Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 --- wow this was handy to learn; thanks...my husband has nite sweats but feels he needs a little juice..only some mornings..he is a late life diabetic. luv;Rica In health , Haddaway <iamdunroamin@y...> wrote: > > Recently I noticed when I wake up B4 I eat or take the > herbs my sugar is above 150... > > This is referred to as dawn syndrome. I struggle with > this too. > > This is from your liver being notified that your blood > sugar has fallen to LOW during your sleeping time. > This causes your liver to " dump " its full load of > sugar into your blood stream. > > Mine occurs about 2 am if I go to sleep at ten. It > differes with each of us. > > You can have a small piece of fruit at your bedside > while you sleep... > > I do need to know if you are waking up with night > sweats, a strong sign that you are going into sugar > deficit. > > Another way to handle it is to have a bit of soaked > seeds or nuts to munch on in the early hours. > > If you routinely go to the bathroom during the night, > you can schedule a snack for then. > > Do make sure that you are getting enough to drink. > Dehydration by even 1% means that your cells become > more resistant to insulin. > > Our cells have (what I will call) notches on the > outside of the walls. Once these notches are filled > with sugar (breads, grains, potatoes, as well as > fruits, processsed foods and " bad " sugars) the body > sends out insulin to open the cell and allow the > gluclose into the cells. (Our bodies work on > gluclose.) > > When we are dehydrated, our cells are even more > resistant to insulin and won't open to the gluclose, > which can create a terrible reaction of nasuea, > sweating, weakness etc. > > We do so much better with samll meals... > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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