I suffer from hypoglycemia (reactive hypoglycemia) caused by a pre-diabetic insulin resistance. Everyone is diabetic in my family, but so far (I’m young) I have no diabetics but this unbereable pre-diabetic blood-sugar fluctuations where my blood sugar goes up and down the whole day. The symptoms are just frightening and life crippling.
I had a glucose tolerance test. In the first hour my blood sugar raised a lot and one hour later it crashed to below 30 and I fainted.
There are several people with this problem and very little resources on the web. Most websites have not been updated for years and most forums have been inactive for months. When you search the net for info on reactive hypoglycemia you just can’t help but feeling desolation and loliness because no forum or group or newsgroup is really active, no book is older than 10 years ago and no organization has been active since the last 20 years. It’s just pure desolation and you must skim through archived webpages to find something.
I have tried many diets but mostly Zone, Atkins, Low-Fat Glycemic Index. In other words the extreme: high-carb low-fat, high-fat low-carb, high protein.
Eventually I found out that a better approach is a "balanced" and "moderate" diet using all the strategies to maintain a balanced blood sugar along the day.
Now I want to create a community of hypoglycemics to share ideas, food and activity logs, recipes, to ask and answer questions, to provide tips and to make friends.
If you want to help me, contribute or know more, send me an email or message or post your contacts.
There are different kinds of reactive hypoglycemia:
1) Alimentary REACTIVE Hypoglycemia (consequence of dumping syndrome; it occurs in about 15% of people who have had stomach surgery)
2) Hormonal REACTIVE Hypoglycemia (due to lack of some hormones; i.e., hypothyroidism)
3) Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis REACTIVE Hypoglycemia (some reports suggest this bacteria may contribute to the occurrence of reactive hypoglycemia)
4) Congenital enzyme deficiencies REACTIVE H(hereditary fructose intolerance, galactosemia, and leucine sensitivity of childhood)
5) Late REACTIVE Hypoglycemia (Occult Diabetes; characterized by a delay in early insulin release from pancreatic B cells, resulting in initial exaggeration of hyperglycemia during a glucose tolerance test)
6) Giftedness Reactive hypoglycemia is often seen in children with very high IQs, particularly those children who are skinny and active.
"Idiopathic Reactive Hypoglycemia" is a term no longer used because researchers now know the underlying causes of reactive hypoglycemia and have both the tools to perform the diagnosis and the pathophysiological data explaining the mechanisms.
To check if there is real hypoglycemia when symptoms occur, an OGTT is not effective, nor is a breakfast test; instead, a hyperglucidic breakfast test or ambulatory glucose testing is the current standard.
TREATMENT
To relieve reactive hypoglycemia, some health professionals recommend taking the following steps:
Eat small meals and snacks about every 3 hours.
Exercise regularly.
Eat a variety of foods, including meat, poultry, fish, or non-meat sources of protein, foods such as whole-grain bread, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
Choose high-fiber foods and food with a moderate-to-low glycemic index.
Avoid or limit foods high in sugar, especially on an empty stomach.
Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and highly starchy foods such as white rice, potatoes, corn, and popcorn (all very high on the glycemic index).
Adding soluble fibers (e.g., 5 to 10 grams of hemicellulose, pectin, or guar gum) to a meal may help to relieve symptoms, especially in dumping syndrome.
Limiting total intake of carbohydrate to 130 grams/day can reduce the severity of symptoms.
Your doctor can refer you to a registered dietitian for personalized meal planning advice. Although some health professionals recommend a diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates, studies have not proven the effectiveness of this kind of diet for reactive hypoglycemia. If the diet does not provide a relief in symptoms, there are some medications which can be useful in reactive hypoglycemia, and that should be administrated only by a physician.
For more info, pl follow the link:
www.reactivehypoglycemia.net/
HypoglycemiaReactive hypoglycemia, also called postprandial hypoglycemia, occurs within 4 … A few causes of reactive hypoglycemia are certain, but they are uncommon. …
diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/
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