Sugar, like alcohol, is a bad drug. I havea sweet tooth, but sugar makes me ill. There are others here who will say the same. One thing I find difficult about this rotten MG is having to give up things I like because the penalty of not is often too great. Strong thoughts your way.

Sugar has a negative effect on me too. It makes me fell ill. I try to stay away from it. I try to stay away from gluten too.

Moderation is the key.

Sugar may not be the worst part. Gluten was mentioned and I agree that it can bother me a little.

Shortening I think is what sits bad with me. Cheap cake or even donuts sit bad with me. Potato dough donuts better...Any artificial substances like MSG, high fructose cornsyrup, shortening and I stay away from soy. It is impossible to completely eliminate soy from diet, but I do my best to keep everything organic unless eating out.

snice prednisone and MG
Sugar is not good for me at all

Thanks, TJ, for that instructive post. I try the moderation approach, too, but alcohol results in immediate ptosis! I love beer. I love soy but have thought about the issue you mention.

Elinora,

I love my beer also. Just picked up some 22 oz bottles of Bayhawk California Pale Ale from World Market, which is the only place I can buy it. This is the best pale ale I have had.

Last night, I had an ice cold pint of Guinness, with an ice cold pint glass readied from the freezer. Yummy!




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I really love my hoppy IPAs! The ones that have a grapefruity essence on the front end especially. My dream is to have a brewery and to brew a double IPA called Double Hoppiness. Groan. That is terribly Minnesotan. I love Founders Oatmeal Stout and New Holland's The Poet. Now I really want a beer, but I already have ptosis. The Bros have not rated your ale yet; they need to send some!

Sugar is a double concern for any one on prednisone for a long time. After five years of MG and varying levels of prednisone I was just diagnosed with steroid induced diabetics.

Listed below is a link listing the warning signs of diabetics.

http://diabetes.webmd.com/diabetes-warning-signs

Getting your blood sugar levels checked is always helpful.

Bruce

I think any food that stresses the system can also stress a chronic illness increasing the symptoms. I know that if I have too much sugar or if I eat gluten my Crohns and the Anklyosing spondylitis really flare up. I have also noted this with MG, but as I'm pretty new to MG and am careful with my diet, I have not had many opportunities to see how gluten or excessive sugar affects the MG.

Joe

I am actually the opposite of this. I feel very ill if I have too much protein. My body has a very difficult time digesting it. Most sources of protein are difficult to chew or just taste horrible to me. I know that I have to have protein but I get fewer than 4 oz per day. I always feel like I have a rock sitting in the pit of my stomach. Sorry that I can't be of more help in this area.

Angie

I crave sweets constantly, I think for the false sense of energy. I can't take steroids, so maybe that's why the sweets don't make me feel ill. My blood sugar levels are good. I do notice I can't digest packaged donuts and cakes.

Just like Angie, I have trouble with protein. My stomach takes about 8 hours to digest it. Certain smells of meat make me feel sick too.

I have had a problem too since I started Prednisone. I never had a problem before, BUT I have other food allergies. Avocado, with I love, makes my mouth tingle. I am allergic to watermelon too.

With prednisone pushing me into diabetes, I practiced a diabetic diet while on it. Bought a cheap Walmart blood sugar tester and tracked it daily. Don't know if it helped MG, but let me stay non-diabetic.
Good luck