NEW YEARS: MONITOR BLOODSUGAR & WEIGHT

[kenobi65]

Has anyone ever heard of a bodily smell of alcohol if Sugar level is low?

I have heard of this on two occations. Tonight, I did not have my meter with me at work but I felt low (light headed, "slowed" vision) but was okay after I ate a bunch of food including some hostess stuff from the vending machine.

A co-worker asked if I was okay. She has an aunt whom is diabetic and when her sugars are real low she smells of alcohol. The coworker said I smelt the same way at lunch.

Just curious.

It might be ketosis -- a metabolic state in which your blood sugar gets low and your body starts burning fat for fuel. One of the hallmarks of ketosis is a distinctive breath odor, which one source I'm reading here says can be an alcohol-like smell. (Parenthetically, the "Atkins Diet" essentially is intentional ketosis.)

 

[megamania]

It might be ketosis -- a metabolic state in which your blood sugar gets low and your body starts burning fat for fuel. One of the hallmarks of ketosis is a distinctive breath odor, which one source I'm reading here says can be an alcohol-like smell. (Parenthetically, the "Atkins Diet" essentially is intentional ketosis.)

That is the darnest thing I've heard of in a while. The last was something I said.

A few years ago I had cancer and when I went for Kemotherpy I could first feel the fluid go into my chest but once it reached my head I could "taste" it. The nurse thought I was nuts. It had a metalliac taste like when licking coins (don't ask). Looking at a cantainer once, it was a copper based fluid...thus why it tasted of pennies.

Life can be weird.

 

[kenobi65]

Looking at a cantainer once, it was a copper based fluid...thus why it tasted of pennies.

And now you know what Spock's blood tastes like.

 

[megamania]

ugh! Does this possibly make me a Volcan Vampire?!?

 

[kenobi65]

ugh! Does this possibly make me a Volcan Vampire?!?

Possibly. Do you find yourself having a craving for sucking on pennies?

BTW, I just remembered that a friend of mine who works as a medical technologist told me about a non-lab test for ketosis. Pour a glass of beer, and make sure the beer winds up with a head on it. Then, breathe on the head...if the bubbles of the head dissipate quickly, it's apparently a telltale (though not foolproof) sign of ketosis.

 

[megamania]

that...is....so....strange......


The world is a crazy place. No wonder I escape to Eberron twice a month to escape it.

 

[megamania]

96.

 

[megamania]

Possibly. Do you find yourself having a craving for sucking on pennies?

BTW, I just remembered that a friend of mine who works as a medical technologist told me about a non-lab test for ketosis. Pour a glass of beer, and make sure the beer winds up with a head on it. Then, breathe on the head...if the bubbles of the head dissipate quickly, it's apparently a telltale (though not foolproof) sign of ketosis.

Then drink the beer quickly to recover sugar!

 

[megamania]

The new drugs I mentioned above (Januvia and Galvus along with the injection only Byetta) are the ones made from synthetic lizard spit enzimes. Metformin/Glucophage can curb appetite as well and is a popular choice for pre-diabetics. I lost about 15 pounds taking it. Then I started on Actos as well and gained 40. Needless to say I have high hopes for the new drugs.

I read about an insulin inhaler they are trying to get to pass with the FDA that involves pig guts.

Would it be cheaper to buy hotdogs?

 

[kenobi65]

I read about an insulin inhaler they are trying to get to pass with the FDA that involves pig guts.

Would it be cheaper to buy hotdogs?

Possibly, but inhaling the hotdogs is the challenge.