I believe you must have had either a hyper or hypo during the night, to wake to your symptoms. That is how I felt after hypos during the night.Hi Everyone,
I have awful aches and pains in my legs, thighs and eyes this morning. I am on LCHF but had small bowl of rolled oats porage yesterday morning and 2 oat cakes with peanut butter mid afternoon. Was that too many carbs?
Regards
If you are eating oats, then you are not eating low carb - you might be able to eat some grains, and 'get away' with it, but hopefully there are also lower carb high nutrition - that is with vitamins and minerals in them - foods in your diet as well.
Perhaps trying to concentrate on having less for your pancreas to get hysterical about would help, foods with lower carb content to soothe it into lower insulin production. Does the gastric dumping happen all the time, or can it be mollified with a period of inactivity after eating, or a particular eating routine?
If you are eating oats, then you are not eating low carb - you might be able to eat some grains, and 'get away' with it, but hopefully there are also lower carb high nutrition - that is with vitamins and minerals in them - foods in your diet as well.
Perhaps trying to concentrate on having less for your pancreas to get hysterical about would help, foods with lower carb content to soothe it into lower insulin production. Does the gastric dumping happen all the time, or can it be mollified with a period of inactivity after eating, or a particular eating routine?
What is your BG level?
That is the only way of knowing if you had "too many carbs".
I find a high (or low) BG will exaggerate any sniff, ache, pain, etc, that I have.
For example, one way I know when my BG is out of range is that I can feel an old sports injury in my arm.
Absolutely agree with @helensaramay
We all have different carb tolerances, so what works for you may not work for me, and vice versa.
Having said that, I know when I have been pushing my carb intake too high because I do get achey limbs the next day.
And I seem to get aches in my eyes/eyeballs if my bg spiked high then dropped low too.
But I never really know whether that is from rapid blood glucose changes, or from increased insulin resistance after my body ramped up its insulin release to deal with the carbs...
But my experience might not necessarily match your experience.
Any chance you may be sickening for something like a virus?
Trouble is, it is very difficult to pinpoint the cause, isn't it?
I believe you must have had either a hyper or hypo during the night, to wake to your symptoms. That is how I felt after hypos during the night.
For me, the oats would be bad for me, I'm intolerant to all grains, but that doesn't mean they are for you. Same with oat cakes, did you take readings before and after? Because that is the only way you will find out.
Best wishes
Here is an update on my BG. At 90 mins after eating my very small bowl of porage my bg was 6.5 and I was getting blurred vision so I decided to do 2 miles on my exercise bike and bg is now 4.8. Has my cycling used up some of the circulating sugar or released more insulin?
What @RuthP said. When you're just starting to cut carbs you lose a lot of salt and magnesium at first. So have a little extra, your muscles will thank you.
If you have a read of most food labels, because of production, taste and blandness, salt is higher than it should be. Your body over time has gotten use to this.
Since going low carb, you are eating more fresh food, so your body needs to adapt to a lower salt diet, so if you add salt to your meals, you can gradually wean yourself off the high levels of salt. So as you get to really good control, your issues should ease.
Best wishes