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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2182468" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>[USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] Reactive Hypoglycaemia is almost always (?) usually (?) invariably (?) a reaction to food intake. Usually carbs.</p><p>It usually happens within a few (1-5 hours of eating)</p><p>By its very name it is a <strong><em>reaction</em></strong> to something.</p><p></p><p>As an example, I eat a packet of biscuits. Yum. My blood glucose rises sharply. </p><p>My body releases masses of insulin to cope with the blood glucose. </p><p>It is all a bit of an over reaction, possibly due to insulin resistance, faulty signaling and so on, but the result is that my body over produces insulin in order to get that blood glucose down as quickly as possible.</p><p>Therefore there is a bit too much insulin floating about. An over-shoot, as it were.</p><p>Therefore my blood glucose drops sharply.</p><p>Therefore my blood glucose drops too low (because my body's normal mechanisms kick in too slowly to stop the low from happening).</p><p>Then my body pumps out stress hormones and stuff to raise my blood glucose back to normal levels.</p><p></p><p>Which means that the hypo was a reaction to the whole messy situation of carbs->insulin overshoot->hypo</p><p></p><p>So, [USER=517495]@KernowKeith[/USER] unless you are eating biscuits in your sleep, or your body has some other reason for sharply rising and falling blood glucose in the wee small hours, your morning low blood glucose doesn't look anything like Reactive Hypoglycaemia to me!</p><p></p><p>However, just as none of us here can say 'this is RH!' neither can any of us say 'this is not RH!'</p><p>We have a set of forum rules, and one of them is 'thou shalt not give medical advice' so we cannot diagnose. Nor should we. That is what medical professionals are for. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>There are other reasons for hypos and low blood glucose, including reactions to medications, other health issues, food intolerances and even what different bodies consider to be 'normal' can be a hypo for someone else. Some non-diabetics spend time in the 2s and 3s with no sign of hypos at all.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest that if you are regularly experiencing fasting levels in the 2s you should go and get checked out by your doctor, but in all honesty, I am not sure that most doctors fully understand 'normal' and non diabetic blood glucose levels, since there have been few studies done on the subject, and many, many studies done on 'abnormal' blood glucose levels.</p><p></p><p>You may find the <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> website an interesting read. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2182468, member: 41816"] [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] Reactive Hypoglycaemia is almost always (?) usually (?) invariably (?) a reaction to food intake. Usually carbs. It usually happens within a few (1-5 hours of eating) By its very name it is a [B][I]reaction[/I][/B] to something. As an example, I eat a packet of biscuits. Yum. My blood glucose rises sharply. My body releases masses of insulin to cope with the blood glucose. It is all a bit of an over reaction, possibly due to insulin resistance, faulty signaling and so on, but the result is that my body over produces insulin in order to get that blood glucose down as quickly as possible. Therefore there is a bit too much insulin floating about. An over-shoot, as it were. Therefore my blood glucose drops sharply. Therefore my blood glucose drops too low (because my body's normal mechanisms kick in too slowly to stop the low from happening). Then my body pumps out stress hormones and stuff to raise my blood glucose back to normal levels. Which means that the hypo was a reaction to the whole messy situation of carbs->insulin overshoot->hypo So, [USER=517495]@KernowKeith[/USER] unless you are eating biscuits in your sleep, or your body has some other reason for sharply rising and falling blood glucose in the wee small hours, your morning low blood glucose doesn't look anything like Reactive Hypoglycaemia to me! However, just as none of us here can say 'this is RH!' neither can any of us say 'this is not RH!' We have a set of forum rules, and one of them is 'thou shalt not give medical advice' so we cannot diagnose. Nor should we. That is what medical professionals are for. :) There are other reasons for hypos and low blood glucose, including reactions to medications, other health issues, food intolerances and even what different bodies consider to be 'normal' can be a hypo for someone else. Some non-diabetics spend time in the 2s and 3s with no sign of hypos at all. I would suggest that if you are regularly experiencing fasting levels in the 2s you should go and get checked out by your doctor, but in all honesty, I am not sure that most doctors fully understand 'normal' and non diabetic blood glucose levels, since there have been few studies done on the subject, and many, many studies done on 'abnormal' blood glucose levels. You may find the [URL='http://www.bloodsugar101.com']www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] website an interesting read. :D [/QUOTE]
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