How to make blood cells open and accept glucose?

Posted by tomlowerbs @tomlowerbs, Feb 26 12:09pm

Why after 3 days of antibiotics and a steroid was blood sugar perfect, lot's of energy, felt great. lasted 3 days and back to same old stuff 🤔
Cells opening up and using glucose?
Can I recreate situation???
He is p, plz and thank you 🙏

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Cheryl, Volunteer Mentor | @cehunt57 | Feb 26 2:18pm

@tomlowerbs welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Yours is the age old question & concern of diabetes. Insulin is the key for cells to utilize glucose for proper metabolism. Diabetics typically either don’t make insulin, have enough insulin, or use it efficiently. After 50+ years of diabetes myself I don’t have any answers for you. I wish I did. Let’s see what input there is from other members. You are not alone.

celia16 | @celia16 | Feb 26 6:33pm

Lowering blood sugar can be done in multiple ways. Your medical team should be able to prescribe which treatment is best for you. There are multiple medications for those who have type 2 diabetes. Plus, some type 2s take insulin as well. As a type 1, i take insulin. Steroids normally cause blood sugar to go high. I have to increase my insulin dosage when I get cortisone injections.

jim18 | @jim18 | Feb 26 8:29pm

For insulin resistance (insulin in the blood but not getting in the cells) medications like pioglitazone (cheap, generic, check side effects) and the GLP1s (Ozempic/Mounjaro) seem to work best. Have a discussion with your doctor about these. Nothing OTC does much. Losing fat will also help a lot so diet and exercise.

grrranny | @grrranny | Feb 27 12:39am

To what do you attribute having lots of energy? If it was exercise, or just being more active -- physical activity of any kind decreases insulin resistance and helps get blood sugar down and keep it down.

nostredummass | @nostredummass | Apr 5 8:34am

In reply to @cehunt57 "@tomlowerbs welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Yours is the age old question & concern of diabetes...." + (show)

@cehunt57 There is significant research suggesting that some "minor" cannabinoids, such as CBG and THCv, can significantly increase insulin sensitivity.
While I used CBG isolate with amazing results for my fasting glucose, it is really intended for short-term use. Then to be "passed on" to THCv.
I've only been using THCv for short while.
I hope to be sharing some very good news, in a few months.
The human pilot study upon which this is based, is posted on the main page.
With all the data and charts you could ever need.
Check it out, if you're interested.
This is the future of medicine, to some extent.
As I told my nurse, "you'll be using this stuff every day in your work, 30 years from now."
Sure hope it's not that long.

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