thought id post some info here..

"Drinking caffeine in large amounts as coffee over a short period of time has been shown to raise blood sugar. Caffeine does this by enhancing the effect of two hormones (adrenaline and glucagon). These two hormones release stored sugar from the liver resulting in high blood sugar... "

for some people it may cause a stall (although im sure some of you already know that)

read more about it here


HTH someone

Yep. Dr. Schwarzbein, too, discusses this at length in Schwarzbein Principle II, The Transition. How coffee can increase sugar cravings, etc. The physiology behind it is really interesting (to me anyway!).

Thanks for the post
Jinx

Regular coffee doesn't do that to me. But I'm wondering if it is stalling me. This is week 3 and I think I'm getting bigger. I have NOT cheated. I am an Atkins Re-inductee since 7/6/03. I lost 30lbs. on it 3 years ago and my nutritionist told me it was dangerous, so I quit. She's fired at our next appt. and I am so over her advise. Does anyone think that is my problem?

your right peapod.
regular coffee occasionally seems fine but in excess causes me to have palapatations and an increase in blood sugar.total effect- gives me the jitters!!.
don,t know about stalling, i would think this is an individual thing.

christine

Bought a cup of regular coffee this morning. Decaf tastes like ka-ka. Also, taking a rest from the supps for a week and start over with new ones. I will take the supps throughout the day. I think I was upsetting my stomach by taking them all at once, at night. Man, I had heartburn and a sour stomach all week and last night I had to lean on the porcelain goddess. I was scared there for a while.

I'll just keep my coffee to one cup in the morning with breakfast, I don't crave sweets when I drink it though. I will continue to drink my water throughout the day and for sweetness, I can have iced lemon/hybiscus w/splenda or 1/2 an Atkins Chocolate Decadence Bar. Happy Carbing, good people.

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Why do we shoot people who shoot people to prove that shooting people is wrong?

i think it really could be anything.. if you look in my journal i was at a certain weight for a while and decided to cut out my cheese and the SF stuff.. lost 3 pounds after that..

maybe my body uses ALL the carbs in that stuff instead of some? Alot of people would have to count the full 24 carbs in one atkins bar! and im not sure if you are lactose intolerant as I am.. but i LOVE cheese.. and that stalls alot of people if you eat too much..

it looks like youre only having one cup of coffee a day.. i dont beleive that would stall you..

sorry about your tummmy upsets

You are TOO sweet! Thanx so much for your advice. I made the most wonderful meatballs. I put chicken sausage (0 carbs) mixed into the ground beef w/sauteed bright orange & yellow & red peppers, onion, portabello mushrooms, EV Olive Oil, gray salt and some red pepper flakes and ground black pepper. I baked them for 30 minutes. Very delicious. I found out what is giving me the indigestion--the liquid CLA.

I have one more dosage left in the bottle and THANK GOD! I ordered the capsules from VitaCost.com. You get supps really cheap, but excellent quality there. There also sell lc foods at discounted prices and only one shipping charge no matter how big your order.

See ya and thanx again!