Showing posts with label Hormones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hormones. Show all posts

Monday, August 20, 2012

Stevia, Hypoglycemia, Low blood sugar

Browsing through the internet, I came across these statements:
"I would be careful about using stevia for hypoglycemia, depending on the causes. Stevia is traditionally used to treat diabetes because it raises your insulin levels. But, for those who are hypoglycemic because their insulin levels are already too high (like myself) could be sabotaging themselves. Also raised insulin levels affect all your other hormones, raising them across the board, which, if you are a woman, can be very bad, leading to polycystic ovaries."
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One staple in natural, sugar free baking pantries is stevia, an herb native to South America and used as an alternative, healthy sweetener. Stevia does not raise blood sugar levels, as it has no carbohydrates (or calories, unless fillers are added, like dextrose or maltodextrin). Stevia does, however, raise insulin levels, which can be good, or bad.
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What should my blood sugar levels look like if I’m in control?

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends the following guidelines for blood glucose levels for most patients with type 2 diabetes:
Before meals or upon waking:  2 hours after the start of a meal:
70 - 130 mg/dl
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< 180 mg/dL
(less than 180 mg/dl)

This is Janet again. A reader sent me this email link dealing with hypoglycemia:

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Female Hormones

I went to Jean Christensen, my OB GYN , because it pinched a blood vessel in that lower area and did not know what I had done. I thought it may have been more serious. But thank God it was not. But I reviewed with her what Dr F put me on to balance the estrogen dominance seen by the thermogram.
He put me on
Systemic formulas bio function F+,
Systemic formulas bio function 5,
emulsi- D3 by designs for health,
designs for health OmegAvail Synergy TG
Jean questioned the ingredients of the F+ because they are know to stimulate estrogen. I emailed Dr F to question him about it on the 29 of last month. The email is below:

Dr Fernandez,
I visited my doctor and she is concerned that the F+ could cause breast tenderness. Knowing that we have estrogen dominance in breasts, but dryness in the vaginal area she suggests that we fully understand what the additional ingredients in the product could do.
Blue cohosh, dong quai, False unicorn could increase estrogen in breasts, but she does not know what the other ingredients would do to block this effect.
Also she asks that can the capsule ingredients be mixed with vitamin e oil and applied locally in the vulva area and thus not even involve the breasts?
Also she stated that the sore spot that I went to her for was nothing, just a pinched blood vessel. nothing to worry about.
Janet Matthews
No answer as of yet. I have cut the dosage of two a day to one a day to maintain if she is correct, but to also see if he is correct(!?). (He never did answer me, and I continued this protocol for eight months and had another test, the hormones were still low.-editor)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

First Real Down Turn

I have been living from day to day, ever increasing the amount of activity and of course stress. And I have to say that I have been doing quite well. Instead of crashing after an early shift, I can do things, which is way cool. Until the past three days. Now on the forth day I am much better. Heat, dress codes at work, despising people's actions at work, higher gas price, medical bills, yadah yadah, yadah. One gets the picture.
I have found that my creativity level is up.Way up, migraine, much lower. Still see floaters. That maybe just a part of my vision anyway. I am still on the first level of drug reduction. So I think the whole process will take two or three years. We will be patient. (It is now 3 years later, and I am continuing to find the roots of the depression and the VNS keeps plugging along, the depression is linked to allergies, hormones, spinal maladjustment, digestive problems, immunity, toxicity as well-editor)