Confusion over keeping low blood sugar

[thehappypixi]

I understand that studies have shown the difference in how glucose is sucked up, my confusion is in the diet recommendations for maintaining low blood sugar.
My understanding from what I have read, is that the best way to maintain a low blood glucose is to eat low glycemic index carbs, that slowly release and easily digested, and that skipping meals results in glucose spiking, much higher than normal, after subsequent meals.
Does skipping breakfast only ensures hypoglycemia until your next meal, and if you then spike out of normal ranges, there is a chance your attempt will fall in a time of hyperglycaemia?
I am contemplating getting a monitor as we use them at work and I'm curious to know!

[rainbowflower]

on the girl diet, the theory is that eating carbs such as white pasta/rice the blood glucose will spike temporarily and then drop right back down quickly. Eating wholegrains will result in a longer period of slightly raised blood glucose.

[atomic sagebrush]

We don't know how blood sugar really sways - is it low blood sugar overall or spikes and dips, is it the actual level that matters or is it that when you don't eat your body has to burn its stored tissues as food? We don't know and so I think worrying about

My thinking on the low glycemic index foods is that they tend to keep your blood sugar STEADY, not low or high. Your blood sugar will never really get that low on a low GI diet which is what people are aiming for. (and why the diet is good for weight loss and diabetics)

Aside from that, aside from Dr. Shettles' observation that glucose is present in the fluids in your repro tract, we don't even totally know how our blood sugar levels equate to the levels of glucose in our repro tract. I seriously doubt it's a direct correlation - certainly nothing that can be monitored on a minute to minute basis - like everythign with swaying, I suspect gradual changes over time and NOT things that one meal can immediately affect.

I know an essay is desperately needed

[Bigwish]

Happypixi, that was exactly the questions that rose to me!
I've red some articles about glucose levels on low carb diets, but i also think this blog says something really important: the way individuals are dealing with their glucose levels depends, well, on intra-individual variation.
Kickin' Carb Clutter: Testing Blood Glucose Levels on a Low Carb Diet – Facts and Myths (http://kickincarbclutter.blogspot.nl/2011/06/testing-blood-glucose-levels-on-low.html?m=1)
What works for me doesn't have to work for someone else. Hmm, think i'll dive into this topic to learn more about it...

Atomic, would LOVE to read how glucose levels tend to sway!

[harleyquinn]

I dunno, but I think alot of this comes down to genetics or something else to how to how your own particular body reacts to low blood sugar/no food

I have very little periods of hypoglycemia...EVER...my body seems to compensate very well. If I skip breakfast, I feel fine. As a mom of 4 boys, if I feed the hole in my stomach with crackers or whatever (nothing even CLOSE to the HE diet), I am absolutely fine. Never a problem. My blood sugar is always even, on any given day.

HOWEVER, I do have days where I manage nothing but a handful of baby carrots midday, but still feel FINE...but I notice I have stress kinda coursing though my body, perhaps counteracting any blood sugar issues.

I have messed around with this a bit..and I do notice, that if I have a pancake breakfast with honey, I get a severe crash which is hard to recover from. Or a wine night, where I wake up and feel shaky until I get some sugar/carbs.

I have no baby girl sitting on my lap to prove that dips in blood sugar help to concieve a girl. But I certainly was steady with all my boys, no matter what I was actually EATING (no magic foods). I think the periods of low blood sugar matter.

[atomic sagebrush]

Happypixi, that was exactly the questions that rose to me!
I've red some articles about glucose levels on low carb diets, but i also think this blog says something really important: the way individuals are dealing with their glucose levels depends, well, on intra-individual variation.
Kickin' Carb Clutter: Testing Blood Glucose Levels on a Low Carb Diet – Facts and Myths (http://kickincarbclutter.blogspot.nl/2011/06/testing-blood-glucose-levels-on-low.html?m=1)
What works for me doesn't have to work for someone else. Hmm, think i'll dive into this topic to learn more about it...

Atomic, would LOVE to read how glucose levels tend to sway!

Also, everyone please take away from that article that your glucose response can vary based on what you ate for days BEFOREHAND so again, I don't want anyone testing their blood sugar level, it's going to add stress and tension that will raise testosterone.

All we need to do is keep Trivers Willard in mind - eat like a poor person or better yet a low ranking female of a caveman tribe - lots of carby plant foods that you were able to gather because you don't get meat like the higher ranking females do.

[atomic sagebrush]

One of the worst blood sugar crashes I ever had was from a banana before exercising. I really almost fainted from it. I can do a lot of other crappy stuff for my blood sugar (and have) and nothing ever affected me the way that d@mn banana did.

[harleyquinn]

That was like me with the pancakes and honey! Its like...dang...would of just rather not eaten at all! I think somewhere along the line, we learn to eat instinctively how we function best (avoiding those crashes or low energy) and its different from one person to another. So while I have alot of boys, and conceived them without alot of calories..I was also eating in a way that made my body function quite well.

[WantingPink]

This is interesting to me also. I am the same way as you are Harleyquinn, it is almost like the less I eat the better I feel. Particularly the less carbs I eat. I can get up in the morning, have a cup of coffee, go for a 5 mile run, and not feel hungry until about 2pm. Even then, I don't have to eat much to feel pretty good again. I wonder if there are girl Moms feel the same way??

[Dreamofpink]

That's how I am now after 5 & half months of le diet. Sooo different from how I used to be eating biscuits whilst cooking tea because I just couldn't cope with a rumbling tummy!!

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[atomic sagebrush]

makes sense to me because how else could pioneers and cavemen functioned and d
done heavy labor on so little food compared to what we have nowadays.