Cat Lady 2
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- Type of diabetes
- Reactive hypoglycemia
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I have just been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia, but I have had hypo attacks for 15 years now.
I seem to have a bad hypo every day between 11.00am to midday.
I struggle to eat a healthy diet, as I have severe I.B.S that will not allow me to eat fruit & vegetables, so I eat a lot of junk food.
I'm a vegetarian & I do eat a lot of carbs plus 5-6 chocolate bars a day.
I'm a small lady of 5ft 3 & weigh 7 stone 13...I'm afraid to give up my chocolate bars, as I do not want to loose weight.
I would like to feel better with the reactive hypoglycemia, but I really do not know how to help this especially having a conflicting condition of I.B.S.
If anyone could give me some tips, it would be most helpful.
Thank you.
Do you have a source of eggs you could eat?
I know some vegetarians keep rescued battery hens and eat their eggs as they are not fertile.
Starting your day with eggs with a small amount of starch added - if you can eat mashed potato then a spoonful of that, or perhaps arrowroot or cornstarch shaken up in a little water just to give a small amount of carbs but not start the rollercoaster ride of the RH might be a way out of the problem.
It is difficult if you cannot eat any fruit or veges at all.
There is so much more you can do.
If you realise that what you eat, is making you ill all day.
If you have a glucometer, you will probably be within normal blood glucose levels before breakfast. You don't feel that bad. But a few hours after having a carb laden breakfast, you will have a hypo. So you crave carby, starchy, sugary foods to stop feeling awful. This works for a while, then the hypo happens again because of what I would call the rebound effect of fluctuating blood levels. Up and down, similar to a rollercoaster, high then low, then high again and so on, craving more chocolate.
You need to replace the carbs with protein and healthy fats and drastically reduce your carbs intake.
The way to control your RH, is to stop production of insulin, by eating protein and a good balance of fats and vegetables. Preferably salad vegetables.
I eat quite a lot of salad, by I'm not vegetarian, but there is a wide choice of vegetarian protein foods out there.
Linda McCartney sausages, or quorn, you probably have seen them, they may be too much for me, but they could be ideal for you.
Stay away from potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, unless you have experimented and tested with a monitor.
Do you keep a food diary, of what you eat?
Have you a dietician?
An endocrinologist?
What tests have you had to get a diagnosis?
What dietary advice have you been given?
Because of the IBS and RH, have they told you to eat fibre?
Have you ever tried fasting?
What symptoms are you getting?
Have you been tested for allergies and intolerance to foods?
Welcome to our forum.
Please ask questions, knowledge and control is so important to get your health back.
15 years ago when I first had this, the doctor kept telling me to eat a high carb diet to control it, but it never seemed to work.
My symptoms start with a great thirst, then the shakes, heavy lead legs, sweating, head pain & I can't seem to think...if I don't eat quick enough I get blurred vision, my head starts to feel like it will explode & then I faint, so I usually have orange glucose energy tabs to help.
I have combination I.B.S & lost all of my bowel lining due to a bad gastric illness 18 years ago, so I have trouble digesting certain foods.
Three years after I developed the hypoglycemia & was told that I will struggle due to having two conditions that will conflict with each other.
I was only diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia a week ago by a specialist, as my new doctor had never heard of my condition because I'm not diabetic.
At the moment I'm waiting to hear from the specialist about blood tests, a glucose meal test & to see a dietitian.
Thank you so much for welcoming me to the forum.
It does make life a little easier when you can discuss these problems.
I have lots of eggs, (they are not dairy!)Thank you for that.
I'm going to try the eggs for breakfast, as I think the cereal & toast in the morning is causing a lot of my problems.
I do wish that I could eat more fruit & veg.
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