How food causes fatigue
In this module, you will learn how the food you eat affects your energy level. From the previous module, you should now have an inclination as to whether your blood sugar is healthy or if it’s contributing to your fatigue.
Whether your fasting glucose is in range or out of range, you’re now going to learn exactly what foods contribute to your fatigue! And, how to find foods that give you energy!
Let’s get going.
Tracking your postprandial blood sugar
For the next five days, I want you to track your blood sugar before and after you eat your first meal of the day. You’ll find the tracking sheets on pages 20-24 of your companion guide.
If you put sugar or cream in your coffee but don’t eat any food for breakfast, I want you to track your blood sugar both before and after the coffee and before and after your first meal of the day.
If you take your coffee black or don’t eat breakfast at all, begin your tracking at lunchtime or whenever your first meal happens to be.
If you have a smoothie for breakfast, track as though the smoothie was your first meal of the day.
*** Avoid snacking before and after eating while you’re tracking. ***
An example of how to track
For example, let’s say you typically have a black coffee first thing in the morning, a muffin as a mid-morning snack, followed by lunch a few hours later. I would like you to either have the coffee and muffin together – track your readings as though this is breakfast. Or, have your coffee, skip the muffin, and track lunch as your first meal of the day.
Check your email inbox for your tracking sheets! You should have tracking sheets for five days worth of data.
Don’t forget to track your fatigue levels along with your blood sugar readings.