Quote Originally Posted by doby48
Yeah my when I wake up in the morning my are boarderline low as well, if I do cardio though on an empty stomach then they get all out of whack. If I eat some carbs first, wait about an hour then mine pretty much stay stabilized.

Before I got to bed I also cut the carbs and take Egg Protein/Flax and ZMA before I go to bed and I wake up in the morning feeling pretty good.

As far a supplements that affect blood sugar. If you want to have something with simple sugars like juices then mulit-fiber supplements will slow down the absorbtion of the sugars, but should only be used with small amounts of sugars like a very small glass of orange juice infrequently. I have read that Zinc and Magnesium is supposed to help stabilize blood sugar and I know that when I take ZMA at night I do feel better in the morning so I think there is some truth in that. I have also found that B vitamins help as well with regards to helping and preventing diabetic nerve damage so my multivitamin that I take has higher levels of the B vitamins. Alpha-lipoic acid is also said to help with diabetic nerve damage.

For lowering blood sugar levels I have found Chromium, Lipoic Acid, and Conjugated Linoleic Acid, work. I have also heard reports that Ginseng and Vitamin C can low blood sugar levels in some diabetics. I have not tried Ginseng and personally see no difference in my blood sugars when taking Vitamin C.

For raising blood sugar levels I agree with you about Ephedrine and Asprine and also found Caffine will raise my blood sugar levels.

In America how do you measure blood glucose..Our blood glucose is meant to be between 4.5-8.5 levels...


when you go to the gym do you find you have a sweet spot blood sugar that makes you perform better...i believe i work well in the 5-6 region...

Do you go to the gym with a high blood sugar not overly high but say between levels 10-14???

I definetly notice that my performance drops when my blood is high..why is this????