Caffeine raises blood sugar

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Ender

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This morning I had a boost before going downtown (loaded with sugar)...and two hours later i was fine. I had a coffee at about 10:30...it's 11:30 now, and i'm starting to crash. Coincidence? I'm gonna skip coffee for a while and see how it goes. I'm getting a new meter next week, so i can test it more quantitatively.

I like the part where is says eating sugary cereal and drinking decaf was better for blood sugar than drinking regualr coffee and eating bran flakes. Go figure!

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Ender

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This morning I had a boost before going downtown (loaded with sugar)...and two hours later i was fine. I had a coffee at about 10:30...it's 11:30 now, and i'm starting to crash. Coincidence? I'm gonna skip coffee for a while and see how it goes. I'm getting a new meter next week, so i can test it more quantitatively.

I like the part where is says eating sugary cereal and drinking decaf was better for blood sugar than drinking regualr coffee and eating bran flakes. Go figure!

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
E

Ender

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This morning I had a boost before going downtown (loaded with sugar)...and two hours later i was fine. I had a coffee at about 10:30...it's 11:30 now, and i'm starting to crash. Coincidence? I'm gonna skip coffee for a while and see how it goes. I'm getting a new meter next week, so i can test it more quantitatively.

I like the part where is says eating sugary cereal and drinking decaf was better for blood sugar than drinking regualr coffee and eating bran flakes. Go figure!

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
E

Ender

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This morning I had a boost before going downtown (loaded with sugar)...and two hours later i was fine. I had a coffee at about 10:30...it's 11:30 now, and i'm starting to crash. Coincidence? I'm gonna skip coffee for a while and see how it goes. I'm getting a new meter next week, so i can test it more quantitatively.

I like the part where is says eating sugary cereal and drinking decaf was better for blood sugar than drinking regualr coffee and eating bran flakes. Go figure!

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
E

Ender

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This morning I had a boost before going downtown (loaded with sugar)...and two hours later i was fine. I had a coffee at about 10:30...it's 11:30 now, and i'm starting to crash. Coincidence? I'm gonna skip coffee for a while and see how it goes. I'm getting a new meter next week, so i can test it more quantitatively.
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<br />I like the part where is says eating sugary cereal and drinking decaf was better for blood sugar than drinking regualr coffee and eating bran flakes. Go figure!
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SaltyAndSweet

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Ender, do you mean "crash" as in energy level went down, or your blood glucose level went down drastically in a short time?
The news story kind of confuses me and how it relates to us with CFRD. Because CFRD isn't caused by the same reasons as Type 2. It is caused by something different, as well, our bodies act differently than people with Type 2, or who are overweight.
Wait a sec... I just reread the story, it says they tested "10 healthy men". I'd like to see the study done with a LOT more people, and people with diabetes, if they are going to assume it affects a diabetic like a non-diabetic. I think we should take the story with a grain of salt. (or how ever that saying goes). <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Self test, that is the only way you are going to figure out if caffeine affects your blood glucose levels.
 
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SaltyAndSweet

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Ender, do you mean "crash" as in energy level went down, or your blood glucose level went down drastically in a short time?
The news story kind of confuses me and how it relates to us with CFRD. Because CFRD isn't caused by the same reasons as Type 2. It is caused by something different, as well, our bodies act differently than people with Type 2, or who are overweight.
Wait a sec... I just reread the story, it says they tested "10 healthy men". I'd like to see the study done with a LOT more people, and people with diabetes, if they are going to assume it affects a diabetic like a non-diabetic. I think we should take the story with a grain of salt. (or how ever that saying goes). <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Self test, that is the only way you are going to figure out if caffeine affects your blood glucose levels.
 
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SaltyAndSweet

New member
Ender, do you mean "crash" as in energy level went down, or your blood glucose level went down drastically in a short time?
The news story kind of confuses me and how it relates to us with CFRD. Because CFRD isn't caused by the same reasons as Type 2. It is caused by something different, as well, our bodies act differently than people with Type 2, or who are overweight.
Wait a sec... I just reread the story, it says they tested "10 healthy men". I'd like to see the study done with a LOT more people, and people with diabetes, if they are going to assume it affects a diabetic like a non-diabetic. I think we should take the story with a grain of salt. (or how ever that saying goes). <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Self test, that is the only way you are going to figure out if caffeine affects your blood glucose levels.
 
