Re: Hot flashes.....sweating for no apparant reason,adversion to heat...
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 22:35:04 -0800
Barbara,
I know very little about kelp and iodine, so I'll not comment on that.
I can only speak about how I respond to carbs body-heat wise. It is clearly
correlated in me. If I eat carbs, then I radiate heat. I wake up in the middle
of the night sweating and heating the room. I wake up hot. When these
episodes happen, if I eat some protein (eg: cheese), I cool off in a few
minutes. (It works for my moodiness/crankiness too.) When I'm careful and
keep myself strict, I sleep through the night and wake up cool.
I don't know what normal body temperature fluctuations are. But, in me, there
is a definite relationship. You can try different carb levels, eat different
foods, and see how you respond. As everyone is different, you'll have to
experiment to see what your body needs and how you respond.
Renee
Barbra Camara wrote:
>
> Renee,
> Maybe it can be carb related to me as well.
> I just took the opportunity to read thru some of your posts that I had
> missed about the hot spells.
> In one post,you speak of that ,if you are warm enough to cuddle in the
> morning that you are well controlled.Are you saying that you will awake
> warm if your diet isn't well controlled?
> I find that too,but didn't really think that the carbs could make me so
> hot upon waking.
> Yesterday,I basically ate total protein...carbs were only some
> strawberries and broccoli,cauliflower,lots of celery.
>
> I ate a piece of cheese before retiring,and I awoke chilly,which was
> always the way I used to awake.It could be that I am cheating,as I tend
> to shake for something sweet in the evenings after doing yoga.I actually
> shake for a fix of sugar...a piece of chocolate or a
> cookie...sometimes,I am really bad and eat more than I wish to tell.I
> find this strange,as after yoga,my body is relaxed and normal
> temperature..no sweating with the yoga and I do it for an hour
> faithfully every night before going to bed,and I really get hungary for
> something sweet.I have the carb...feel better,but awake hot.The complete
> opposite happened upon waking today...I am cold...at least I can be
> cuddly.
> So,off to take a shower and see how well I can manage not perspiring
> after I am finished,so that at least I can feel that I don't need
> another one.
>
> I have to ask a silly question here,that I may be wrong about the way
> that I post what I THINK may be true,but would appreciate your advice on
> the subject.
>
> Isn't it true that body temperatures do fluctuate even with normal
> people?
> To my knowledge,(please correct me if I am wrong),you awake with a lower
> body temperature(means you should be cool upon waking),and usually the
> body temp peaks after being awake for 10 hours and then should go down
> again before going to sleep?
>
> When being a so called "Normal" person,that was the way it was for me.
> I was always chilled upon waking...felt good,as I could snuggle into a
> cozy robe and have warm cup of coffee or tea,then shower and feel
> great....body temp would be normal all day...of course doing alot of
> walking as I did with my former position as a general manager for a
> jewellery chain store;and always on the move,I was a normal warm.Then
> just before it would be my bed time,I would again feel chilled and
> snuggle under the covers and drift into a normal,uninterrupted sleep.
>
> The radiating heat is really unbelievable,as my husband says I feel like
> a hot element on our stove,radiating heat....jokingly saying that I can
> heat the kettle myself....haha to him!
>
> Also,if you don't mind me asking your advice on the kelp.
> What is you opinion on me taking kelp in my multi vitamin/mineral
> complex?It is only ten mg.
> Thanks again for always responding.
> Barbra
>
--
Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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