Low carb, and non-diabetic reactive hypoglycemia
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WHen you start shaking, did you check your blood glucose levels with a BG meter? If so, what was the reading?
If not, why not?
And are you taking any meds?
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
Yes I did for several days (my mom and her husband are both T2D and live with me - we have a dozen meters around the house!). The readings range from 40-55 usually during those times. One particular day where I was truly seeing actual stars it was 38. I have also taken my BG other times to get a baseline, including first thing in the morning with no food, and those range in the low to mid 70s most of the time. After eating within the first hour it will get in the 80-90 range, and once in a great while (probably food dependent) it will hit 100. But rarely any higher. The highest I have EVER seen it is 111.
I am on no meds, though working on supplements - I take all powdered/instantized/ionized/easily absorable ones that you mix with water to dissolve first, so that i get a little better absorption since things dont stay in my stomach long. I take a multi vitamin/mineral one in the morning, a D complex around noon and a Magnesium complex at night.
Thats the opposite of me (bg levels)... but when I was taking diabetic meds, (insulin) I would go low all the time. Dozens of times. It is one of the worst feelings I have ever had.
The very worst time I went low (I live alone), once I woke up in the middle of the night, after several minutes of trying to think, I checked my BG and it registered a 19! By the grace of God, I made it to the fridge to eat something sugary.
Since you don't have trouble with high BG (almost everyone on this discussion group tries to get their BG's down)...Are you a skinny person?
I finally made it off all my meds with low carb/keto:
How I Got Off of Diabetic Prescriptions Drugs Since I Started Keto
In metabolic syndrome, our BG's go high, the body stores the sugar/carbs as fat and we gain weight. That's why most on this group ~ do low carb (and among many other health benefits) ~ we don't give our bodies a chance to go high.
I believe all these metabolic issues stem from a screwed up microbiota in our digestive system. I suspect one day the scientists will determine how correct it through a blend of probiotics.
Have you looked into gut microbiota? Their are some very healthy probiotic foods you could try, Milk Kefir is a very good one, its easy to make, and is a superfood. Kombucha if you're not doing dairy. Fermented foods and broad spectrum probiotics help too.
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
I realize I am a little weird - I was overweight and on my way to T2D when I had WLS 5 years ago. I have been low since. I am not "skinny"
but I am now average - 5'5 and 135-140 pounds with a lot of muscle (lift a few times a week, get 15k-20k steps most days). I have been at this weight and activity for over 2 years.
I have been following along this forum for quite awhile and I have read many of your posts and read your story and it is amazing! I Have used some of your advice on my son - I really think he has some gut issues! I havent really applied it to me though... I have researched probiotics to take but I get very confused very fast as there are so many!
I will take another look for myself this time and see what I think might be relevant to me and add some more experimenting in there. I was following another thread about DE too I was thinking about. I need time to do more research!
Thank you!2
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