Posted by Declan on November 20, 2006, at 15:14:16
In reply to Re: Diet and Glucose, Insulin, Cortisol Levels » Declan, posted by Dinah on November 20, 2006, at 10:21:14
My uneducated understanding is this. As blood sugar rises, insulin rises to deal with it. Should blood sugar then fall too much (reactive hypoglycemia?), cortisol levels rise so as to increase blood sugar levels. (Somehow adrenaline is implicated arouind here.) Blood sugar may then overshoot, causing further rises in insulin (dealt with by the body having insulin resistance), leading to further hypoglycemia and so on. Like a drunk driver weaving across the road. This is the pattern I used to have, and still do somewhat. My nutritional doctor thinks the stress hormones arising are implicated in my insomnia, and the 4 hour GTT seemed to bear this out, because there is a biggish rise in cortisol at the 3 hour mark, which isn't too far from when my insomnia kicks in (since I have dinner and go pretty much to bed).
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