What can you when you are Hypoglycemic?

Question

I recently found out I am Hypoglcemic and need to what to eat. I keep finding info that where one thing tells me that I can eat carbs and then another source will tell me not to. Can someone please clarify.

Answer 1

The problem with hypoglycemia is that when you eat sugar, the pancreas produces too much insulin and that brings down your glucose level. Many people respond to that by eating sugar. If u have hypoglycemia that's the worst thing you can do. You have to stabilize your glucose level and you can do that by following a diet. If you don't do this, you will end up with diabetes.

It's best that u remove all sugars and refined carbs. U can still eat the good carbs, which are whole wheat products like whole wheat bread and pasta but nothing made from white flour!
Secondly it's good to eat a lot of vegetables and fruit but also proteins like meat, fish, eggs, cheese, yoghurt etc. Healthy fats are also important, found in vegetable oils, fish and nuts.
As for drinks, nothing with sugar (no alcohol, no soda's etc.) and drink a lot of water and herbal tea.

I know it sounds difficult, but you will get used to it and it pays off! I have hypoglycemia myself and I can see the results. I've talked to some people online and a lot of their symptons are gone. It really works!

Answer 2

You have to choose the right snacks for it and eat at the right times to avoid hypoglycemia. Mine happens more when stressed.

Get a piece of cheese about two inches thick with about six pretzels and a small glass of orange juice or milk if you're at home when it happens. Try to eat proper meals, about every three hours, to avoid a hypoglycemic episode in the first place though. Eat your carbs early in the day, light food after four or five p.m. No Big Mac attacks or sugary stuff. Contrary to popular belief, hypoglycemics CAN become overweight.

Your doctor could give you a worksheet on proper diet or s/he could refer you to a dietician.

Answer 3

Carbohydrates are ok, however, the lower they are on the glycemic index (an index of how much natural sugar a food produces), the better.

The other answerers have good info. There is also basic info at www.hufa.org. One trick is to have in between meal snacks of protein (to slow down the absorption of carbohydrates), carbs (lower glycemic the better) and fat (monounsaturated is best, like in almonds or olive oil). The library link at that website has some books about how to eat to slow insulin production.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

You are low on blood glucose. Always carry a hard candy with you so that if you feel faint from those low sugar levels you can pop it into your mouth and feel better soon. You can eat carbs as part of regular meals.

Answer 6

See your doctor for free handout information or
go the the library and get some books on the subject. I think that you need 6 to 8 very small meals a day to keep your sugar in balance.
Try Google or WEBMD.com. (Hypoglycemia)

Answer 7

Hypoglycemia is a condition characterized by an abnormally low level of blood sugar (glucose), your body's main energy source.

Hypoglycemia is commonly associated with diabetes. However, a wide variety of conditions, many of them rare, can cause low blood sugar in people without diabetes. Like fever, hypoglycemia isn't a disease itself, it's an indicator of a health problem.

In people who don't have diabetes, some underlying causes of hypoglycemia include: certain medications; alcohol; certain cancers; critical illnesses such as kidney, liver or heart failure; hormonal deficiencies; and disorders that result in your body producing too much insulin. Insulin is the hormone secreted by your pancreas that regulates your level of blood sugar.

Treatment of hypoglycemia involves short-term steps to get your blood sugar level back into a normal range and long-term steps by your doctor to identify and treat the underlying cause of hypoglycemia.

Treatment of hypoglycemia involves two basic approaches:

Urgent initial treatment to raise your blood sugar level
Treatment of the underlying condition that's causing your hypoglycemia, to prevent it from recurring
The initial treatment depends on your symptoms. It may be possible for you to take glucose tablets or eat food or candy to raise your blood sugar level. If your symptoms are more severe, impairing your ability to take sugar by mouth, you may need intravenous glucose or an injection of glucagon.

Because hypoglycemia can have so many causes, preventing recurrent hypoglycemia requires your doctor to identify the underlying condition and treat it.

Answer 8

when your blood sugar is very low, u will need a sweet solution to raise the concentration of sugar in ur blood for example like sprite or a sweet lemonade or any sweety juice, thats because solutions distributes(absorbed) faster than a sweet solid candy, but its problkem is that its not comfortable to carry a drink with u where ever u go, so incase of emergencies go to the nearest supermarket or shop and buy a drink

Answer 9

if your doctor told you that you were hypoglycemic and then showed you the door, you should report him to the AMA. He/she needs to provide you with the proper diet so you don't kill yourself eating the wrong things! Or at least hook you up with a nutritrionist.

Answer 10

I assume that your doctor told you that you are hypoglycemic, right? You really need to talk to him/her about it.
Your doctor can refer you to a nutritionist who can give you food plans so that your sugar stays in balance.