Food Vibes: Sugar, We're Going Down... (Patreon)

This post will probably not hit for most people, but it's been on my mind recently because of ✨reasons✨

As you probably know, I have been struggling more than usual with my blood sugars since my recent health event 😅

After you experience a blood sugar low, you're more likely to experience more in the near future. Which, as I'm sure you can imagine, can become quite the tricky feedback loop to break 🫠 I was at an all time low, and my body really just wants to keep up with the backup vocals on "Low low Low low low lOw low LOw low / Low low Low low low LOW Low low lOw"... 🙈

So, for future reference, should you ever need it... If you ever experience lows in blood sugar, doctors will probably tell you that you need to have more protein. And to be more than fair to them, they're probably not entirely wrong. But what they often neglect to tell you is that when you're in an acute low, you need simple sugar first.

Protein is good for stabilizing and maintaining your blood sugars over longer periods of time, but it also significantly reduces your ability to increase your blood sugars. So if your blood sugar is low... 🤦‍♀️ Sugar first. Protein 10-15 minutes later.

For most people, this is useless information 😅 But it makes me mad that nobody knows. Because it's something that could end up being really important.

Anyway, all that being said, I have never been so sick of sugar 😂 The amount of times I have had to essentially force-feed myself some form of sugar is stupid 🙈 And I hate it. Leave me alone with my potato chips! (Goldenaye, don't you dare 👈) 😂 I'm sick of the sugar 🙈

When my blood sugar isn't low, I just feel hungry. But when my blood sugar is low, I feel nauseated and I don't want to eat anything 🤦‍♀️ But the solution in both cases is to eat! Well... Actually if the sugars are too low, sometimes solid food will actually make it feel worse, so liquid sugars are better as a first step. But I DON'T WANT TO EAT/DRINK WHEN I'M NAUSEATED, DANG IT!

Low-key, though, I'm actually very used to blood sugar lows, so my first reaction to nausea is usually "damn it. I must be hungry" 😅