Sugar Crash

imedi01
imedi01 Posts: 22 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so ive been pretty strict as far as sugar intake goes on my diet and two nights ago I ate a huge sundae. Well needless to say, I had trouble sleeping that night and I felt terrible the entire day. I also work with kids and was calling them all by the wrong names, is this some type of withdrawal? Ive been on my diet for about 5 months now

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  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    its not a withdrawal, but it is not atypical for a huge insulin spike like you probably had. Just get back to low carb if you choose that route.

    I don't know if it is physical or mental, but I have had good experiences after a giant carb spike and having trouble sleeping by going and doing heavy cardio to burn the extra energy - I have been known to get up at 2am when I am having trouble sleeping like that and going running then coming back and sleeping like a baby.
  • Lian98
    Lian98 Posts: 275 Member
    I'm not sure that happened on a physiological level, but let me recommend something to you. Make a green smoothie with fresh cactus. You can find the cactus at a any grocery store. Before you put the cactus in though, make sure that you cleaned off all the thorns. Hope it helps, it always does for me :-)
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
    edited October 2014
    What your describing sounds a bit like reactive hypoglycemia. (An instance of low blood sugar which usually occurs immediately after a spike in insulin levels).

    Have you had a fasting blood sugar check recently? Definitely talk to your doctor about it next time you schedule a visit.

    http://www.mckinley.illinois.edu/Handouts/hypoglycemia_nutrition_reactive.html

    http://www.hormone.org/questions-and-answers/2013/nondiabetic-hypoglycemia

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