. And I wouldn't mind if I got the euphoria effect of too

much steroid, but I still feel rubbish!!

I also have Metformin, but I need to go to my GP and get some proper

testing before starting that. :-(((( 18 months after amalgam

removal I really hoped I was on an upward path to better health, not

getting worse!!

The hair analysis showed my Ca/Mg ratio of 55 a year before I started

the steroids, it also showed very low sodium / potassium, so my

adrenals were beaten up for sure. So all these was there before I

got on the steroids, but has probably been made worse by them. Like

I said, I always had problems with low blood sugar until recently, so

this is all new to me.

I guess exercise is the only thing left - and I can't really do that

either. Fed up. Good to know I'm not on my own though...

Nicola

> --------I am back at my maintenance dose of HC and will certainly

be much more careful about stress-dosing in the future.

recommended I ask my regular doctor for a prescription for Metformin,

to help control/lower my blood sugar, so I just started that one week

ago. I think it is probably helping, but it hasn't been long enough

yet to do any follow-up testing. And of course I'm watching what I

eat, avoiding sweets and limiting carbs.---------Jackie

>

> Will blood sugar levels correct themselves if you

> reduce your HC dosage?

>

> ------------Theoretically, yes they should. But I may just be

more genetically prone to this problem, because I was told a couple

years ago that I was insulin resistant. How much the heavy metals

has to do with this, I don't know. And like I said, it hasn't been

long enough to do follow-up testing, and now that I'm taking the

Metformin, I won't know if they came down because of that or from

reducing the HC or diet or what.----------Jackie

>

> My Ca/Mg was out of range in my last hair test (44) and has been

as

> high as 55, so I expect blood sugar problems. But they have

always

> been hypo rather than hyper, so this is a bit new to me. In any

case,

> I don't know whether my problems are due to this ratio being out

of

> whack, or too much cortisol. Is there any way of knowing?

>

> -----------I really don't know the answer, Nicola. Have you had

hair tests before and after starting to take prednisolone

(cortisol)? If the ratio was out of whack before you ever started

taking prednisolone, then I would think the problem was already there

and not *caused* by the prednisolone. But this is not to say that it

did not exacerbate the problem though. And since my hair test didn't

show this out of range, I can't say what caused my problem either,

but it certainly appears that the excess cortisol (HC) I took this

fall was what pushed it over the edge.------Jackie

>

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>

November 19, 2007