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As always, thank you for your response Lamont!

I've made an observation that my hypo symptoms begin about 4 hours after eating, which is the time it takes for my stomach to feel actually empty again. This is when I've measured lows with my monitor. But there have been at least a few occasions where I felt symptoms while my stomach still felt...

Thanks Brunneria, I really appreciate and respect your work on this forum, informing others about how to take preventative measures to keep our RH in control throughout our lives. Prior to finding this forum, nobody had ever told me that RH can lead to diabetes!

Hi Brunneria, thank you so much for your reply, as always! :) May I ask if you had high levels of fasting insulin when you were diagnosed with insulin resistance? Mine came back normal which is why I was confused about how I could have RH, but if the insulin "overshoot" only happens after I eat...

Thank you for your explanation Lamont! OK, So type 2's have a weak insulin response to carbs, which makes their blood glucose stay too high. Meanwhile, RH's like us have an overly powerful insulin response, which makes our glucose drop too low. We have high postprandial insulin, but our fasting...

We know that hypoglycemia is caused by excess release of insulin, and is considered to be a rare phenomenon in those of us who do not have diabetes but have been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia. People who have insulin resistance have high levels of insulin, because their pancreas has to...

Thanks for sharing your experience with it! I haven't noticed any changes, neither good or bad. I'm going to try to convince my doc to order a prolonged insulin-response-to-glucose test, so we can get a bigger picture of what's going on.

I should’ve specified - I meant the adrenergic syndrome aspect of reactive hypoglycemia, that awful release of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol that accompany low blood glucose levels and causes the shakes, sweats, fainting, etc. that we all love.

Oh, well I just took a look at that one and it’s normal too, hehe. :joyful:

Thankfully my ESR is normal, so that’s reassuring. :)

@Brunneria Haha, I think that’s awesome! You never know when that knowledge will come in handy, like now for instance! I’ll cut back on the jerky, thanks for your reply.

Note taken @NoCrbs4Me ! Thanks

@Dark Horse Thanks, that makes sense!

@Indy51 I've been eating this way for about 6 or 7 months.

@NoCrbs4Me A sample day for me: breakfast is two eggs and ham with melted cheese and some avocado, lunch is a chicken leg and thigh with steamed veggies or salad and/or occasionally beans, dinner is usually just some almonds or almond butter. Snacks are nuts and meat jerky. The only thing I...