Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Hypoglycemia is often the precursor of diabetes, so take care of it now. I had a lot of that when I first was ill, but it went away. Lynda At 05:49 PM 4/3/2004, you wrote: >can i ask a question, i was told i am hypoglycemic, yet everything i read >about it pertains to diabetes, can you have hypo with out having diabetes, >that's not even in my family history, wondering if anyone has any >information of this for me to understand, again my blood work came back >and it was low 50.........thanks for the help BJ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 BJ, Yes you can have hypoglycemia without having diabetes, but the condition is very often a precursor to diabetes. It means that when you eat food, your body produces too much insulin in response to the food which actually lowers your blood sugar rather than raising it. Eventually (over time), the body has produced too much insulin for too long and the pancreas, which is overtaxed, goes belly up, that's when you get diabetes. The key to keeping blood sugar even is to eat smaller more frequent meals and stay as far away from carbs as possible. Especially sugar (some carbs is okay, just don't eat too many) this will encourage your body to produce less insulin (eventually) which can break the cycle and get you back to normal. Just remember that the more sugar, carbs you eat and the higher amount of food you eat means more insulin production which equals the crash of hypoglycemia. After you crash you feel very hungry and crave sugars which starts the cyle all over again. If you stop the madness now, you have a good chance of saving the pancreas. I suggest that you look up the glycemic index online. It will guide you on low sugar, low glycemic carbs and food (low glycemic means less insulin production). Also some good books are The Glucose Revolution or Sugar Busters or Syndrome X. Best wishes, Ann > can i ask a question, i was told i am hypoglycemic, yet everything i read > about it pertains to diabetes, can you have hypo with out having diabetes, > that's not even in my family history, wondering if anyone has any information of > this for me to understand, again my blood work came back and it was low > 50.........thanks for the help BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 BJ, I have Severe Reactive Hypoglycemia. I've had it for years - way before getting implants. But since getting implants my low sugar feeling is higher than it used to be...I know that makes no sense - it used to be that I would feel sweaty, irritated, shaky and dizzy when my sugar was down around the 60's. Now I get like that in the 70's. Hypoglycemia is the opposite of Hyperglycemia which is Diabetes. A doctor told me years ago that I would be more susceptible to getting Type II Diabetes because of my hypoglycemia but other doctors have said that isn't true. I only have symptoms after I've eaten a huge amount of sugar or if I have pastas or rice or a meal without a good amount of protein. It's easy to keep your sugar pretty level if you eat right. I don't always eat right, but I can tell you how you're supposed to! Pam > can i ask a question, i was told i am hypoglycemic, yet everything i read > about it pertains to diabetes, can you have hypo with out having diabetes, > that's not even in my family history, wondering if anyone has any information of > this for me to understand, again my blood work came back and it was low > 50.........thanks for the help BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Sounds like my 1st doctor was right?? It is the pre-curser to diabetes? I really didn't think it was. That makes sense though - if the pancreas puts out too much insulin now, it's possible that it will run out later. I better start eating better. I can't imagine having diabetes on top of everything else. Pam > > can i ask a question, i was told i am hypoglycemic, yet everything > i read > > about it pertains to diabetes, can you have hypo with out having > diabetes, > > that's not even in my family history, wondering if anyone has any > information of > > this for me to understand, again my blood work came back and it was > low > > 50.........thanks for the help BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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