stargazer1111
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This is all anecdotal and non-scientific.
However, I have noticed trends with regard to my blood glucose readings. I have always struggled with breakfast. Too much starch at breakfast leads to severe hypoglycemia in between meals later in the day (presumably because it results in a state of hyperinsulinemia). However, the same amount of starch for dinner causes no such problem overnight. What is fascinating is that consuming more sucrose (whether from fruit or soda) with breakfast while consuming a little less starch actually improves my glucose numbers later in the day.
I never get reactive hypoglycemia from sugar. I only get reactive hypoglycemia from starch.
Also, I have begun consuming a special icing I found that is comprised of coconut oil, palm oil, and powdered sugar along with some soda before bed. My fasting glucose in the morning tends to go down from the mid-80s to the mid-70s when I consume this.
The overall trend appears to be that consuming a fair amount of sugar (I mean sugar, not starch) is leading to an overall improvement in glucose tolerance. I get probably 100-150 grams of sugar on top of about 100 grams of carbs from starch. I keep my PUFA intake carefully at 6 grams per day which is at the 2% of calories cutoff above which the body begins oxidizing PUFA for energy which leads to all of its toxic effects.
My diet is comprised of:
Lean chicken breast (I have a lot of food allergies and most red meat causes problems; this chicken breast has virtually no fat so no PUFA issues)
Large amounts of coconut oil at each meal
Caffeine-free Mexican sodas (caffeine causes problems for me)
White potatoes
White rice
Coconut/palm-based icing
Macadamia nuts (in moderation)
Occasionally blueberry smoothies
This seems to be slowly improving my health. The improvement is slow in coming, but every day I feel a little closer to the way I did when I was 18 before all this mess. Notice the absence of vitamin A. This is the longest I have gone with a very low vitamin A intake in my entire life and I do believe that this has a lot to do with my progressively improving health. Based on my studies of vitamin A for the past year (I'm talking academically, not just searching the internet), I (along with a few other researchers) have tentatively come to the conclusion that people in the western world are generally overdosing on vitamin A and that this may be responsible for a number of issues, including autoimmunity.
However, I have noticed trends with regard to my blood glucose readings. I have always struggled with breakfast. Too much starch at breakfast leads to severe hypoglycemia in between meals later in the day (presumably because it results in a state of hyperinsulinemia). However, the same amount of starch for dinner causes no such problem overnight. What is fascinating is that consuming more sucrose (whether from fruit or soda) with breakfast while consuming a little less starch actually improves my glucose numbers later in the day.
I never get reactive hypoglycemia from sugar. I only get reactive hypoglycemia from starch.
Also, I have begun consuming a special icing I found that is comprised of coconut oil, palm oil, and powdered sugar along with some soda before bed. My fasting glucose in the morning tends to go down from the mid-80s to the mid-70s when I consume this.
The overall trend appears to be that consuming a fair amount of sugar (I mean sugar, not starch) is leading to an overall improvement in glucose tolerance. I get probably 100-150 grams of sugar on top of about 100 grams of carbs from starch. I keep my PUFA intake carefully at 6 grams per day which is at the 2% of calories cutoff above which the body begins oxidizing PUFA for energy which leads to all of its toxic effects.
My diet is comprised of:
Lean chicken breast (I have a lot of food allergies and most red meat causes problems; this chicken breast has virtually no fat so no PUFA issues)
Large amounts of coconut oil at each meal
Caffeine-free Mexican sodas (caffeine causes problems for me)
White potatoes
White rice
Coconut/palm-based icing
Macadamia nuts (in moderation)
Occasionally blueberry smoothies
This seems to be slowly improving my health. The improvement is slow in coming, but every day I feel a little closer to the way I did when I was 18 before all this mess. Notice the absence of vitamin A. This is the longest I have gone with a very low vitamin A intake in my entire life and I do believe that this has a lot to do with my progressively improving health. Based on my studies of vitamin A for the past year (I'm talking academically, not just searching the internet), I (along with a few other researchers) have tentatively come to the conclusion that people in the western world are generally overdosing on vitamin A and that this may be responsible for a number of issues, including autoimmunity.