Is there any medication for reactive hypoglycemia?
 

Hey everyone,

About a year or so ago I started to get huge sleepiness spells from eating. Not the kind that most people get from a high carb meal, but one that basically knocks me out. I've also had a big problem with my blood sugar dropping drastically anytime I try to work-out, even though I work-out on a regular basis. Luckily I've started taking glucose tablets with me to the gym and that seems to fix the problem.

It's really hard though to keep myself in top shape and not eat a lot of food. I'm told there's medication for diabetics, but not for people with my condition. Is that true? I just want to be able to get enough calories in throughout the day and not feel sluggish and foggy.

There is an injection for diabetics who have extreme low sugars, but it is not commonly used anymore. It is called glucagon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucagon

Working out can deplete glucose and so the mitochondria cannot make the necessary energy in your cells.

You might try taking acetyl carnitine daily... as that facilitates burning fatty acids instead of glucose. Bodybuilders and athletes use it for this purpose.

Interesting, I'll have to look into taking acetylcarnitine. Might be a good replacement for the glucose tablets I've been using.

Hi Mrs.D, can you please clarify what it means by acetyl l carnitine "facilitates burning fatty acids instead of glucose". I'm a little embarrassed asking such question but I need to understand --- does it mean that it will make you lose some weight?

Currently, I am losing weight unintentional. I haven't change anything in my diet since I started to eat healthier food (that was more than a year ago). My sugar is still going up but not that enough to raise red flag. My pulmo told me that it could not be my lung infection causing the weight loss because its stable, thank God. So, I'm trying to find what is it that make me lose weight... I need more weight!!!! :winky: by the way, I do moderate exercise almost everyday.

Well, in severe cases of high dose use it might help to lower fat levels.

The mitochondria can burn glucose or fatty acids depending. When glucose runs out during exercise or heavy working, and one
does not eat... then the mitochondria can switch to fatty acids.

Here is an interesting article to read:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/manag...#axzz2W1CuUooK

Infections do raise blood sugar and most doctors understand that.

Mrs.D,
Thank you for your immediate reply.
I am losing weight, alright. I thought it was the MAC because MAC patients lost weight but both pulmonologist and endocrinologist do not believe its caused by the lung infection (as of last scan, infection is stable) and elevation of blood sugar, respectively.

Mary

Bitter Melon
 

Melody,

Back in my country, bitter melon is known for lowering the blood sugar. my sister said that it has to be half-cooked to get the full benefits. since i had problems with my sugar, i tried it but i could not tolerate the taste. do you regularly include it in your diet? how do you prepare it?

Thank you.

Mary

Didn't see anyone else mention this yet, but since I posted I found several articles showing that insulin resistance medication has been found to help people with postrprandial hypoglycemia. If anyone is interested I can link them to the articles.

In general reactive hypoglycemia is caused by gluten opiates A5 and B5.

RH is caused by the pancreas releasing insulin in greater quantity than is indicated for the amount of blood sugar. Everyone knows that the pancreas releases insulin into the blood in response to elevated blood sugar. The insulin acts as a vehicle, causing fat cells and other cells to absorb the glucose. But the pancreas also releases insulin in response to endorphin, the body's natural opiate pain killer. Muscle cells release endorphin during extreme exertion, like during fight-or-flight response. The insulin prevents muscle cells from destroying themselves.

Gluten A5 and B5 are opiates which mimic endorphin. In the presence of grassy grain peptides the pancreas releases excess insulin without any rise either in natural endorphin or in blood sugar. People have greater and lesser insulin responses to A5 and B5.

The excess insulin causes cells to over-absorb blood sugar. High blood sugar can be a problem for anyone. Low blood sugar is only a problem for carb-adapted people like you. Fat-adapted people can have low blood sugar with no ill effects. The biggest blood sugar problem comes not from low blood sugar, but from the fast drop in blood sugar.

I suggest, instead of medicating with sugar, that you stop ingesting grassy grains and sugar.