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<blockquote data-quote="Chronicle_Cat" data-source="post: 1991072" data-attributes="member: 486327"><p>5.4 for me this morning.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've often wondered about that myself. My heritage is mixed - on my Dad's side (Canadian) - Scots highlander and Irish. On my mom's side (American), Scots highlander, English, Pennsylvania Dutch (ethnic German outside the boundaries of modern day Germany, in my case specifically from Switzerland and Alsace) with some Native American. I'm highly reactive to carbs, even a very small amount of higher carb food sends my blood sugar sky high. Potatoes and any grains are the worst.</p><p></p><p>My doctor and I suspect I've been insulin resistant all of my life, (I know that this doesn't always accompany an inability to hande carbs but often goes with it.) I've struggled with weight since my teens (age 63 in a couple of weeks). When I was 14, my mom took me to the doctor because I ate less than my sister yet I gained weight and my sister did not. She was told I had a "slow metabolism". I was too young to put on "diet pills" (amphetamines - the treatment then!)., I certainly seem to have the "thrifty gene". Some members in both sides of my family have had similar struggles with weight whereas others have never had a worry.</p><p></p><p>Ironically I crave both carbs and sugar which my body can't handle. I don't eat either anymore of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chronicle_Cat, post: 1991072, member: 486327"] 5.4 for me this morning. I've often wondered about that myself. My heritage is mixed - on my Dad's side (Canadian) - Scots highlander and Irish. On my mom's side (American), Scots highlander, English, Pennsylvania Dutch (ethnic German outside the boundaries of modern day Germany, in my case specifically from Switzerland and Alsace) with some Native American. I'm highly reactive to carbs, even a very small amount of higher carb food sends my blood sugar sky high. Potatoes and any grains are the worst. My doctor and I suspect I've been insulin resistant all of my life, (I know that this doesn't always accompany an inability to hande carbs but often goes with it.) I've struggled with weight since my teens (age 63 in a couple of weeks). When I was 14, my mom took me to the doctor because I ate less than my sister yet I gained weight and my sister did not. She was told I had a "slow metabolism". I was too young to put on "diet pills" (amphetamines - the treatment then!)., I certainly seem to have the "thrifty gene". Some members in both sides of my family have had similar struggles with weight whereas others have never had a worry. Ironically I crave both carbs and sugar which my body can't handle. I don't eat either anymore of course. [/QUOTE]
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