What To Do For “Sugar Handling” Problems

Keep a Food Diary

• Take inventory of your food intake, cravings and energy
• Also mark energy: Does food make you hungry, make you tired or give you the energy you need for your activities

Keep a Diary of your Symptoms

Keep a record of symptoms and how they relate to your food intake

• Are you hungry between meals
• Do you get nervous and shaky when you do not eat on time
• Do you get irritable before meals
• Do you get fatigue that is relieved by eating
• Do you get headaches in the afternoon
• Does the heart palpitate if you miss a meal or it is delayed
• Do you get sugar cravings in the afternoon
• Do you get abnormal cravings for sweets
• Do you eat when nervous
• Does over eating sweets upset you
• Do you wake up in the middle of sleeping and have a hard time getting back to sleep
• Do you have a headache when you wake up?

Get Insulin and blood sugar levels both before and after eating

 Put your body into balance:

• Glandular tissues have been shown to work with your DNA to help      repair DNA
• Herbs can decrease sugar cravings and help the pancreas
• Whole food vitamins can be taken to make up for deficiencies