Reative Hypoglycemia BG 2.2

Ray, Since I am about as opposite from you as possible, I have no idea about your questions. There
is another poster, Fawnhawk, who is also reactive hypoglycemic. You might want to look out for her
posts. Steph

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Hi there everybody,

I have just a cpl of days ago been told the root of all my evil appears to be Reactive
Hypoglycemia. in my GTT after teh first hour my BG had dropped from 4.8 to 2.2. It then steadily
climed to 5.8 over the next five hours.

I have now obtained a home monitoring kit and are keen to try an change my diet to see if I can
get some good results.

I have read as much as I can on the web but was wondering if someone with reactive hypoglycemia
could post an example of a single days diet for me to have a look at. I understand all the talk
about eating regularly and eating the right stuff but I think a practical example may be
invaluable. It would be most appreciated.

I also had some other questions that people may be able to answer:

1. Why do I feel so tired when I wake in the morning, kinda like I never slept?

2. Why do the symptoms tend to ease up at night - I actually wake up a litte, become more alert?

3. What target BG level is appropiate to try and regulate through the day?

4. I am a bit concerned because no matter what I seem to eat in the morning I VERY quickly feel
tired and dizzy and all I want to do is close me eyes?

Well thanks to everyone for your help.

Cheers,

Ray.

I was told that I had hypoglycemia back in 1987. I did the GTT test and basically I was told to eat
frequently. Is it that back then the home monitoring kit was not available? I wonder if they had
been more structured and told me to monitor my blood levels, maybe just maybe I wouldn't have Type 2
right now????

They did say that I was pre-diabetic, that it could switch at any time. But unfortunately I didn't
have the specifics to deal with it. Oh well. At least now, I am learning to eat better and take care
of myself better and lose weight. Better late than never. Trinity

Softeng said:

Hi there everybody,

I have just a cpl of days ago been told the root of all my evil appears to be Reactive
Hypoglycemia. in my GTT after teh first hour my BG had dropped from 4.8 to 2.2. It then steadily
climed to 5.8 over the next five hours.

I have now obtained a home monitoring kit and are keen to try an change my diet to see if I can
get some good results.

I have read as much as I can on the web but was wondering if someone with reactive hypoglycemia
could post an example of a single days diet for me to have a look at. I understand all the talk
about eating regularly and eating the right stuff but I think a practical example may be
invaluable. It would be most appreciated.

I also had some other questions that people may be able to answer:

1. Why do I feel so tired when I wake in the morning, kinda like I never slept?

2. Why do the symptoms tend to ease up at night - I actually wake up a litte, become more alert?

3. What target BG level is appropiate to try and regulate through the day?

4. I am a bit concerned because no matter what I seem to eat in the morning I VERY quickly feel
tired and dizzy and all I want to do is close me eyes?

Well thanks to everyone for your help.

Cheers,

Ray.

That's a lot more extreme than my situation. However, I recommend you discuss dietary changes with a
dietician (a good one will want to know what you usually eat and help you modify that).

My initial diet plan was for 3 meals and 3 snacks with the spacing to catch me before I went low.
These were high fiber carbs, fats and proteins mixed together using the exchange formula to make it
easy to come up with a variety of meals that would fit. I had already tested with my meter to know
how my regular diet sent my blood sugar (going low 2 hours after breakfast).

The initial diet plan (based on 2000 Calories daily) went:

Breakfast: 2 servings (15 g each) of whole grain bread 1 serving (1 oz) of protein 1 serving of
fruit 2 servings of milk (4 oz each) 1 pat of butter on the bread (or low-fat milk instead of skim)

Snack 1 serving of high fiber crackers 1 serving of protein 1 serving of milk
1 (1/2 oz) bit of cream cheese on the crackers

Lunch 2 servings of bread 2 servings of protein 1 serving of fruit 1 serving of veggies (broccoli or
cauliflower, not corn or peas) 1 serving of milk 1 fat exchange

snack (see above)

Dinner same as lunch but with 3 oz of meat

snack

This actually ended up being more calories then I needed so I shrunk breakfast (skipping the fruit
and milk with their simple sugars) and dropped the milk from 2 of the 3 snacks. I also eat more low
carb veggies and less fruit when I'm less active. I find my blood sugar responds most strongly to
carbs in the morning and less in the evening - I think it relates to diurnal hormone issues. My last
snack can be 3-4 hours after dinner without a problem.

Cindy Wells

"Softeng" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi there everybody,

I have just a cpl of days ago been told the root of all my evil appears to be Reactive
Hypoglycemia. in my GTT after teh first hour my BG had dropped from 4.8 to 2.2. It then steadily
climed to 5.8 over the next five hours.

