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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 212730" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia</a></p><p></p><p>I find this slightly confusing, but the description does say "in people who do not have diabetes".</p><p></p><p>However the picture this paints for me is someone having a hypo after a high carb meal because they over produce insulin, which in turn suggests that blood sugar would tend to be normal to low.</p><p></p><p>You report a high fasting blood sugar which was knocked down by giving you glucose - which sound to be a demonstration of (over)production of insulin after a high carb meal. However I can't really understand where the high fasting blood glucose came from. If you over produce insulin then I can't really see how you could have high blood sugar unless there is a mechanism beyond the normal monitoring of the blood glucose level by the body coming into play.</p><p></p><p>This is the general thing that is confusing me.</p><p>Apparently the sufferer gets a dip in blood glucose after a meal due to over production of insulin.</p><p>This is treated by giving glucose/food to bring up the blood glucose.</p><p>So why does this not trigger yet more over production of insulin?</p><p>Or is it just high carbohydrate meals or high doses of oral glucose and not small amounts of oral glucose or medium to low carbohydrate meals which trigger the over production of insulin?</p><p></p><p>Sounds like a recipe for uncontrollable weight gain to me if every time you eat all the glucose in your blood stream is flushed out to your tissues, requiring you to eat more to compensate.</p><p></p><p>Someone will no doubt come along who understands this.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as something related to glucose control a diabetes forum is not a bad place to ask a question.</p><p></p><p>Another thing - you say that from regular testing your average blood glucose is 6.</p><p>When are you testing?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So an average of 6 sounds a little bit high.</p><p>A fasting BG of 13.5 sounds like full blown diabetes but then as stated above I don't really understand reactive hypoglycemia.</p><p>What were your highest readings during your testing campaign, and when (in relation to time after last meal)?</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>LGC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 212730, member: 6467"] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia[/url] I find this slightly confusing, but the description does say "in people who do not have diabetes". However the picture this paints for me is someone having a hypo after a high carb meal because they over produce insulin, which in turn suggests that blood sugar would tend to be normal to low. You report a high fasting blood sugar which was knocked down by giving you glucose - which sound to be a demonstration of (over)production of insulin after a high carb meal. However I can't really understand where the high fasting blood glucose came from. If you over produce insulin then I can't really see how you could have high blood sugar unless there is a mechanism beyond the normal monitoring of the blood glucose level by the body coming into play. This is the general thing that is confusing me. Apparently the sufferer gets a dip in blood glucose after a meal due to over production of insulin. This is treated by giving glucose/food to bring up the blood glucose. So why does this not trigger yet more over production of insulin? Or is it just high carbohydrate meals or high doses of oral glucose and not small amounts of oral glucose or medium to low carbohydrate meals which trigger the over production of insulin? Sounds like a recipe for uncontrollable weight gain to me if every time you eat all the glucose in your blood stream is flushed out to your tissues, requiring you to eat more to compensate. Someone will no doubt come along who understands this. Anyway, as something related to glucose control a diabetes forum is not a bad place to ask a question. Another thing - you say that from regular testing your average blood glucose is 6. When are you testing? So an average of 6 sounds a little bit high. A fasting BG of 13.5 sounds like full blown diabetes but then as stated above I don't really understand reactive hypoglycemia. What were your highest readings during your testing campaign, and when (in relation to time after last meal)? Cheers LGC [/QUOTE]
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