Wed, Jan-29-03, 20:05
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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According to Dr. Bernstein, high doses of caffeine can stimulate gluconeogenesis. I'm not sure if an entire thermos of coffee would constitute a high dose, but it certainly is more than is recommended for most people.
When I was first trying to control my blood sugars with low carb, I found through the frequent testing that I was doing that caffeine did indeed cause my blood sugars to run higher. Now I don't typically have more than two travel-size mugs of coffee a day and it doesn't seem to cause any problems.
If you think caffeine may be causing you a problem with elevated blood sugars, try cutting back or cutting it out completely for a couple of weeks and see what happens. Since you're used to drinking quite a bit of coffee, you may want to cut back gradually instead of going cold turkey or you could find yourself with a pretty severe headache from the caffeine withdrawal. Maybe try using regular coffee in the morning and decaf in the afternoon or mixing half and half at first and gradually increasing the amount of decaf over a week until you are completely using decaf?
Unfortunately, we often have to be our own guinea pigs to find out how different things affect us.
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