Hi, I have recently, after many years of low energy etc, been diagnosed
having hypoglycemia. Unlike diabetics who need sugar to regain energy,
when sugar enters my system, my insulin works in overtime. I have had no
success in locating information on my condition. I know all I have to do
is cut out sugar (which at this stage in my life is not easy.)
I also know that if I become pregnant I will have to be closely monitored
because pregnant women’s insulin normally is out of whack.
I have had problems becoming insured medically even though it is
controlled through diet.
Is there anyone out there who has this same condition? How do you deal
with it? Have you experienced any side effects? Any negative experiences?
Please respond.
Debra Hiscock
Cutting out sugar is *not* enough. Talk to your doctor, and your local
diabetes association: I’ll bet they can recommend good courses on the
stuff.
Basically, you have an over-active response to rising blood sugars.
Like a car without good shock absorbers, if you hit a bump (like
eating anything), you tend to bounce and even bottom out (thump your
chassis on the roadway, youch!)
The easy answer? Don’t hit any bumps. Eating a big dose isn’t
just hitting a bump, it’s trying to drive over a curb. Avoid that,
but since life will always have a few bumps (fruit, veggie, milk, meat,
bread, etc.), you’ll need to learn how to balance out the ride by
eating and exercising to handle your own body.
Nico Garcia
ra…@mit.edu
My opinions are my own, not MIT’s or my employer’s or my cat’s
(Well, maybe my cat’s….)
> Is there anyone out there who has this same condition? How do you deal
> with it? Have you experienced any side effects? Any negative experiences?
> Please respond.
You may want to check my page on reactive hypoglycemia at
http://www.fred.net/slowup/hypo.html
You essentially deal with it by the hypoglycemic diet. As you have said, no
sugar, but in addition, you have 6-10 small snacks a day consisting of protein
and/or complex carbohydrates.
Donald McCullough slo…@fred.net
http://www.fred.net/slowup/home.html
Hi, Debra. Hypoglycemia is not as bad as you may first think. I was
diagnosed about 18 years ago and have two hypoglycemic daughters.
Because we eat so healthily and take such good care of ourselves, it has
become a blessing in disguise. To learn more about what you can and
cannot eat and how to manage this disease so that it doesn’t progress to
diabetes, I strongly recommend that you read New Low Blood Sugar and You
by Carlton Fredericks. It taught me most of what I know. The most
important things are to eat ofter (every 2-3 hours) and try to eat
something from an animal each time you eat. Steer clear of white flour,
sugar in all forms except the natural form found in fruits, alcohol, and
caffeine. Eat butter instead of margarine. Try to exercise daily. Let
me know if you can’t find the book or if you have specific questions.
Cyndie Andrews
In article <41grfo$…@usenet1.interramp.com>, pp001…@interramp.com writes:
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=In article <415b2p$1…@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com>,
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=<ULTG…@prodigy.com> writes:
=I was
=> diagnosed about 18 years ago and have two hypoglycemic daughters.
=> Because we eat so healthily and take such good care of ourselves,
=
=it has
=> become a blessing in disguise. To learn more about what you can
=
=and
=> cannot eat and how to manage this disease so that it doesn’t
=
=progress to
=> diabetes,
=
=As a former hypoglycemic who did end up with Type 1 diabetes, I’d
=love to see the evidence that this book has to prove its method
=prevents progression from hypoglycemia to diabetes.
The progression from hypoglycemia to diabetes is generally to Type II diabetes,
not Type I (do you, perhaps, describe yourself as a Type I simply because you
inject insulin? If so, you should be aware of the fact that many Type IIs
inject insulin). Now, a common reaction to a hypoglycemic episode is to eat.
If you’re suffering from reactive hypoglycemia and you eat something which will
produce another blood sugar spike, you’ll come out of your first hypo only to
have another one triggered shortly thereafter. So you eat again, and if you
eat something that produces a blood sugar spike, trigger yet another hypo….
This pattern can obviously result in undesired weight gain. And obesity is a
factor in some types of insulin resistance. Any approach to dealing with
reactive hypoglycemia which avoids such a weight gain, therefore, would be
expected to decrease the chances of one developing Type-II diabetes.
