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Iwantahealthierme30
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What am I lacking? most days I'm fine on 1610 calories but today just randomly and last night after exercising I've been dizzy. I don't normally eat lunch, but after eating a couple of samosas at work today I feel fine. Yesterday I was fine after eating yogurt. I think I had too much sugar yesterday.
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low blood sugar & dehydration can cause dizziness.3
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Looked it up and it might be too many carbs.
Gonna load up on protein tonight.7 -
I have never ever heard of too many carbs causing dizziness. Working out on an empty stomach, however, is a very common cause.9
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Low blood sugar? Consider spacing out your calories a bit differently so you don't have those dips. I also have never heard of too many carbs causing dizziness.0
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I didn't work out on an empty stomach, it was an hour after dinner.0
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You could just be coming down with something. Could be dehydrated. Could have exerted yourself more than usual. Could have not gotten enough sleep the night before. Carbs are highly unlikely to be causing dizziness.5
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Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »after eating a couple of samosas at work today I feel fine. Yesterday I was fine after eating yogurt.
this points to it being a blood sugar issue.
Have you ever had a blood glucose tolerance screen? May want to schedule yourself for a physical with your physician and mention your dizziness along with diet.2 -
Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »Looked it up and it might be too many carbs.
Gonna load up on protein tonight.
If you googled "do carbs cause dizziness" and got an official looking website from "The Nemechek Protocol™ Medical Recovery Program" they are definitely trying to sell you some BS. Apparently this "protocol" is primarily used to "reverse autism." So not only is he a quack, he's also a monster.11 -
Where did you find a claim that carbs cause dizziness? I can't identify any mechanism that would make that so.
Common causes of dizziness: low blood sugar, dehydration, low blood pressure (or a sudden change in blood pressure, such as when you stand up).6 -
I read it in places talking about insulin resistance but I'm not diabetic nor pre-diabetic nor doing keto so I guess it's not that, still need to meet my protein goal for today though, I was planning on eating pasta tonight but I realized that would put me over on carbs.0
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have you been tested?0
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JodehFoster wrote: »Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »after eating a couple of samosas at work today I feel fine. Yesterday I was fine after eating yogurt.
this points to it being a blood sugar issue.
Have you ever had a blood glucose tolerance screen? May want to schedule yourself for a physical with your physician and mention your dizziness along with diet.
Not that I know of. Do they screen that in a blood test?0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »You could just be coming down with something. Could be dehydrated. Could have exerted yourself more than usual. Could have not gotten enough sleep the night before. Carbs are highly unlikely to be causing dizziness.
Thanks.0 -
I have trouble with my ears that cause random dizzy spells.2
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Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »
Not that I know of. Do they screen that in a blood test?
Yeah, you would know if you've had it done, it's hours long. I had it done years ago due to dizziness and my father is diabetic.
to quote endocrineweb, "The oral glucose tolerance test is conducted by measuring blood glucose levels 5 times over a period of 3 hours. In a person without diabetes, the glucose levels in the blood rise following drinking the glucose drink, but then they fall quickly back to normal (because insulin is produced in response to the glucose, and the insulin has a normal effect of lowing blood glucose)."
They have you drink a "glucola" bottle with a high amount of sugar in it, then draw your blood many times over a few hours and measure how your body is processing the glucose as shown by the levels measured.
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JodehFoster wrote: »have you been tested?
I've had a blood test recently and my sugar was fine.0 -
a simple "blood test" is not a glucose tolerance screen and wouldn't be representative of a diabetic test.
but anyway, I hope you get the answer you want.0 -
Dizziness could be any number of things: ear infection, low blood sugar, low blood pressure, etc. It may or may not be related at all to your diet. If it continues for more than a few days, I would see a doctor.1
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JodehFoster wrote: »a simple "blood test" is not a glucose tolerance screen and wouldn't be representative of a diabetic test.
but anyway, I hope you get the answer you want.
Oh, that's what I thought you meant, no I've not been tested, don't have diabetes in the family and this isn't an every day thing but I was the one who gave you the "insightful" tag so thank you.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Low blood sugar? Consider spacing out your calories a bit differently so you don't have those dips. I also have never heard of too many carbs causing dizziness.
Maybe if someone had issues with their liver, heart, brain or pancreas. Many causes for dizziness including too fast of a weight loss.
I say go to your dr, as a dr could test you for electrolyte imbalances, diabetes, etc, etc.
Not good to diagnose yourself, or go online and have strangers without medical degrees diagnose you. Jmo0
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