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Message: <blockquote data-quote="badcat" data-source="post: 1558185">My diabetes consultant describes the relationship between blood glucose and hunger as being like a roller coaster - a food  puts bg too high ( an average of 9 is way too high) which leads to more insulin being released by the body which crashes blood sugar level too low,  so we feel hunger and put it back up in order to feel better etc etc etcFound this which explains it better than i canThe Blood Sugar Rollercoaster<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We eat large amounts of simple carbs/sweets</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our blood sugar spikes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We feel temporarily good</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our pancreas cranks out insulin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our blood sugar crashes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We feel like ****</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We turn to simple carbs/sweets for more quick energy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our blood sugar spikes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And on, and on, and on…</li> </ul>The Blood Sugar Rollercoaster is shown below:<a href="http://www.nutritiontotheedge.com/the-blood-sugar-rollercoaster/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.nutritiontotheedge.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2014-11-19-at-10.35.03-PM.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>This is the Blood Sugar Rollercoaster.  This is what causes some people to have the Jekyll & Hyde personality.  It also <a href="http://www.nutritiontotheedge.com/blood-sugar-the-biggest-factor-in-our-weight/" target="_blank">causes us to gain weight like crazy</a>.</blockquote>

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