S

SaltyAndSweet

New member
Ender, do you mean "crash" as in energy level went down, or your blood glucose level went down drastically in a short time?
The news story kind of confuses me and how it relates to us with CFRD. Because CFRD isn't caused by the same reasons as Type 2. It is caused by something different, as well, our bodies act differently than people with Type 2, or who are overweight.
Wait a sec... I just reread the story, it says they tested "10 healthy men". I'd like to see the study done with a LOT more people, and people with diabetes, if they are going to assume it affects a diabetic like a non-diabetic. I think we should take the story with a grain of salt. (or how ever that saying goes). <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Self test, that is the only way you are going to figure out if caffeine affects your blood glucose levels.
 
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SaltyAndSweet

New member
Ender, do you mean "crash" as in energy level went down, or your blood glucose level went down drastically in a short time?
<br />The news story kind of confuses me and how it relates to us with CFRD. Because CFRD isn't caused by the same reasons as Type 2. It is caused by something different, as well, our bodies act differently than people with Type 2, or who are overweight.
<br />Wait a sec... I just reread the story, it says they tested "10 healthy men". I'd like to see the study done with a LOT more people, and people with diabetes, if they are going to assume it affects a diabetic like a non-diabetic. I think we should take the story with a grain of salt. (or how ever that saying goes). <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
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<br />Self test, that is the only way you are going to figure out if caffeine affects your blood glucose levels.
<br />
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Ender

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I meant crash as in blood glucose levels. You know the shaky, ill feeling sweaty kind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.

I agree that more tests do need to be done, and with diabetic people as well. However, I have been drinking coffee since about 14, and that's about when I started getting the sugar crashes in the AM, and usually not any other times. I didn't have a coffee today as i said with the boost, and i felt fine after 2 hours, which normally would send me loopy.

There are other studies done however that link caffeine with increasing blood glucose. Just google it.

I'll test for sure next week when I get my monitor though. Givs me something to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Cheers
Kiel
 
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Ender

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I meant crash as in blood glucose levels. You know the shaky, ill feeling sweaty kind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.

I agree that more tests do need to be done, and with diabetic people as well. However, I have been drinking coffee since about 14, and that's about when I started getting the sugar crashes in the AM, and usually not any other times. I didn't have a coffee today as i said with the boost, and i felt fine after 2 hours, which normally would send me loopy.

There are other studies done however that link caffeine with increasing blood glucose. Just google it.

I'll test for sure next week when I get my monitor though. Givs me something to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Cheers
Kiel
 
E

Ender

New member
I meant crash as in blood glucose levels. You know the shaky, ill feeling sweaty kind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.

I agree that more tests do need to be done, and with diabetic people as well. However, I have been drinking coffee since about 14, and that's about when I started getting the sugar crashes in the AM, and usually not any other times. I didn't have a coffee today as i said with the boost, and i felt fine after 2 hours, which normally would send me loopy.

There are other studies done however that link caffeine with increasing blood glucose. Just google it.

I'll test for sure next week when I get my monitor though. Givs me something to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Cheers
Kiel
 
E

Ender

New member
I meant crash as in blood glucose levels. You know the shaky, ill feeling sweaty kind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.

I agree that more tests do need to be done, and with diabetic people as well. However, I have been drinking coffee since about 14, and that's about when I started getting the sugar crashes in the AM, and usually not any other times. I didn't have a coffee today as i said with the boost, and i felt fine after 2 hours, which normally would send me loopy.

There are other studies done however that link caffeine with increasing blood glucose. Just google it.

I'll test for sure next week when I get my monitor though. Givs me something to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Cheers
Kiel
 
E

Ender

New member
I meant crash as in blood glucose levels. You know the shaky, ill feeling sweaty kind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.
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<br />I agree that more tests do need to be done, and with diabetic people as well. However, I have been drinking coffee since about 14, and that's about when I started getting the sugar crashes in the AM, and usually not any other times. I didn't have a coffee today as i said with the boost, and i felt fine after 2 hours, which normally would send me loopy.
<br />
<br />There are other studies done however that link caffeine with increasing blood glucose. Just google it.
<br />
<br />I'll test for sure next week when I get my monitor though. Givs me something to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
<br />
<br />Cheers
<br />Kiel
 
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