Watching my Blood Sugars Spike and Retreat In the Confluence of Diet and Craving
Well, I had my first day at the gym in a very long while. Imagine my surprise when I came home and tested my blood sugar: 175? Why? For the sake of craving, I've been adding the occasional soft or hard boiled egg to my diet, and I had that morning. Well, and the occasional tin of some small fishy thing like sardines, mackerel or oysters. I think my blood sugar was in a high normal range before I went to the gym, I'm guessing here, but it was really spiked by the time I got back. My guess is that my body went into my stores and converted glycogen or converted something else to glucose. I've just never noticed that before; maybe I was in better shape. If I stick to my diet which is based on the Esselstyn diet which I cannot tolerate for too long (I tried), then my blood sugars even out in the low to mid 90s. But I really feel that I'm missing something. I had been missing something, I had a BMI test which indicated a degree of muscle loss (there was not basel...