Sunday, March 06, 2005

Blood sugar successes

A friend of mine is also working on improving her health. She is focused on healing her pancreas and getting her insulin/blood sugar levels back to normal (and getting out of her current pre-diabetic state). This is a slow process. She spent the last year healing her adrenals (there are some good books written by endocrinologists that explain this - my favorite is The Swartzbein Principle II). In any case, she was happy because her blood sugar levels had come down significantly since last summer. It takes a lot of will power and determination to change your eating habits and lifestyle to do this (who wants to give up white flour and sugar, for example?), but in the long run, you can maintain your health rather than declining rapidly in middle age. So 3 cheers for my friend's determination and her progress!I was curious about my own blood sugar levels after hearing about hers, because about a year ago I had a high A1C and hypoglycemia (indications my own system was having trouble balancing blood sugars). I measured an hour after dinner, and it was 98 which is excellent, and at fasting this morning, and it was 78, which is wonderful. I was neither high nor low (I'd been both in the past), so this is an indication my adrenals and pancreas are working well together to monitor blood sugar levels, and that my diet changes have helped.
I slept 10 hours last night, and woke up refreshed, but unfortunately, the headache is coming back. Drat and double drat.

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