Can calcium supplement cause problems with sugars

thepokerqueen · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 07:21 PM

I am a type 2 diabetic and I was diabetic prior to pregnancy. I am 20 weeks pregnant with twins and recently my sugars have gone completely out of control. I am also having extreme headaches. The only thing I have changed is an addition of 1000mg or calcium. Is there any data on calcium causing problems or can someone be intolerant to calcium? Thanks for your help!

genie86333 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 05:45 PM

Hi, pokerqueen!

Welcome to the forum.

I don't know about calcium supplements, but I know that just being pregnant can mess wth your BS levels.

Perhaps someone else here will be able to answer about the calcium supplements.

slipperyelm · #3 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 06:26 PM

Yeah given the fact that some people are diabetic only during pregnancy, I would think that it is not the calcium, but the changes of pregnancy that are causing the BG changes.

If it helps, I take calcium supplements (usually calcium citrate, but sometimes calcium carbonate) and notice no BG effect.