Remembering that historically I have not been able to have
smoothies in the morning without experiencing a blood sugar crash – and
encouraged by my success the day before – I made the luscious pumpkin pie smoothie
for breakfast yesterday but with one important difference – I added some
homemade grain-free granola for crunch and pizzaz.
An hour later – blood sugar crash. In addition, I ended up feeling hungry ALL day no matter
what I ate after the blood sugar crash and so I ended up grazing for the
remainder of the day and into the night and still felt slightly off and less able to
handle stress.
So what I bumped up against yesterday – big time – is what I
like to call a carbohydrate threshold. The seemingly innocent addition of grain-free granola, sweetened with
raw honey, pushed me over my edge.
And when I exceed my carb threshold at breakfast I pay the price for the
rest of the day.
What I am learning is that my personal carbohydrate threshold is more
sensitive in the morning than in the afternoon. In the morning I do better when I eat a breakfast that has plenty of fat and protein. A good breakfast stabilizes me for the rest of the day. Then in the afternoon and evening I have found that I can
get away with the addition of more carbs without deleterious effect.
Carbohydrate intolerance of any kind is a sign of insulin
resistance. The two go
hand-in-hand.
Symptoms of Carbohydrate Intolerance:
- Headache
- Feeling of Weakness
- Irritability and Unstable Mood
- Inability to Focus
- Weak Legs When Exercising
- “Pins and Needles” in the arms at night
- Weight Gain Around the Middle
- Elevated Blood Pressure
- Elevated Triglycerides
- Craving For Sugar
- PMS
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