So much to learn. Today was much better now that the flow has lightened. Back to 110. Sure beats 130sno first hand experience but yes I believe that hormones associates w/ that time of the month can affect sugars. Or could be other factors like stress, becoming sick or just a bad reading on the meter (they are not 100% accurate)
I don't have to deal with that TOM anymore, but I feel that it can really shift your hormones.I am newly diagnoed, diet and exercise controlled. My FBS have been around 110 give or take. This morning TOM started and my FBS was 139. The only conclusion I came to was a shift in hormones. Is it possible?
Yes this is true. From a physiological point of view women burn carbs differently during different hormone phases. The first two weeks after a period leading to ovulation are the time when our bodies process carbs the best. During PMT week and menstruation we process carbs as a secondary fuel, fat being the preferred metabolism at that time.I am newly diagnoed, diet and exercise controlled. My FBS have been around 110 give or take. This morning TOM started and my FBS was 139. The only conclusion I came to was a shift in hormones. Is it possible?
Judy, you bring so much to DF - and I thank you for taking the time! I'm not a young woman by any stretch of the imagination, but there are lessons here for me too!Yes this is true. From a physiological point of view women burn carbs differently during different hormone phases. The first two weeks after a period leading to ovulation are the time when our bodies process carbs the best. During PMT week and menstruation we process carbs as a secondary fuel, fat being the preferred metabolism at that time.
Essentially that means the same amount of carbs eaten during the wrong time will spike you. In the chart below good carb processing hormone weeks are green.
that's a good article AmyI have an awful problem with my control that TOM. I'm either too low or too high. I never know which way it will swing. I've asked a couple of Drs about it and some say they've heard of it, some not. The ones that have couldn't really give me an explaination for it though. I did some research of my own and this is what I've found.
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I don't suppose you have a link to the image you posted. It's so tiny I can't read all the words. Thank you!Yes this is true. From a physiological point of view women burn carbs differently during different hormone phases. The first two weeks after a period leading to ovulation are the time when our bodies process carbs the best. During PMT week and menstruation we process carbs as a secondary fuel, fat being the preferred metabolism at that time.
Essentially that means the same amount of carbs eaten during the wrong time will spike you. In the chart below good carb processing hormone weeks are green.
Attached! Sorry but file size is such that the resolution isn't great.I don't suppose you have a link to the image you posted. It's so tiny I can't read all the words. Thank you!
Thank you so much. Yes, it does help!I re-typed the document and the attached jpg is a bit bigger. Hope it helps.
John