Minutus

medmidas wrote:>>

No idea what that is - looks like part of the alphabet
but you have an obvious explanation below:
Pity because alcohol lowers blood sugar.
That's a case of uncontrolled diabetes - and the sweet cravings are
typical due to eating too little protein relative the carbohydrates. The
carbohydrate eating triggers more desire for more carbs - sweets - in a
vicious circle. Urination at night is typical in uncontrolled diabetes,
as the body tries to get rid of the excess sugar in the urine.
[Normal blood sugar is 80 to 90 mg/dL. Even the American Diabetes Assoc
calls it diabetes if it is over 126. Any blood sugar over 110 causes
damage.]

If he eats enough sugar before bed, it will raise the blood sugar enough
to make him extra sleepy - a standard side effect of high blood sugar.
The body will not then be able to get rid of it by morning so he may
sleep through while his pancreas smashes its Beta cells, and the sugar
causes glycation, blood vessel damage etc.
That sure is asking for trouble!

Nocturia has other potential causes too - I suggest be sure to get a
proper diagnosis despite the diabetes - there may be more than one issue
at work.

My suggestioni s:
Get him a copy of the book "Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution" (the
latest edition) along with appropriate homeopathy for ALL his issues.
It may save his life - what he's doing now is a death sentence.

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

I agree with you Shannon - logically you would think that a protein
snack would maintain the blood sugar better than a sweet snack, but
the sweet snack or a peice of fruit will be enough.

What I am talking about was a well known technique to manage
nighttime waking in a nutrition group that I used to attend. I don't
know who found out that the waking was associated with a drop in
blood sugar overnight - maybe someone with a glucometer was able to
check it. And even though there is an urge to get up and urinate, it
is not about an overfull bladder, and no one ever talked about
needing to snack either.

Gail.

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, medmidas wrote:
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Gail wrote:

Hi Gail,
I would question this.
A carbohydrate snack will raise blood sugar - and if it's a normal
person the sugar will be dropped promptly by insulin - but if it is a
diabetic person the blood sugar will take a couple hours to drop and may
not drop completely depending on pancreas damage and amount of sugar eaten.
Either way a small amount of sugar lasts about 2 hrs max.
Protein on the other hand causes a far more sustained rise in blood
sugar - and a much lower rise too.

The blood sugar will respond to whatever is eaten - unless and until
there is 8 hrs or more after a meal. After 8 hrs of fasting the liver
kicks in and makes more glucose. This is why a diabetic who rises late
or who fails to eat protein soon after rising or did not eat any the
previous evening - will have a raised morning blood sugar. It's called
"the Dawn phenomenon" but occurs any time there is 8 or more hrs of
fasting (in a diabetic).
Your nutrition group was not necessarily all diabetic I assume?
So you had normal pancreas function unlike the case under discussion
which is clearly diabetic.
Night time waking is not always associated with glucose levels. Some
people wake due to the normal (10 to 15%) drop in blood pressure during
the night.
It's normal to be sleepy with high blood sugar and wide awake with low
blood sugar - day or night. The sugar your group ate would have kept
them sleepy (prevented sugar drop) for maybe two hours - long enough to
get past light sleep into deep sleep.
In a diabetic there is indeed an full bladder because either the body is
working on getting rid of the edema that is commonly built up in the day
- or it is making urine specifically to try to get rid of dangerous
excess sugar through the kidneys - or both.

I suspect you are comparing a normal nutrition group with a diabetes case?

For a diabetic - a small protein snack within an hour of bed time is an
excellent plan - along with eating a high protein breakfast or at least
some protein - as soon as possible on waking. The idea is to try to
keep blood sugar below 110 at all times.

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Do you truly mean incontinence--he pees without meaning to, e.g. in his
sleep, and the wetness is what wakes him?--rather than "frequency"
(needs to go more often than is normal) or "urgency" (needs to go
suddenly, urgently)?
Shannon

P=Peculiar
Q=Queer
R=Rare
S=Strange
PQRS guides to best individual remedy.
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Irene de Villiers wrote:

Urgency is the most important, not waking(Automatic when urgency comes).
No bedwetting in this case. But has to rush to toilet (Urgency).
PQRS is, when he eats sweets/desserts Urgency does not exist.
So does not wake up.
May be system senses sugar & insulin is triggered.
This can't mean excuse to keep eating desserts.
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