Re: [IPk] Caffeine
Hi Paula
Some people find caffeine raises their BGs (I know the late John Neale
used to take something like 0.3 units per espresso) and some people
don't (I fall into the latter camp).
Di
Paula Briggs wrote:
> Hi does any one have any experience of caffeine and heightened sugars. I
> know its been in the news again about type 2, caffeine and insulin
> resistance.
>
> I'd heard it before, but forgotten. I've been having bad post meal peaks and
> really bad dawn phenomena - and been meaning to cut down on my caffeine
> anyway (about six/seven cups a day(I know) including one at about nine o
> clock at night (it doesn't stop me sleeping and it just crept in to my
> ritual!), so for the last few days I have cut it out completely - and I
> haven't had the same high sugars at night or on getting up in the morning. A
> coincidence? Does it work like this in type 1's?
.
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