I have now obtained a home monitoring kit and are keen to try an change my diet to see if I can
get some good results.

I have read as much as I can on the web but was wondering if someone with reactive hypoglycemia
could post an example of a single days diet for me to have a look at. I understand all the talk
about eating regularly and eating the right stuff but I think a practical example may be
invaluable. It would be most appreciated.

I had reactive hypoglycemia for most of my life prior to diabetes. They didn't have BG testing
monitors back then, so I had to eat to prevent symptoms. The way I eat now is somewhat different
than the way I ate back then. And I've found that with reactive hypoglycemia as with diabetes,
there are many variables. The diet I ate then might not necessarily work for you. But I'll give you
some examples.

I used to try to eat a little something every 2-3 hours, and I kept my meals small. Breakfast might
have been a boiled egg or cottage cheese and an English muffin or a muffin I made myself. I used to
make some that were heavy on dried fruit (rehydrated), applesauce and nuts. They contained some
oatmeal, whole wheat flour, eggs or eggswhites and a touch of oil. These didn't taste particularly
good to me since I don't like fruit, but they did help keep me going.

Lunch might have been a grilled cheese sandwich with onion and tomatoes, or a plate of three
different veggies and a slice of cheese.

Dinner might have been whole wheat pasta and beans, a bean burrito, or a salad and a taco
with beans.

I guess I should mention that I was following a vegetarian diet back then.

My between meal snacks were usually trail mix (nuts, seeds and a bit of dried fruit), red Panda
licorice, fruit leather or part of a Slim Fast bar. I didn't eat a large quantity of anything for
snacks. Maybe 1-2 T. of trail mix, 2-3 pieces of licorice, and 1/4 of the piece of fruit leather or
Slim Fast Bar. These were my "on the go" snacks because they were portable. At home I might have a
piece of cheese and some vegetables.

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I also had some other questions that people may be able to answer:

1. Why do I feel so tired when I wake in the morning, kinda like I never slept?

I don't know, but I'm the same way.

Quoted message said:

2. Why do the symptoms tend to ease up at night - I actually wake up a litte, become more alert?

I've always just said I was a true night owl.

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3. What target BG level is appropiate to try and regulate through the day?

Can't tell you for sure because I didn't have a meter back then. But now I try not to go <80, or
<100 if I'm to be active, because when my BG drops, it can drop suddenly.

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4. I am a bit concerned because no matter what I seem to eat in the morning I VERY quickly feel
tired and dizzy and all I want to do is close me eyes?

I used to wander about in a stupor for about 2 hours in the morning. I can remember feeling like I
was going to nod off in class at school. Now that I have diabetes, this no longer happens unless I
am seriously sleep deprived. But I am still a night owl.

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Softeng ([email hidden]) wrote:

: I have just a cpl of days ago been told the root of all my evil appears to be Reactive
: Hypoglycemia. in my GTT after teh first hour my BG had dropped from 4.8 to 2.2. It then steadily
: climed to 5.8 over the next five hours.

What you have here is not usually seen in reactive hypoglycemia, the low usually does not occur
as soon as the first hour in most people. I think you need to see a specialist i.e.
endocrinologist, as some of your morning symptoms are probably related to what is causing such a
low # at the first hour(possibly vast overproduction of phase 1 insulin). Don't trust your family
doctor's advice on this.

: I have now obtained a home monitoring kit and are keen to try an change my diet to see if I can
: get some good results.

You need to test your BG at one half hour and one hour after having a mixed meal breakfast (some
starchy food, protein, fat, fruit/vegies). The readings will then show if the same low readings
occur at the one hour mark as what was happening on the GTT with the Glucose drink, which was
much more sweeter and more likely to produce an adverse reaction in someone who has a problem
with glucose.

: with reactive hypoglycemia could post an example of a single days diet for me to have a look at. I
: understand all the talk about eating regularly and eating the right stuff but I think a practical
: example may be invaluable. It would be most appreciated.

Do the above testing first and post the results to us on the list. Test also at any time you get
hypo symptoms-sweating, weak, hunger, shakey etc.

: 1. Why do I feel so tired when I wake in the morning, kinda like I never slept?

Hormone abnormalities could be involved.

: 2. Why do the symptoms tend to ease up at night - I actually wake up a litte, become more alert?

Hormone abnormalites again, possibly

: 3. What target BG level is appropiate to try and regulate through the day?

This is really dependent on what it is that is going on in your body, and as I say it may be
different than some of us here.

: 4. I am a bit concerned because no matter what I seem to eat in the morning I VERY quickly feel
: tired and dizzy and all I want to do is close me eyes?

Again possibly something to do with insulin overproduction and other things as well.

margo