i drink coffee and it puts my blood sugar through the roof due but theres no carbs its just the increased testosterone so i cant really take a correct amount of insulin to counteract it. any ideas?
4/27/09 8:29pm
Hey Richard,
And coffee is one of them! Not all things with caffeine do this, but coffee is one of them because it is obviously a stimulant and research has shown a few ideas about why it commonly raises blood sugar, but the most concluded theory is:
It decreases insulin sensitivity:
http://www.drmirkin.com/diabetes/9897.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/29/health/webmd/main3763964.shtml
Some people don't have a problem with this, others do. If you want to keep drinking coffee, by all means go ahead and take a little insulin with it! But of course, test often at first to determine the true right dose.
-Ginger
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