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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 869159" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>In my experience (and we all vary) I wouldn't expect to see a reactive hypo dip in BG for several hours after eating.</p><p></p><p>When @nosher was in hospital for tests for his RH they did an oral glucose tolerance test for 72 hours, and I think he went low far outside the usual OGTT 2 hour limit.</p><p></p><p>Having siad that, with a high sugar meal, there is no reason why RH wouldn't trigger in 30 mins, if the circumstances were right.</p><p></p><p>I usually dip at 3-5 hrs, depending what I ate (the higher carb the food was, the earlier and lower the dip). But activity and stress levels can play a huge part, both in triggering the low, and affecting the depth of the low.</p><p></p><p>All of that is personal experience, so yours may be very different.</p><p>- especially as there are different types of RH. I'm the boring bog standard variety, I think, while noshe is rare and interesting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Medical staff are trained to treat a hypo with fast acting carbs. And that is a perfect response for diabetics.</p><p></p><p>But most of the RHers who roll up here benefit from a VERY different treatment.</p><p>With us, the trick is to AVOID the hypo in the first place, and that means eating low carb, slow release foods. Eating regularly. </p><p>Reactive hypoglycaemia is triggered when you eat too many carbs and your body over reacts by squirting excess insulin into the bloodstream, causing a sharp and excessive drop in blood glucose. So it is possible to fast, very succesfully, because you wont get a reactive hypo if you don't eat the carbs that will trigger it.</p><p></p><p>Put simply - avoid the carbs and you will avoid the reactive hypo.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps. You may well find it worth googling and searching articles on RH, but please be wary of any advice that tells you to stuff carbs, it is far better to prevent the situation in the first place!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 869159, member: 41816"] Hi All, In my experience (and we all vary) I wouldn't expect to see a reactive hypo dip in BG for several hours after eating. When @nosher was in hospital for tests for his RH they did an oral glucose tolerance test for 72 hours, and I think he went low far outside the usual OGTT 2 hour limit. Having siad that, with a high sugar meal, there is no reason why RH wouldn't trigger in 30 mins, if the circumstances were right. I usually dip at 3-5 hrs, depending what I ate (the higher carb the food was, the earlier and lower the dip). But activity and stress levels can play a huge part, both in triggering the low, and affecting the depth of the low. All of that is personal experience, so yours may be very different. - especially as there are different types of RH. I'm the boring bog standard variety, I think, while noshe is rare and interesting ;) Medical staff are trained to treat a hypo with fast acting carbs. And that is a perfect response for diabetics. But most of the RHers who roll up here benefit from a VERY different treatment. With us, the trick is to AVOID the hypo in the first place, and that means eating low carb, slow release foods. Eating regularly. Reactive hypoglycaemia is triggered when you eat too many carbs and your body over reacts by squirting excess insulin into the bloodstream, causing a sharp and excessive drop in blood glucose. So it is possible to fast, very succesfully, because you wont get a reactive hypo if you don't eat the carbs that will trigger it. Put simply - avoid the carbs and you will avoid the reactive hypo. Hope that helps. You may well find it worth googling and searching articles on RH, but please be wary of any advice that tells you to stuff carbs, it is far better to prevent the situation in the first place! [/QUOTE]
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