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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2162095" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Hi worriedwart,</p><p> I too have quite bad floaters in my eyes - I had to give up Skiing because of them. They looked like rocks to me against the white background. I also have to use quite a large font on my PC.</p><p>But they don't appear to have any connection to diabetes - I have recently had my annual Diabetic Retinopathy test (for diabetes damage to my yes) and have been told there is none at all!</p><p></p><p>You don't really give enough information about what you normally eat, how much of it you eat and when you eat it for us to get much on an insight into your overall 'Way Of eating', however it is well known that many Type 2 Diabetics suffer from 'Yoyo Blood Sugars'. </p><p></p><p>This sequence starts with them eating something high in Sugars or Carbohydrates (starches found in Grains, Potatoes or Root vegetables. All of these convert to sugar (Glucose) in your blood very quickly. </p><p>Then the High Blood Glucose (which may make you feel ill and brain foggy ) triggers a huge amount of Insulin to be made by their Pancreas to reduce the Blood Glucose.</p><p>The Insulin does its work (which as a side effect makes them gain more body fat which in turn make your diabetes worse). But the sudden large drop in Blood Glucose overshoots the good levels and they go to having Blood Glucose too low.</p><p>This causes fainting and more Brain fog etc. It also causes the release of stress Hormones such as Cortisol (not good for their anxiety or blood pressure).</p><p></p><p>Of course they must then eat some Carbs to rectify the low Blood Glucose. </p><p><strong>Which seems to be what you did with the 2 Bananas and the Orange Juice. But you overdid it! That is a huge amount of fast acting Carbohydrates to take at once, so it drives your Blood Glucose sky high again and around we go for another ride on the Blood Glucose Roller Coaster!</strong></p><p></p><p>In future, you need to try and eat smaller amounts of carbs at a time, both for normal meals and also in emergency Low Blood Glucose situations. </p><p>This will both lower the Blood Glucose high 'Mountain' spikes, and also raise the valleys so they don't go 'below sea level'.</p><p>You have a Blood Glucose Meter, so use it. Measure before each meal and then 2hrs after first bite of that meal.</p><p>Aim to eat so that your Blood Glucose doesn't (often) spike more than 36 from the 'before meal' reading; or spike above 144 total, though this may take some time to achieve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2162095, member: 506169"] Hi worriedwart, I too have quite bad floaters in my eyes - I had to give up Skiing because of them. They looked like rocks to me against the white background. I also have to use quite a large font on my PC. But they don't appear to have any connection to diabetes - I have recently had my annual Diabetic Retinopathy test (for diabetes damage to my yes) and have been told there is none at all! You don't really give enough information about what you normally eat, how much of it you eat and when you eat it for us to get much on an insight into your overall 'Way Of eating', however it is well known that many Type 2 Diabetics suffer from 'Yoyo Blood Sugars'. This sequence starts with them eating something high in Sugars or Carbohydrates (starches found in Grains, Potatoes or Root vegetables. All of these convert to sugar (Glucose) in your blood very quickly. Then the High Blood Glucose (which may make you feel ill and brain foggy ) triggers a huge amount of Insulin to be made by their Pancreas to reduce the Blood Glucose. The Insulin does its work (which as a side effect makes them gain more body fat which in turn make your diabetes worse). But the sudden large drop in Blood Glucose overshoots the good levels and they go to having Blood Glucose too low. This causes fainting and more Brain fog etc. It also causes the release of stress Hormones such as Cortisol (not good for their anxiety or blood pressure). Of course they must then eat some Carbs to rectify the low Blood Glucose. [B]Which seems to be what you did with the 2 Bananas and the Orange Juice. But you overdid it! That is a huge amount of fast acting Carbohydrates to take at once, so it drives your Blood Glucose sky high again and around we go for another ride on the Blood Glucose Roller Coaster![/B] In future, you need to try and eat smaller amounts of carbs at a time, both for normal meals and also in emergency Low Blood Glucose situations. This will both lower the Blood Glucose high 'Mountain' spikes, and also raise the valleys so they don't go 'below sea level'. You have a Blood Glucose Meter, so use it. Measure before each meal and then 2hrs after first bite of that meal. Aim to eat so that your Blood Glucose doesn't (often) spike more than 36 from the 'before meal' reading; or spike above 144 total, though this may take some time to achieve. [/QUOTE]
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