High blood sugar levels

Sun -- I've been putting a tsp of cinnamon in my morning fruit smoothie (which is where I get the fructose "rush") and my blood sugar levels have gone from high normal to normal.  I also put a cinnamon stick in any fruit (such as prunes) that I stew, and add it to things like applesauce.  Next to mocha, cinnamon has always been my favourite "sweet" spice!  love the smell, love the taste.

When I was on AIs (both Femera and Arimidex) my blood sugar readings took me up to pre-diabetic in a flash - when I stopped taking them blood sugar went back to normal.

When I want to lose weight I go on South Beach Diet and it works - it also keeps your blood sugar way down it is a low carb diet and heart healthy - it's a good diet for everything that ails me - carbs make me swell and ache and feel generally unwell.

I am seriously considering trying the "2-day diet": http://www.121doc.co.uk/news/diet-to-lower-breast-cancer-risk-6989.html

I used to have low normal fasting glucose, mid-80s, but when the BC was DXed it was 95 and it has stayed there all through my treatment. I think it is related, although the docs don't agree, lol. 95 may be normal, but it is not normal for me.

I plan to add cinnamon, up the exercise, and see if I can manage the 2 days a week on drastically reduced calories. 

Sunflowers,

Google "Diane Kress" and "Metabolism B."

She is a Certified Diabetes Educator and a licensed dietitian.  Based on her years of practice with diabetic patients, she has developed a way of eating for those of us with the strong family history of  diabetes and metabolic syndrome (high cholesterol, high blood pressure, either diabetic or at risk to develop diabetes). Her plan can be used to lose weight if needed or used to help bring your metabolic syndrome into line.

I have been using her plan for two years now.  I finally lost my weight , lowered my cholesterol (taken off the meds by my doctor), lower my blood pressure (off one med, other med dosage reduced by half), and my Hgb A1c is 5.

Thanks Sassa!

I have this strange feeling that I need to be on that diet too. 

Sunflowers,

Yes, her step 1 is basically very limited carbohydrates for 8 weeks to allow the pancreas and liver to rest from our insulin overproduction and blood sugar swings caused by our carbohydrate cravings (which is caused by our metabolic syndrome prone metabolism).

After that, Step two introduces the "good carbohydrates," and teaches us how many carbohydrates to eat and the importance of timing for carbohydrate intake.  It is also the step one stays on for a while for weight loss.

Step 3 is maintenance and is the way of eating we need to do to maintain our body weight and metabolism.

What is also nice is she also gives you the 'eraser" to use when you have gone off plan and need to get back into sync.

Her plan is an extension of Atkins and the South Beach Diet which are on the right track for weight loss but needed further refinement for us "Metabolism B" people.