=> The most
=> important things are to eat ofter (every 2-3 hours) and try to eat
=> something from an animal each time you eat. Steer clear of white
=
=flour,
=> sugar in all forms except the natural form found in fruits,
=
=How about the natural form of sugar found in sugar cane and beets?
=>alcohol, and
=> caffeine. Eat butter instead of margarine. Try to exercise daily.
=
= Let
=> me know if you can’t find the book or if you have specific
=
=questions.
=> Cyndie Andrews
Cyndie’s recommendations above seem almost utterly useless, though there is a
kernel of useful information buried in the bullshit. Frequent small meals not
involving much sugar or finely divided starches should help to minimize blood
sugar spikes, so a coarse flour would tend to be preferable to a fine flour,
and many flours other than white flour are coarsely ground. As to the part
about eating something from animals, well, eating fats along with carbohydrates
tends to slow the digestion of the carbohydrates, which would, again, tend to
lessen the blood sugar spike.
=I suspect (a) That I missed some earlier posts on this topic, and (b)
=That the book ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
It sounds as if the author found a regimen which works, at least to some
extent, then rather than investigating WHY it works, invented his own theory to
explain it. His theory is almost certainly quite wrong, though his
recommendations sound as if they might have SOME merit. But not for the
reasons he claims.
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I try very hard to say exactly what I mean. I’d appreciate it if you’d
bear that in mind and not try to "interpret" my posts to fit your own
preconceived notions if I’m posting in a serious thread. Remember: If you
throw a strawman into a heated debate, flames are likely to be the result.
I’m hypoglycemic too but I’m also allergic to dairies, eggs, and do
not tolerate alcohol and ANY meat products. When I eat just a bit too
much, I don’t digest my meal and I loose weight. What do you say
about that? What can I do with your tips?
Annie
> Nick_Mich…@msn.com (Nicolas Michaud (or Annie B.)) writes:
> I’m hypoglycemic too but I’m also allergic to dairies, eggs, and do
> not tolerate alcohol and ANY meat products. When I eat just a bit too
> much, I don’t digest my meal and I loose weight. What do you say
> about that? What can I do with your tips?
> Annie
The basic guideline is to avoid simple carbohydrates and to eat small frequent
snacks from complex carbohydrates and proteins. It is not all that unusual for
food allergies to be associated with hypoglycemia. My wife recommends reading
Diet for a Small Planet, which covers protein complementarity (i.e. getting proteins
by combining different foodstuffs, for example, rice and beans) I have some
resources (books, etc) listed on my hypoglycemia page at
http://www.fred.net/slowup/hypo.html
Actually, no one with hypoglycemia should drink alcohol, since it has sugar in it.
Good luck!
Donald McCullough slo…@fred.net
http://www.fred.net/slowup/home.html
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> In article <41grfo$…@usenet1.interramp.com>,
pp001…@interramp.com writes:
> =As a former hypoglycemic who did end up with Type 1 diabetes,
I’d
> =love to see the evidence that this book has to prove its
method
> =prevents progression from hypoglycemia to diabetes.
> The progression from hypoglycemia to diabetes is generally to
Type II diabetes,
> not Type I (do you, perhaps, describe yourself as a Type I
simply because you
> inject insulin? If so, you should be aware of the fact that
many Type IIs
> inject insulin).
Of course I know type IIs inject insulin, Carl. I’ll even admit
that nobody’s done a c-peptide test on me, so I can’t be
absolutely sure I’m type I. But my diabetes came on in the space
of a week, during which I lost about 15 pounds and my insulin
requirements increased from about 20 U per day in the beginning
to about 60 units a day over the course of a couple of years,
then stabilized. If I forget the before bed injection, my
morning BG will be above 300. Not a lot of insulin production.
Sounds like the old "juvenile onset" diabetes to me. A c-peptide
test could tell for sure, but if you’re a betting man, I’ll bet
you I produce zero endogenous insulin and then take the c-peptide
test to find out who wins. And except for the bet I don’t care
which kind of diabetic I am.
John Carroll
pp001…@interramp.com