Reactivate hypoglycaemia

maureen turner said:

Hi does any one on here know much about the foods I should be eating to stabilise my blood sugar levels. I eat cereal at breakfast time and spike around 12 mmol. After breakfast , 2 hours later down to 3.3 mmol .

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Hi and welcome,
I have a form of RH, and stability of blood glucose levels is so important in treating the condition.
We have a sub forum of ours that is full of information.
I will ask @Brunneria to give you a link or scroll up to the top of the page and click on forums. Then scroll down to the Reactive Hypoglycaemia forum.

I would personally not be having cereals for any meal as they will almost certainly spike you. The carbs in any food is what is triggering the spike (hyper) then because of going hyper you will go low (hypo, the 3.3 you mentioned).
Avoiding carbs and sugars is essential in becoming well again and getting control.

Ask away, we will answer any questions.

Again welcome.

Best wishes.

Hi and welcome!

I bet those rapid blood glucose changes are making you feel awful. Have a hug.

My experience of this is that i woke up feeling pretty ok, which would continue until i ate breakfast, at which point the horribleness would start. Highs. Lows. Tiredness, irritation, floppiness, misery, etc.

Can i strongly suggest that youchange your breakfast?
If the cereals you are eating are sending you to 12 ir more, then avoiding them is your first, most important step.
There are a lot of options to eat instead.
Plain (unsweetened) full fat yoghurt with a few berries
Bacon and egg
Low carb sausages (the ones with about 97% meat)
Sliced cold ham and/or sliced cheese (this is the quickest and easiest. Just pull a couple of slices out of the packaging in the fridge, and eat. No cooking. No phaff. No washing up, if you don't use a plate)
Just dont have toast or cereal, or sugar.

There are another 150 different low carb breakfast options including low carb mug cakes, muffins and breads, but you probably want to start off with something a bit simpler.

Just try it for a day or two, and see if you feel better.

Here is the link Lamont mentioned. It will take you to the Reactive Hypoglycaemia section of the forum.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/reactive-hypoglycemia.70/
And here are a couple of extra links, showing you the type of foods that you can eat freely, without blood glucose spikes.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/thr...low-carb-food-lists.96321/page-5#post-1529002
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/60-seconds
Hope this helps!

No matter how 'healthy' something is labelled, if it pushes your blood glucose into double figures, drop it in the bin and cross it off your shopping list.
I used to get rapid drops after lunch - I never ate breakfast, all through my teens and twenties and they came back after diagnosis. I keep my first meal to just a few carbs - non at all isn't good for me, and it has vanished away again.
There are lots of omelettes in my future, but hopefully no more sinking feelings.

maureen turner said:

Thank you so much for getting back to me and for info on Hypos both of you Big Hugs xx

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Hi,
How are you coping?
Is it working?
Have the symptoms eased?

Best wishes.

maureen turner said:

Hi I've put more weight on and feeling very tired all the time.
I have got to eat small snack every 2 to 3 hours,which is not helpful to my weight loss plans .My fibromyalgia has been flaring up ,so I have got a lot of pain in my feet .

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Hi, again, there is a trick I used to use when I was told to eat every three hours or so.

I used to eat something only a couple of bites worth with some full fat food, for example, mid morning, I had a small apple with a spoonful of Greek full fat yoghurt, that would keep the hunger pangs away. If you really need to eat every three hours, then make sure it is not a big meal. Always small and very low carb.
I still think you are in that transition stage when you haven't gone low carb enough. You are still producing the excess insulin and still have insulin resistance. Which doesn't help.

I have since found that if I keep my food very low carb, I don't need to eat so much.
Then I don't need to eat as often. Not eating so much will help.

I know your feet hurt, but even a little more walking especially after fifteen minutes after your meal is brilliant for maintaining near normal blood glucose levels.

Can you fast at all?
What sort of blood testing are you doing?
Are you keeping a food diary and recording your pre meal and your two hour reading?

That should give you a clue to what you should be eating.

Keep asking.

Best wishes

An apple would be too many carbs and would have caused me to drop mightily - I usually eat under 10 gm of carbs for my first meal, as I find that I do need some to keep a steady BG level. This has been working well for me.

maureen turner said:

I eat cereal at breakfast time and spike around 12 mmol. After breakfast , 2 hours later down to 3.3 mmol .

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Hi maureen, welcome to the forum.

I'm not going to add to the dietary advice already given although I will say that with diabetes, although cutting carbs generally speaking is a good thing, it's a bit like balancing plates on sticks. What might help in my opinion and you might have to fund it, is a c-peptide test and an insulin resistance test. That way you know exactly where you are.

maureen turner said:

I have got to eat small snack every 2 to 3 hours

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Have you been told to do that because of the pre diabetes diagnosis? I was when diagnosed 20 years ago, the theory was that the carbs I ate (I was told not to cut carbs) would be spread over a longer period and I'd avoid the spikes. In my case it didn't work in the slightest.

maureen turner said:

My fibromyalgia has been flaring up ,so I have got a lot of pain in my feet .

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Have you looked at the effect diet has on Fibromyalgia?

This forum has many members with many experiences and you may have to pick and choose the ones that work for you.

All the best.