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Why don't insulin-resistant people experience reactive hypoglycemia?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1997911" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Thanks [USER=345386]@DCUKMod[/USER]</p><p></p><p>Yes, I have fairly severe IR and get RH episodes.</p><p></p><p>The existence of IR just means the body produces even more insulin to deal with both the IR and the blood glucose. In my case this causes a very sharp drop in blood glucose and then a huge release of stress hormones to halt the drop and push blood glucose back up.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately this is now rare, because I have my carb intake under control, but only this week I had a situation where some hidden carbs in (bought) food that appeared to be low carb (but actually weren't!) caused an RH episode with my blood glucose under 2 mmol/L</p><p></p><p>Of course, the amount of insulin needed to overcome IR and drive the bg this low then pushes IR up even higher for several days. Then trying to use exercise to reduce the IR risks more hypos (in my case) because my body’s capacity to keep blood glucose stable is always off balance for a few days after a hyper/hypo swing.</p><p></p><p>Edited for grammar! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1997911, member: 41816"] Thanks [USER=345386]@DCUKMod[/USER] Yes, I have fairly severe IR and get RH episodes. The existence of IR just means the body produces even more insulin to deal with both the IR and the blood glucose. In my case this causes a very sharp drop in blood glucose and then a huge release of stress hormones to halt the drop and push blood glucose back up. Fortunately this is now rare, because I have my carb intake under control, but only this week I had a situation where some hidden carbs in (bought) food that appeared to be low carb (but actually weren't!) caused an RH episode with my blood glucose under 2 mmol/L Of course, the amount of insulin needed to overcome IR and drive the bg this low then pushes IR up even higher for several days. Then trying to use exercise to reduce the IR risks more hypos (in my case) because my body’s capacity to keep blood glucose stable is always off balance for a few days after a hyper/hypo swing. Edited for grammar! :) [/QUOTE]
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