Anyone experience Physiological Insulin Resistance after a while with LC?

ohsopete

It feels like hypoglycemia symptoms I think... I wouldn't know. But can happen to some on low carb diet, a natural process. It feels like you go through a low blood sugar deal if you haven't ate within 18 hour because of sleep, skipping breakfast etc. And I read that carbbing up a few days seems to "fix it".

Anyone have an idea of what I'm talking about? Please chime in, I'd like to hear any input

KetoGirl83

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "physiological insulin resistance" re hypoglycemia. Do you have those symptoms? Are you diabetic?

When I started I couldn't go for long without food or my blood glucose would go haywire. But since insulin can't be checked at home like BG I'm not sure of what was happening with IR when BG was very low or high. But I do know, from lab tests, that my fasting insulin has reduced dramatically in the 18 months I have been on LC.

I wouldn't "carb up" to "fix" hypos, all that does is confuse your organism further. Of course, if you're TD1 or TD2 with meds/insulin and you've accidently caused an hypo you need to correct it ASAP but that is best done with glucose tablets so that the amount is controlled.

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ObiWanJacoby_

Ummmm hypoglycemia and insulin resistance are two opposite things. If you're insulin resistant than typically you'll be hyperglycemic because the insulin is not depositing the sugar from the blood into the cells. When you go on a low carb diet your insulin level will drop because you're no longer introducing enough carbs to stimulate your pancreas to release it.

Sunny_Bunny_

ObiWanJacoby_ wrote: »

Ummmm hypoglycemia and insulin resistance are two opposite things. If you're insulin resistant than typically you'll be hyperglycemic because the insulin is not depositing the sugar from the blood into the cells. When you go on a low carb diet your insulin level will drop because you're no longer introducing enough carbs to stimulate your pancreas to release it.

If insulin resistance has progressed to the point of hyperinsulinemia, the high insulin can and very often does cause low blood sugar episodes.
Many times, it doesn't go low enough that it actually needs to be treated with glucose though because the liver will secrete glucagon to correct it, but the problem is while it's falling, even before it's actually low enough to be a concern, you can feel like you're starving to death and like you need to eat everything not nailed down. So people over correct and send the cycle right back into a high blood sugar swing ~ high insulin secretion ~ suddenly falling blood sugar all over again.
This is exactly how my sister became diabetic.
She was only diagnosed with hypoglycemia and never had any mention of insulin resistance or hyperinsulinemia. She was just told to eat more carbs. For someone that lives off bread, pasta and sugar, I have no idea why they thought she needed even more.
To this day she has no idea why she became diabetic when she only had low blood sugar before...