# Basal Rates and Hormones **URL:** \ **Category:** Hormones\ **Created:** [May 31, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133 "2018-05-31T12:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 130
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133/130 "2018-07-25T01:07:56Z")
> [@A 1996 Survey: Source of the main hormone advice given to women today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-1996-survey-source-of-the-main-hormone-advice-given-to-women-today/4572): > > “Many women find their blood sugar tends to be high 3 to 5 days before, during, or after their periods.” This sentence is everywhere. It’s often the only thing stated to give women guidance for how to manage their changing insulin needs throughout their cycle. I just copied that sentence verbatim from the 2015 edition of “A Woman’s Guide to Diabetes”. I’ve written about this sentence before: I believe I have located the source of this sentence with the help of a citation in Type 1 Diabetes: A… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-rates-and-hormones/4133)._