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EXTENDED-RELEASE NIACIN & GLUCOSE LEVELS
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<blockquote data-quote="Geezer40" data-source="post: 226336" data-attributes="member: 43974"><p>If Chris Masterjohn is correct on this ([MEDIA=youtube]76mrnovnGQ4[/MEDIA]), high dose niacin surpasses the release of free fatty acids in the few hours after taking it, so the body has to rely on carbs for fuel and becomes "very good at it". I think he's referring to IR niacin, so it seems that for ER niacin this would be true for the entire night. So my hypothesis is that if not enough carbs are available during that period (all night) you get a reactive release of glucose which may overcompensate and lead to excess blood glucose in the early morning hours (I'm not medically or bio science-trained, so this is based on my readings of the dawn phenomenon or Somogyi effect). I'll also venture a guess that it's a U-shaped curve: Too little carbohydrate leads to the reactive flood of glucose, too much and your nighttime metabolism can't cope. Since I'm restricting (but not eliminating) daytime carbs and I exercise daily, I might not be getting enough without the bedtime snack to get through the night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geezer40, post: 226336, member: 43974"] If Chris Masterjohn is correct on this ([MEDIA=youtube]76mrnovnGQ4[/MEDIA]), high dose niacin surpasses the release of free fatty acids in the few hours after taking it, so the body has to rely on carbs for fuel and becomes "very good at it". I think he's referring to IR niacin, so it seems that for ER niacin this would be true for the entire night. So my hypothesis is that if not enough carbs are available during that period (all night) you get a reactive release of glucose which may overcompensate and lead to excess blood glucose in the early morning hours (I'm not medically or bio science-trained, so this is based on my readings of the dawn phenomenon or Somogyi effect). I'll also venture a guess that it's a U-shaped curve: Too little carbohydrate leads to the reactive flood of glucose, too much and your nighttime metabolism can't cope. Since I'm restricting (but not eliminating) daytime carbs and I exercise daily, I might not be getting enough without the bedtime snack to get through the night. [/QUOTE]
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