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| Author | Topic: Puffy hands when I wake up |
| Lewis 03-18-2003 09:55 AM | When I wake up my hands are puffy. I figured this happened because I used to take in a fair amount of salt, but I figured it would lessen when I cut salt out on your diet, Wai. But it hasn't. I still wake up puffy. I don't think I'm eating too much protein -- I am eating 5 raw eggs and some nuts, but I'm also quite active. Any suggestions for why this is happening or what I can try to cut it down? It's not terribly annoying, but it seems like it shouldn't happen... Thanks! |
| Wai 03-20-2003 11:13 AM | hmm, it shouldnt happen indeed i'm thinking of an over-active cortisol system do you have any inflammations in your body? painful joints? something similar? How is your sleep? |
| Lewis 03-20-2003 09:16 PM | Hi Wai. I don't have sore joints and I sleep well, though probably not quite enough. I don't know about any inflammations inside my body. What causes an overactive cortisol system??? |
| Wai 03-21-2003 02:05 PM | sleeping too little may be the cause... can you try sleeping more? quote:ongoing inflammations a hormonal inbalance may an impaired defense system may and more, so it is impossible to draw any conclusions maybe you can have your hormones checked? (corticosteroid hormones as well as the sex hormones, vasopressine and oxytocin) |
| engesongwok 03-31-2003 09:29 PM | I got swollen hands the last few days. I noticed this also occurred after a night of not so good sleep. It also occurred after I drank some cheap wine. I think I might be allergic to the sulfates, or maybe it could be just the alcohol, even just a small amount from one glass a night. Any connection between wine an cortisol? What about cortisol and sugar or starch? Dr. Perricone makes much to do with this substance on PBS and his books. Mostly negative. He says to avoid coffee, and sweets or heavy desserts within two hours of going to sleep. What do you all say about cortisol and starch? (PS-I have also been slowly including more and more cooked starches in my diet, could this be a contributor?) |
| Wai 04-04-2003 12:39 PM | quote:that happens indeed quote:same thing here quote:no, but between the processing of alcohol by the liver, and the cleaning up of 'dirty' protein by the liver the processing of alcohol may compromise your capacity to degrade 'dirty' protein quote:some (simple) sugars right before sleep helps you to fall asleep, by influencing your serotonine metabolism (by stimulating the uptake of tryptophan in the brain, which is the precursor of serotonine) quote:there is no connection between starch and cortisol, but there is a strong correlation between starch and instable blood sugar levels. Starch is a long chain of glucose molecules only, where as fruits contain both glucose and fructose (and sucrose, which is glucose + fructose). So that the consumption of starch leads to a higher peak in your blood sugar level, and this may lead to water retention (glucose attracts water) |