Ronin
07-19-2007, 09:03 AM
Hi Everyone!
Sorry, this isn't about getting wasted and waking up with a hangover.
As a Pre-D, and not on any medications, I'm still exploring how my body handles sugar. Particularly vexing is the ****ed Dawn Phenemonon/Effect, however I think I'm beginning to see a pattern so I want to bounce it off my friends her on df.
When we consume sugars, the insulin we produce (or inject if you are a Type-1) makes the sugar available to muscles and other cells for fuel, the liver which stores it as glycogen, and fat cells store the remainder leaving a certain amount of glucose in the blood stream for normal body operations. So far so good?
However, if/when we over indulge (i.e., consume significantly more sugars than we can use) the liver and fat cells store a lot more, but it is significant in the liver. Therefore when morning comes around and you body says -- more fuel needed the liver has more to give and the FBG spikes.
Therefore, heavily carb restricted diets/eating plans reduce the amount of glycogen available to the liver and thereby reduce the Dawn Phenomenon/Effect. But, any time you stray, the FBG gets a big boost.
Now, I have to wonder if we Pre-D's have a control mechanism problem. That is to say that the regulator process that reads the blood glucose levels and releases glycogen as well as monitors BG levels and insulin relase is screwed up allowing higher-and-higher BG levels to go on without producing additional insulin to compensate.
As always your comments and responses are welcome.
Sorry, this isn't about getting wasted and waking up with a hangover.
As a Pre-D, and not on any medications, I'm still exploring how my body handles sugar. Particularly vexing is the ****ed Dawn Phenemonon/Effect, however I think I'm beginning to see a pattern so I want to bounce it off my friends her on df.
When we consume sugars, the insulin we produce (or inject if you are a Type-1) makes the sugar available to muscles and other cells for fuel, the liver which stores it as glycogen, and fat cells store the remainder leaving a certain amount of glucose in the blood stream for normal body operations. So far so good?
However, if/when we over indulge (i.e., consume significantly more sugars than we can use) the liver and fat cells store a lot more, but it is significant in the liver. Therefore when morning comes around and you body says -- more fuel needed the liver has more to give and the FBG spikes.
Therefore, heavily carb restricted diets/eating plans reduce the amount of glycogen available to the liver and thereby reduce the Dawn Phenomenon/Effect. But, any time you stray, the FBG gets a big boost.
Now, I have to wonder if we Pre-D's have a control mechanism problem. That is to say that the regulator process that reads the blood glucose levels and releases glycogen as well as monitors BG levels and insulin relase is screwed up allowing higher-and-higher BG levels to go on without producing additional insulin to compensate.
As always your comments and responses are welcome.