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<blockquote data-quote="MrsPugwash" data-source="post: 45009" data-attributes="member: 13491"><p>Hi paganlass, you and you're mum are doing really well. To come down to BG's of 9 - 12 from in the high 20's in such a short space of time is excellent progress.</p><p></p><p>Assuming your mum isn't coming down with a cold, infection or other illness, in which case always consult a doctor........</p><p></p><p>As has already been posted, although your mum is nowhere near hypo at those BG levels, it may well produce some hypo like symptoms for a while simply because her body is used to operating on a sugar high and is probably wondering what the hell is going on! Also, two of those oatibix things contain a hefty 30g of carbs and some added sugars. If she has to have a cereal breakfast perhaps your mum could try a small portion of porridge oats (say 20g) made with water and cinnamon with a couple of dollops of natural yogurt on top. Of course, there's no rule to say she has to have cereal or traditional breakfast items such as eggs or bacon! If she finds that kind of thing hard to eat in the morning then have something else she likes even if it's not a traditional breakfast food - I often have soup for breakfast or lentil salad or even left over chilli. </p><p></p><p>Also,the average carb heavy diet is high in sugars andsugar is highly addictive. In bio-chemical terms, sugar addiction has a very similar effect on the brain to narcotic addiction! When you cut out sugar your body can display milder forms of some of the same symptoms as those experienced by drug addicts going cold turkey - shivering, aching, light fever etc. It's all part of your body trying to bully you into giving it the thing it's craving. If your mum is experiencing this, I promise it should go away within a few days. If your mum is craving carbs/sugary food, she should have some small protein based snacks - some nice cheese perhaps, or smoked salmon, or vegetable crudites with hummus or tsatsiki. Again, as her blood sugar stabilises, the cravings will disappear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsPugwash, post: 45009, member: 13491"] Hi paganlass, you and you're mum are doing really well. To come down to BG's of 9 - 12 from in the high 20's in such a short space of time is excellent progress. Assuming your mum isn't coming down with a cold, infection or other illness, in which case always consult a doctor........ As has already been posted, although your mum is nowhere near hypo at those BG levels, it may well produce some hypo like symptoms for a while simply because her body is used to operating on a sugar high and is probably wondering what the hell is going on! Also, two of those oatibix things contain a hefty 30g of carbs and some added sugars. If she has to have a cereal breakfast perhaps your mum could try a small portion of porridge oats (say 20g) made with water and cinnamon with a couple of dollops of natural yogurt on top. Of course, there's no rule to say she has to have cereal or traditional breakfast items such as eggs or bacon! If she finds that kind of thing hard to eat in the morning then have something else she likes even if it's not a traditional breakfast food - I often have soup for breakfast or lentil salad or even left over chilli. Also,the average carb heavy diet is high in sugars andsugar is highly addictive. In bio-chemical terms, sugar addiction has a very similar effect on the brain to narcotic addiction! When you cut out sugar your body can display milder forms of some of the same symptoms as those experienced by drug addicts going cold turkey - shivering, aching, light fever etc. It's all part of your body trying to bully you into giving it the thing it's craving. If your mum is experiencing this, I promise it should go away within a few days. If your mum is craving carbs/sugary food, she should have some small protein based snacks - some nice cheese perhaps, or smoked salmon, or vegetable crudites with hummus or tsatsiki. Again, as her blood sugar stabilises, the cravings will disappear. [/QUOTE]
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