Hi,
I wish to pose a question to both the diabetic forum members and reactive hypoglycemic posters alike, particularly those that are on LCHF. If you are monitoring your blood sugar, what are your typical post-prandial readings (I would be extremely grateful if you could give all your readings PP)? To those specifically with RH: have you managed to go an entire day without dropping to 3mmol or under. All feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
PIB
Hi
@PussInBoots71 and welcome to our forum.
I have been eating very low carb since 2014, because I found that I could control my BS very easily if I didn't eat the food that caused my BS to rise out of normal levels.
If I didn't eat very low carb, my typical post prandial readings would spike to above double figures within an hour. Then steadily drop as the overshoot of insulin took effect and carried on dropping into hypoglycaemic levels or I ate again!
My fasting levels never differentiate between 4-6 mmols. My post prandial readings after LCHF, would of course spike a little above normal, but would not go above that as the intended intention is not to cause the spike, thus no overshoot of insulin.
I don't go below normal levels even if I fast, I have discovered my body is healthiest when continually in normal levels range.
Your particular question about not going hypo, is the reason I have started this forum, medical knowledge even from my specialist endocrinologist, who diagnosed my RH, could not sanction my dietary intake until he saw my results from my food diary. And my health improved, no hypos and losing weight.
My insulin levels dropped, my insulin resistance continued to drop and the symptoms started to go, as I became healthier, fitter and hypo free. No hypos except one in four years!
I spent a period of time, experimenting, testing and more importantly recorded everything in my food diary.
The results from this, was discovering which foods I was intolerant to. I have had dairy intolerance since childhood. But I never could imagine that wheat, maize, all grains, rice, pasta, anything that has sugar, and particularly starchy vegetables, spuds are my worst enemy. These intolerant foods extended to vegetable oils and other ingredients in manufactured food.
So I made the decision to avoid them altogether, then I discussed this with my endocrinologist, and he reluctantly agreed, because of my health.
This dietary lifestyle is mine, and I would not advise anyone to blindly go into my lifestyle unless they have experienced the testing and experimentation. Your intolerance will be different to mine.
Good question, I take it your are having episodes of Hypoglycaemia and cannot understand why or how low carbing can help you.
Best wishes