Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Peter thanks for the link http://www.mendosa.com/glycemic_booklet.pdf I can recommend eating foods that have a low GI value, they are often surprisingly sweet, but really do help to balance blood sugars. Also Hypoglycaemia is often a precursor to Type II diabetes. If you get type II diabetes, then following a Low GI diet really helps to de-stress the pancreas and put the diabetes in remission. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 In a message dated 12/03/2003 07:46:55 GMT Standard Time, chinesemedicineman writes: > Do you mean hyperglycemia is a precursor to Type II diabetes? > Hyperglycemia = to much sugar in blood > hypoglycemia= too little sugar in blood > insulin is a hypoglycemic agent so it removes sugar from blood > But Type two diabetes is insulin resistance in extremis. If you are less insulin resistant, you may just produce too much insulin, overshoot the mark, and end up hypoglycemic. The more excess insulin you produce, the more resistant you become, and eventually when the pancreas can no longer keep up the blood sugar stays high, and then you are on the way to diabetes. The intermediate stage is called 'impaired glucose tolerance'. Some people just stay insulin resistant though - and get patterns like Syndrome X. In TCM the patterns I have found for IR are: Yin deficiency and Yang-Excess type Yin-Yang deficiency type Phlegm-dampness type Exuberant Liver-Fire type Bob flaw suggests Spleen deficiency/Liver stagnation as the root for many westerners (I assume of the second two types?) And by the time they progress to diabetes, if they do: Yin deficiency Yin and Qi deficiency Yin and Yang deficiency Each corresponding to a worsening of the disease measured by western perameters too - a lot of research going on there. Also there is normally a first stage insulin release as soon as good enters your mouth - that is lost in some people as a separate cause of hypoglycemia, so when the sugar starts hitting the blood stream the pancreas sort of 'panics' and overshoots again. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 " chinesemedicineman " <chinesemedicineman wrote: > Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Susie " > <yinyang@b...> wrote: > > Peter thanks for the link > http://www.mendosa.com/glycemic_booklet.pdf > > > > I can recommend eating foods that have a low GI > value, they are often > > surprisingly sweet, but really do help to balance > blood sugars. Also > > Hypoglycaemia is often a precursor to Type II > diabetes. If you get type II > > diabetes, then following a Low GI diet really > helps to de-stress the > > pancreas and put the diabetes in remission. > > Susie > > Do you mean hyperglycemia is a precursor to Type II > diabetes? > Hyperglycemia = to much sugar in blood > hypoglycemia= too little sugar in blood > insulin is a hypoglycemic agent so it removes sugar > from blood > > " Type II diabetes is usually characterized > clinically by hypergycemia and insulin resistance " > The Merck manual, p165 Yes, this is true. However untreated hypoglycemia will stress the pancreas by overproducing insulin which may decrease its ability to produce it. This results in hyperglycemia or Type II diabetes. sue Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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