Glucose

HI everyone, I just had my routine yearly blood work down and I was surprised that my glucose level came back at 115. I am only 35, average weight and pre Lyme my levels were always in normal range. Dose anyone else have high glucose or know of anything that might help bring my level down? I am wondering if something like an adaptogen would help.

How is your stress and energy level?

1)a. These can related: thyroid low, adrenals high, and with it glucose high.
b. Or just adrenals high, and with it glucose high.
c. When either is the case with someone, then; taking Holy Basil lowers adrenal hormone cortisol and then also glucose. Holy basil is short lived.


2)Alpha Lipoic Acid can lower glucose too, how Im not sure.

3)Gymnema can also lower glucose from pancreas influence.

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I had to fast 32 hrs once, glucose lowered a little. In my case not much though prob because #1b above.

Post Edited (astroman) : 12/19/2019 9:07:22 PM (GMT-7)

Holy basil is an adaptogen.

There are lots of adaptogens that you could try if holy basil does not work for you. I love adaptogens, but even a single drop has impacted me in intense ways when I have tried some of them, so I urge you to start slowly. They affect everyone differently, so for me holy basil made me amped up and unable to sleep, eleuthero put me to sleep all day long, and rhodiola made me so irritable I couldn't be around anyone - all these at a dose of only one drop! But some people have the opposite effect (holy basil is calming, eleuthero is energizing, rhodiola chills them out). For me, ashwagandha is the sweet spot.

A list of some adaptogens that come to mind:
Eleuthero
Rhodiola
Holy Basil (Tulsi)
Ashwagandha
Cordyceps
Licorice (can raise blood pressure)
Astragalus
Schizandra
Milk thistle
Bacopa
Maca
Reishi

I'd also look into chromium picolinate for managing glucose levels.

Ashwagandha helped me sleep better, no side effects for me, though of course everyone is different. I started taking it for migraines, actually, and those got less severe and less frequent (but I think taking magnesiuma nd B2 made a bigger difference for that, honestly). I found it helpful for feeling more present, also, and reducing anxiety. Lemon balm is supposed to be great for sleep, and it's so unlikely to cause side effects that it's usually the go-to for kids as well. Chamomile is also a gentle option for calming.

All Adaptogens are all a little different. I know HB is said to lower glucose and I saw that too.

If your going to try to lowerr glucose, you need a meter for home

Thank you everyone for the help! I just came across this article...
https://eatfor.life/ashwagandha-dangerous-repercussions/
I know that I have a double MTHFR mutation and my LLMD said my copper levels was higher than my zinc so do you think that aswaganda is not the best choice for me, would holy basil have this same effect?

That is so true Astroman about there being pros and cons to everything. How did you treat your high copper levels? My LLMD told me to take zinc.

Neem is also said to lower glucose. But.........it might also lower thyroid T3 and increase T4. Since I have thyroid issues, I never tried neem.

Buddha: just wondering if you've had more than one test showing consistently high glucose levels.

I had gotten weekly blood and urine tests for about 10 weeks while on IV abx, and I remember one week (that was an aberation) when I had high a glucose in blood and traces of ketones in urine.

Did/do you fast for 12 hours before the test/tests?