Does eating late at night affect blood sugar?

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by Chinatown, May 30, 2025.

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    Oh, oh, now you tell me. Just think, ( eating a donut) with all the health updates I never knew about, heck, I might have lived to be 70 anyway. Sorry, all the mishigosh I've seen in health care, and why some make it and some don't, inconclusive. Since we're talkin' health, a friend has a friend, retired, she is fit and active, eats all the right stuff, wasn't feeling well, went in, stage 3 colon cancer,,,out of the freakin' blue. I realize hanging out with old people, you're going to hear of every pimple on their aXX, but I see most of these age enhancing cures are mere quackery, times up,times up. It's natural as the end draws near, to want to live forever, but looking at the bigger picture, many times, the body is dealing with a lifetime of abuse, and we aren't made of steel, you know. Thanks though, might help someone. One of my favorite songs, "Junk food Junkie, by Larry Groce, says it all.
    "In the daytime I'm Mr.Natural,just as healthy as I can be, but at night I'm a junkfood junkie,good Lord have pity on me"
     
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    You're blessed with good genetics.
    My Mother's side of the family has those strong genes.
    Her best friend was also her cousin. She, the cousin, lived to be 103 and an accomplished artist doing oil paintings.
    She was also a chain smoker. Doctor said she died physically healthy, so just died from natural causes, old age.
     
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    I thought Kevin Rutherford explained eating healthy simple and how carbohydrates turn into sugar and how much sugar is in everything we eat because they basically use not good stuff to make a lot of the food we eat. If more people knew how carbohydrates turn into sugar if you are diabetic all people have to is stop eating sugar and carbohydrates because they turn into sugar in body. Eating some fruits is not healthy if someone is diabetic.
     
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    Carbohydrates: What They Are, Function & Types - Cleveland Clinic
    • Carbohydrates are macronutrients that provide energy for your body. Learn about the different types of carbs (fiber, starch and sugar), how they affect blood sugar and how much you need.… See more
     
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    Remember ol' Euell Gibbons? The guru of natural foods and healthy eating,,,died at 64 of a heart attack. I agree, genetics has something to do with it, but remember when we were "created", what our parents and grandparents must have gone through. The bottom line, is it's a total crap shoot. I do think your "health" posts are probably more relevant than your trucking advice today, and perhaps the shift in interest? And, I'll admit, WHILE we are alive, it makes sense to adhere to your health advice, but unless you don a straw hat and grow your own food, the food we get is all poison anyway. I think I'll have another donut,,,:p
     
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    There are companies that make healthy food. It costs a little more money and doesn’t always taste like stuff everyone is used to eating. Do people like Slim Jim’s those are not very healthy but you can buy beef sticks from Paleovalley makes them also and they use grass feed beef and no crazy chemicals and the even fermente them for packaging so they stay shelf stable.

    you can buy Avocado mayonnaise it a lot more healthy then regular stuff made with vegetables oil. Not many companies even make read Avocado mayonnaise. Primal Kitchen does. I had some it taste different but it healthy to eat.
     
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    My mother, when I was about 16 took me to the grocery store and I’ll never forget what she taught me. Some of you have probably heard this. All the stuff around the outside perimeter of the grocery store is generally good food and will keep you healthy. All the stuff in the center of the grocery store is literally poison. I have basically found this to be true. Basically the food industry in this country has taken food and turned it into something else that our bodies don’t naturally even recognize and we eat it all day every day. And yes, it is killing people. I’ve played the yo-yo game with my weight several times over the past five years. I’m on the higher end of where I like to be right now. But I have a couple pairs of certain pants and once I can’t button them up or the button gets tight that’s it. Time to go the other direction. This time I plan to keep it off. The good news is I’ve done it enough times that I have an absolute blueprint plan and I know exactly how to get the weight off quickly. Those first two weeks are the hardest. The profession that we do goes hand-in-hand with junk food and over eating because it’s basically all we have to look forward to. we reward ourselves with food out on the road. A key change is to learn to reward yourself with being able to get out and take a long walk. After a couple of weeks, you’ll start looking forward to it.
     
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    Well, that may have been true at the A&P, but today, I find no rhyme or reason as to how the store is laid out. It seems, where ever there's room, they jam in another product. Kitchen cleanser with vegetables. I DO know, Walmart puts the automotive and sporting goods as far away from the entrance, in hopes of you buying something else as you pass, but as far as unhealthy food on the edges, I think it's all poison,,:eek:
     
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