WHy do you get sleepy after eating sweets or simple carbs?
September 29, 2009 by Diabetes and Blood Glucose Tips
Filed under Hypoglycemia & Hyperglycemia
Can you answer Vena Cava’s question about Diabetes?:
THe sugar raises your blood sugars up, so you have hyperglycemia which should give your body ENERGY instead of making you tired.
SO why are you tired?
ALso, I read that illness is stressful for a diabetic and if also makes u hyperglycemic. So they should take insulin, but why should they also eat? It said in the book, if you are sick try to eat and take your insulin. That doesnt make sense if they’re hyperglycemic
please no ghetto s****
Latest Diabetes Research
THe sugar raises your blood sugars up, so you have hyperglycemia which should give your body ENERGY instead of making you tired.
SO why are you tired?
ALso, I read that illness is stressful for a diabetic and if also makes u hyperglycemic. So they should take insulin, but why should they also eat? It said in the book, if you are sick try to eat and take your insulin. That doesnt make sense if they’re hyperglycemic
please no ghetto s****
Latest Diabetes Research
Diabetes Feedback: IF U EAT TO MANY SWEETS U WILL GET SOO TIRED .. BREAD AS WELL NOT EAT SOO MUCH CUZ IT HAS LOTAS SUGAR “WHITE BREAD”‘ FRUIT U SOPUSED TO EAT MORE OF………… NOT GRAPES TO MUCH SUGAR..
Diabetes Feedback: If you feel sleepy after eating, particularly after sweet or bakery products, you are normal. Eating sugary foods causes your brain to make large amounts of the neurotransmitter, serotonin, that makes people fall asleep naturally at night.
Eating sugary foods or those made from flour, such as bakery products or pastas, causes blood sugar to rise higher than normal. This causes your pancreas to release large amounts of insulin, which drives one of the protein building blocks called tryptophan from your bloodstream into your brain, where it is converted to serotonin that makes you feel sleepy.
Many people can avoid feeling sleepy after eating by restricting foods high in sugar and flour. When it is important for you to be alert, eat foods that do not cause a high rise in blood sugar, such as vegetable salads, nuts, seeds, meat, fish and chicken.
Now, if you are a diabetic, this is a bad situation because when you eat big amounts of sugar food, your blood glucose shoots up or spikes and you do not only feel sleepy but groggy sometimes because your pancreas do not secrete enough insulin.