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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2119941" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>I have just read your post three times and had a moment's thought to access my memory to see if I could filter the important bits.</p><p>Firstly, wether you are hypoglycaemic are not, you do seem to be all over the place regarding your blood sugar levels. In fact it is typical of something akin to my condition if I didn't eat to my intolerances. Your advice from the doctors seem to be half hearted and not thought out because of the symptoms you are getting. Most types of Hypoglycaemia is your hormonal response to food or drink. You seem to be trying everything you believe is right but not getting the balance right to get control of your blood sugar levels. Hence the result of getting differing readings within a small time limit. You have had fluctuating levels for quite some time and unfortunately, you cannot and will not get good control until you find your balance of protein, fats and the little amount of carbs that you have.</p><p>Secondly, glucose intolerance or insulin sensitivity is similar to insulin resistance, what ever words they use to describe what is happening, it's the hormonal response. Low insulin, high insulin, low glucose, high glucose, other hormones that responds to eating. If you have Hypoglycaemia, and from my experience, I would call my condition, carb intolerance. Because, wether it's high GI or low GI, it's a carb, and if you are carb intolerant then your reaction to carbs will be more or less the same.</p><p>I have a weak insulin response, then an excess of insulin, called an overshoot that after the high glucose levels, I plunge down into hypoglycaemia.</p><p>You are different, but the triggers for the hormonal response don't vary, too much carbs or sugars and you trigger the roller coaster ride of blood sugar levels.</p><p>It's the same sensitivity from caffeine, your reaction is what triggers the symptoms.</p><p>The same with exercise, too much and your liver will dump glucose because that is the natural response from exercise, your body and brain needs glucose, but too much and you get the symptoms. I can only usually only work or walk at a steady rate or I have a good chance of getting symptoms, it's the same with stress, anxiety, tiredness and alcohol.</p><p>You have to know what triggers the insulin, glucose response to meals. The only way I know is to experiment with the foods of your choice and see which ones trigger the symptoms and by taking glucometer readings before, one hour, two hours and every now and then, three and four hours, regularly and use a food diary to note it all down, if you feel symptoms, take a reading and act if it is a hypoglycaemic episode.</p><p>Eating every three hours is certainly not the way to go, it's too much food, for the long haul and won't help with weight loss. I found that, it was the only way the not so inexperienced doctors and dieticians with Hypoglycaemia, could only stop the hypos.</p><p>They keep telling you, you need healthy carbs, complex carbs, good carbs, nutritious carbs, a healthy diet. </p><p>Sorry! Not for someone with carb intolerant or Hypoglycaemia. Carbs and sugars that boost your glucagon and glucose stores in your blood quickly are the ones causing everything that is going on. I personally only have food that does not do that to me, including any grains, rice, pasta, wheat, oats, flour, bread of any type. I am lactose intolerant, my intolerance to potatoes and starchy vegetables really surprised me. I have an intolerance to any vegetable oils, a lot of additives, especially vegetables based, can't eat cooked vegetables but am happy with salad vegetables.</p><p>I prefer to cook with animal fats, eat meat, protein, salad and eggs. I can manage some small amounts of fruit throughout the day, I don't eat regularly regimented meal times, just enough to keep me nutritional balanced healthy. I fast intermittently, I keep my blood sugar levels in normal levels this way and have not had a hypoglycaemic episode in over five years. My body has adapted to my balance of very low carb lifestyle.</p><p>Other than the eOGTT tests, have you had other tests? Most of these types of tests are elimination tests to get a definitive diagnosis. Until you have had the succession of tests, can Hypoglycaemia (whichever type you have) can be diagnosed. Hypoglycaemia is also often found in pancreatic conditions such as insulinoma, pancreatitis, plus some serious conditions as pancreatic cancer. If you are not happy, ask for a specialist endocrinologist who is experienced in Hypoglycaemia.</p><p>Hypoglycaemia can be also symptoms of type one or type two diabetes.</p><p>Hypoglycaemia can be caused by medication as well.</p><p>Are you on any other meds for other conditions?</p><p></p><p>Yes, it's really complicated!</p><p>Finding the cause is really important, especially if it food orientated, those so called healthy foods will not be healthy for you!</p><p></p><p>To make it more complex, everyone who has posted on our forum is different in their Hypoglycaemia, we have so many different types of bacteria in our gut biotic, that giving individual advice is almost impossible, what will work for me, might not work for you.</p><p></p><p>I can also write long posts, because the explanation and history is complex and long, it took me over a decade to get to go through the useless doctors and nurses, getting a referral to an endocrinologist who had enough training and experience to recognise the symptoms, I was extremely lucky. It took another year and lots of tests and appointments, hospital stay and blood tests galore, testing and experimentation with food and a food diary i still keep religiously.</p><p>I had great support on this forum and a willingness to get fitter and healthier, a resolve to get my life back and a new dietary lifestyle to get control of my body.