Shortbread said:
Hiya again,
No idea, I just notice that sometimes I go to the toilet a lot more than others! One day i will be fine, the next I can go every 30-40 mins and maybe up 3 times through the night, other times I don't go often and not up through the night!
Its weird cause its so inconsistent!!! Thats why i wondered if it was to do with certain foods....Iast Sunday I had done lots of stuff for work and wanted a treat so had a grab pack of walkers crisps(shouldn't have really) but about 20 minutes later I was up to the loo, and started feeling sickly, head swimming, like I was drunk!!! Got up to the toilet 3 times through the nite.............driving me mad this lol :|
What do you normally drink throughout the day? Early on, I had days like that (perhaps once every week or two); needing to take a leak seemingly all the time, maybe for several days running.
Finally, when I had another day like that, I started to measure my BG at 30 or 60 minute intervals throughout much of the day. It was always well in the range of 4.5 to 5.5 - nowhere near what might have caused spill into urine. No discomfort or other symptoms that might have indicated inflamation or infection.
I did a little searching on the net, and other places, and came to the conclusion that it might be all of the diet coke (and other sodas) I was drinking.
I found that more than a few people either have, or develop some form of intolerance to, a number of artifical sweeteners like Aspartame/Nutrasweet. Also that Aspartame can increase the craving for carbs - not a good thing for anyone trying to control their blood sugars!
So, I cut out diet soda, changing to flavoured fizzy water instead. After 2 or 3 weeks, those days stopped completely and I have remained in that happy state for many months since. I now almost always get at least 8 hours uninterrupted sleep before I need to take a leak in the morning.
If you google aspartame or nutrasweet and keywords like urination or diabetes, you will find a lot of hits.
Problem is, you need to exercise a *lot* of critical thinking here; much of what I found looks a lot like the product of conspiracy-theory nitwits, but there was enough that looked at least plausible, that I gave it a try.
Of course, caffeine may also be a more directly responsible culprit for poor glucose control (try googling caffeine and diabetes):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7209385.stm
The double-whammy of caffeine/aspartame seemed worth avoiding for a trial period and, for me at any rate, proved worthwhile.
Many sources state that it takes some weeks before both compounds decay to low levels in the body, so don't expect a change overnight!
best of luck
MarkD
(of course,if you drink neither caffeine or artificial sweetener, then all of this post is a bit pointless...).
