Big Bill said:I never said anything about before bed. For breakfast, and I sleep.
For hours. This is unnatural and I want to know what does it. It's a
sign of something.
It's not diagnostic, but it could be a sign of having diabetes or
being pre-diabetic.
What happens is that while there's plenty of fuel available in your
bloodstream, the biochemistry to get it into the cells isn't working,
so your cells are starving. This results in you feeling weak, tired
and ravenously hungry. The hungry bit is the bad bit, you eat again.
And raise your bg too high again. And repeat. And it gets worse and
worse. It's a very vicious circle.
About a decade ago, I found myself coming back from lunch hungrier
every day. One day, I had a couple BLTs for lunch, but was painfully
ravenous a half hour later. I got a chocolate bar from the vending
machine, ate it and passed out at my desk. This is a HUGE clue that
one's body isn't handling sugar properly.
Are you thirsty a lot? Do you pee a lot, not able to sleep through
the night anymore without needing to use the bathroom? And is your
pee very light colored, almost like water? If you have some of these
other symptoms, you probably have very elevated blood glucose.
You break the cycle with a week of induction-level low-carbing to
reset your biochemistry. The first few days, you have very intense
cravings, but it passes and then you just experience normal hunger and
can eat sanely again... but not carbs. Carby foods will put you back
on the crazy hungry cycle again.