</p><p></p><p>My best wishes, and welcome your forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2119941, member: 85785"] I have just read your post three times and had a moment's thought to access my memory to see if I could filter the important bits. Firstly, wether you are hypoglycaemic are not, you do seem to be all over the place regarding your blood sugar levels. In fact it is typical of something akin to my condition if I didn't eat to my intolerances. Your advice from the doctors seem to be half hearted and not thought out because of the symptoms you are getting. Most types of Hypoglycaemia is your hormonal response to food or drink. You seem to be trying everything you believe is right but not getting the balance right to get control of your blood sugar levels. Hence the result of getting differing readings within a small time limit. You have had fluctuating levels for quite some time and unfortunately, you cannot and will not get good control until you find your balance of protein, fats and the little amount of carbs that you have. Secondly, glucose intolerance or insulin sensitivity is similar to insulin resistance, what ever words they use to describe what is happening, it's the hormonal response. Low insulin, high insulin, low glucose, high glucose, other hormones that responds to eating. If you have Hypoglycaemia, and from my experience, I would call my condition, carb intolerance. Because, wether it's high GI or low GI, it's a carb, and if you are carb intolerant then your reaction to carbs will be more or less the same. I have a weak insulin response, then an excess of insulin, called an overshoot that after the high glucose levels, I plunge down into hypoglycaemia. You are different, but the triggers for the hormonal response don't vary, too much carbs or sugars and you trigger the roller coaster ride of blood sugar levels. It's the same sensitivity from caffeine, your reaction is what triggers the symptoms. The same with exercise, too much and your liver will dump glucose because that is the natural response from exercise, your body and brain needs glucose, but too much and you get the symptoms. I can only usually only work or walk at a steady rate or I have a good chance of getting symptoms, it's the same with stress, anxiety, tiredness and alcohol. You have to know what triggers the insulin, glucose response to meals. The only way I know is to experiment with the foods of your choice and see which ones trigger the symptoms and by taking glucometer readings before, one hour, two hours and every now and then, three and four hours, regularly and use a food diary to note it all down, if you feel symptoms, take a reading and act if it is a hypoglycaemic episode. Eating every three hours is certainly not the way to go, it's too much food, for the long haul and won't help with weight loss. I found that, it was the only way the not so inexperienced doctors and dieticians with Hypoglycaemia, could only stop the hypos. They keep telling you, you need healthy carbs, complex carbs, good carbs, nutritious carbs, a healthy diet. Sorry! Not for someone with carb intolerant or Hypoglycaemia. Carbs and sugars that boost your glucagon and glucose stores in your blood quickly are the ones causing everything that is going on. I personally only have food that does not do that to me, including any grains, rice, pasta, wheat, oats, flour, bread of any type. I am lactose intolerant, my intolerance to potatoes and starchy vegetables really surprised me. I have an intolerance to any vegetable oils, a lot of additives, especially vegetables based, can't eat cooked vegetables but am happy with salad vegetables. I prefer to cook with animal fats, eat meat, protein, salad and eggs. I can manage some small amounts of fruit throughout the day, I don't eat regularly regimented meal times, just enough to keep me nutritional balanced healthy. I fast intermittently, I keep my blood sugar levels in normal levels this way and have not had a hypoglycaemic episode in over five years. My body has adapted to my balance of very low carb lifestyle. Other than the eOGTT tests, have you had other tests? Most of these types of tests are elimination tests to get a definitive diagnosis. Until you have had the succession of tests, can Hypoglycaemia (whichever type you have) can be diagnosed. Hypoglycaemia is also often found in pancreatic conditions such as insulinoma, pancreatitis, plus some serious conditions as pancreatic cancer. If you are not happy, ask for a specialist endocrinologist who is experienced in Hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia can be also symptoms of type one or type two diabetes. Hypoglycaemia can be caused by medication as well. Are you on any other meds for other conditions? Yes, it's really complicated! Finding the cause is really important, especially if it food orientated, those so called healthy foods will not be healthy for you! To make it more complex, everyone who has posted on our forum is different in their Hypoglycaemia, we have so many different types of bacteria in our gut biotic, that giving individual advice is almost impossible, what will work for me, might not work for you. I can also write long posts, because the explanation and history is complex and long, it took me over a decade to get to go through the useless doctors and nurses, getting a referral to an endocrinologist who had enough training and experience to recognise the symptoms, I was extremely lucky. It took another year and lots of tests and appointments, hospital stay and blood tests galore, testing and experimentation with food and a food diary i still keep religiously. I had great support on this forum and a willingness to get fitter and healthier, a resolve to get my life back and a new dietary lifestyle to get control of my body. My best wishes, and welcome your forum. [/QUOTE]
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