On May 16, 2008, at 5:26 AM, Fran Sheffield wrote:

> Another reason why blood sugar levels (BSLs)are elevated in the
> morning is that the liver continues to release glucose through the
> night.

On what planet?
Why do people male statements as if they know they are true when it
is well known that they are not?
Does nobody check their information sources for validity any more?

First allergies, now blood sugar.

Regarding blood sugar in the morning being higher than expected, the
simple reason is that if you fail to eat for 8 hrs (at night or any
other time), your liver will convert some amino acids to glucose to
raise your blood glucose so you do not suffer from hypoglycemia due
to failing to eat.
If one is diabetic and does not want that rise - it is simple: Just
eat good protein and some carb no more than an hour before bed
time, and eat more protein as soon as you awake in the
morning....like half a slice of plain roast turkey or an egg shake.

> The absence of movement or exercise during sleep (which would cause
> muscle cells to take up and use that glucose) plus reduced fluid
> intake and urine output (that would remove some of the glucose from
> the blood stream),
> causes morning BSL's to be higher in the morning in many diabetics
> even though they may not have had anything to eat before going to
> bed the night before.

Where did you get THAT story from!!!!!
Thank goodness that is nonsense. If the liver continuously made
glucose we'd be in BIG trouble!
(By the way most diabetics have *increased* urine output at night.)

A good reference on the genuine metabolic processes involved in
diabetes, syndrome-X, insulin resistance etc - is:
"Dr Bernstein's Diabetes solution." (by Dr Bernstein)

Namaste,
Irene
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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
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