Coffee, excercise and hypoglycemia Posted: 01-22-08 10:49am
I have heard many things about coffee and
exercise and Hypoglycemia, but nothing
goes into detail. It is bascially --don't
drink coffee--or exercise lowers blood
sugar. But does anyone have something in
more detail and more elaboration on these
two isses?
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Stan
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Posted: 01-25-08 13:55pm
Exercise doesn't lower blood sugar, it
USES it. So yes, expect perhaps a bit of
a drop, but it actually helps your sugar
level in the long run. Coffee lowers it
in hypoglycemics for one important reason.
Caffeine isn't really the reason that
people feel a high after drinking it.
It's actually because it causes your liver
to release stores of glucagen, which
increases the level of glucose in the
blood, leading to the 'high.' In
hypoglycemics, this is just interpreted as
yet another sugar drop and bad stuff
happens. That's it.
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kybratcher
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Thanks Stan Posted: 01-27-08 01:36am
I know I am sounding like a crybaby but
... I have tried to cut back on coffee but
I get so down and depressed that I have to
drink more. I have been drinking 5 to 7
cups a day for 17 years and I think my
brain is so used to it that it can't
function without it. I mean, I went down
to a half cup a day for a month and then
nothing for a few days and I could never
feel normal". Caffeine is the only thing I
haven't mastered in this three month quest
to "feel normal". Bummer.
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Stan
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Posted: 01-27-08 10:33am
Well, you're going to have to do it. If
you want to end up with diabetes or
something more serious, keep drinking it.
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lulu1346
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Posted: 01-28-08 19:29pm
it can take months for you to get over
caffeine. keep that in mind. i had a tough
time with this one as well. i experimented
with just a decaf this past weekend could
feel some of my old symptoms returning. it
does something to your adrenals. i think
it's important to stay away from it all
together - 100% no caffeine. try herbal
tea or pero. it gets easier, trust me.....
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kybratcher
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Coffee Posted: 01-28-08 19:42pm
lulu? (Or anyone) Can you describe in
detail the benefits you have found with
eliminating caffeine? It is strange, but
when you put in the search "benefits of
eliminating caffeine" into Google. There
are very few stories of people stating how
much better it is being without caffeine.
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Stan
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Posted: 01-28-08 19:47pm
I'm not sure why that's strange, it's a
stimulant, and thus can be quite nasty if
you have too much of it over an extended
period of time.
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lulu1346
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Posted: 01-28-08 20:44pm
i have actually found a lot of stories of
the benefits of eliminating it. there is a
good book - i think it's called caffeine
blues. but either way, waht do you have to
lose? give it up a few months and see how
you feel. for my body chemistry,
stimulants do not work. it has the same
effect as sugar. i get the initial high
followed by a low. over long term, you are
just going to be on a roller coaster
ride.
caffeine is the most widely used drug in
the world and it is that - a drug.
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foxforce5
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Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 57
Posted: 01-30-08 13:01pm
I'm drinking roasted dandelion tea ( no
caffeine) for liver support now and I read
somewhere that it can be used to wean
yourself off of coffee. It tastes like
coffee to me. It's going to be rough.
Maybe switch to green tea first.
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Stan
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Posted: 01-30-08 14:31pm
Green tea has A LOT of caffeine in it.
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kybratcher
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Down and out at 4pm Posted: 02-25-08 22:05pm
Does this sound weird or what?
Mornings are fine, but around 1pm everyday
I start to get depressed with the worst
part of the depression being around 4pm.
And then around 5pm everything starts to
go back to normal and by 7pm, I feel great
the rest of the night . This happens
almost every single day.
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Stan
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Posted: 02-25-08 22:47pm
Pretty normal, sugar levels are higher in
the evening. Anything in particular
you're doing around the time you get sick
or about two hours before? Eating
something consistently?
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kybratcher
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Coffee Posted: 02-26-08 06:46am
I drink alot of coffee in the morning,
about 3 cups from 7am till about noon.
Could that be the problem?
