Your blood sugar and PMS 🎢
I noticed I got a hypoglycemic episode about 3.5 - 4 hours after breakfast - really shaky, super hungry, light headed and sweating/suddenly very hot. I had an ideal, high protein breakfast but there was obviously something more I was missing. I remembered this is how I felt when I almost fainted in college, on the plane, and after the shower in Vegas. So i started looking into hypoglycemia and how to fix it. I found a study where glucose levels were tested in women with and without PMS. The conclusion was that the women with PMS all had significantly lower glucose levels.
“Patients with PMS experience insulin reduction leading to a decreased level of progesterone and vitamin D”.
“The elevated glucose during the luteal phase (when you might get PMS symptoms) in healthy women due to increased progesterone levels prevents the entry of glucose into the insulin-sensitive tissues”.
Here’s some ways to fix it
Eat every 3 - 4 hours (apparently every 3 hours for me)
High protein breakfast (25-30g)
Eat veg, protein, fats and carbs last in a meal
Progesterone helps regulate blood sugar as quoted in the study above
Vitamin C daily (4oz of OJ)
Detox liver (40min of castor oil pack daily or several times a week)
Lots of fiber (30g minimum)
ACV 15 min before big meals, helps slow absorption of sugar in the body - 1tsp in some water
Stick to a sleep schedule (go to sleep early and get 8 hours)
No cheap carbs (fast food, low quality)
Vitamin D + magnesium (mag helps absorb vitamin D. The magnesium I linked contains a type of magnesium that also helps insulin resistance)
Walk after meals
Get enough potassium daily - dates, bananas, avocado, coconut water, potatoes, wild caught salmon
