Reactive Hypoglycemia & not diabetic

Hi Catherine, I have had reactive hypoglycemia since my teens, but it has not been so much bothersome by eating properly and being prepared. I eat a diet that is low in carbs, usually under 100 per day and I eat almost no refined sugars EVER. Most of the glucose in my diet comes from fruits and veggies, and even then I normally only eat those that are under a score of 50. (If you don't know what the score is you can use the internet to search low glycemic food lists) Beans and legumes can be a bit tricky so I have to keep the amount I eat lower particularly kidney beans. I don't add sweeteners to my coffee or tea and I rarely ever have a soda, but if I do, it is a "diet" type. I always carry a bag of unsalted roasted peanuts with me in case it strikes when I'm away from home. As I'm sure you know, if you eat candy or something sweet to modify your symptoms, you will just have them again after your sugar level reaches its high and drops off again, so just don't do that, have a piece of cheese or a handful of peanuts at the first sign you get. I will send you a friends request. Holly

Same here. Need to wean myself off sweets though.

rtaugs wrote: »

The_Original_Beauty wrote: »

I'm in the same boat, I found that doing the 16/8 diet helped a great deal with that, also helping with the weight loss too.

What's the 16/8 diet?

I think that's more a form of intermittent fasting (which is a way of eating and not an actual diet). It's where you fast a certain amount of hours (16 in this case) and then allow yourself a window to eat (in this case 8 hours).

ETA: There are more variations (i.e. 14:10 - 14 hours fast, 10 hour eating window) if 16:8 is too short a time frame for you.

I did attempt these and unfortunately didn't work out too well. I have reactive hypoglycemia (and am not diabetic) and have been told to eat every 1-3 hours (small meals versus big, snacks, etc). Haven't really adhered well to that but trying to.

Same here - diagnosed when I was pregnant with my only child, 19 yrs ago. If I don't eat for long periods (more than 5-6 hours unless I'm sleeping of course), I get shaky, headaches, nauseated, weak. I space meals throughout the day to not only keep within my 1200 calorie goal but to stave off the hypoglycemia. Feel free to add me!

indigoblue9572 wrote: »

Same here - diagnosed when I was pregnant with my only child, 19 yrs ago. If I don't eat for long periods (more than 5-6 hours unless I'm sleeping of course), I get shaky, headaches, nauseated, weak. I space meals throughout the day to not only keep within my 1200 calorie goal but to stave off the hypoglycemia. Feel free to add me!

I don't know about you or anyone else but I find when I go through one of these episodes (the headaches, shakiness, weakness, etc), I actually end up binging like a madwoman. They also have a tendency to set off my migraines as well.

Raising my protein did help but when I tried to cut my carbs low - it kept setting off these episodes. Did that happen with anyone else?