how to stabilize blood sugar Posted: 06-16-08 22:47pm
Let's say that for whatever reason you
failed to control your symptoms and you're
having an hypoglycemic crisis. In other
words your sight is disturbed, your head
is numb, your thoughts are becoming
negative and you feel anxious and like
approaching a panic attack, you're cold
sweating and breathing heavy.
We all know that when this happens people
or doctors who don't know any better
suggests to feed the hypoglycemic person
sugar. They give you to tell you to eat
water and sugar, or a sugar lump, or a
tablespoon of honey or if they're less
hard-core a glass of orange juice. That
would stop the symptoms immediately but
would trigger their returning very soon
and making them more intense the next
time.
So what a person with an hypoglycemic
crisis should eat to stabilize slowly the
sugar, recover from the crisis and prevent
its returning in the next hours?
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Konnor5092
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Posted: 06-17-08 10:31am
I guess it depends slightly how deep you
are into a crash.
If you are about to feint then some form
of fast sugar would be the best option,
followed by a small meal 15 minutes
later.
If you can feel symptoms 'coming on' i've
found a protein/fat source to be best like
cheese or nuts.
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Danny89
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Posted: 06-17-08 23:54pm
I don't know understand though
How can protein/fat sources raise and
stabilize blood sugar if they're not
sugar/carbohydrates?
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Posted: 06-18-08 06:41am
I believe protein slows the conversion of
food sugars to glucose, thus preventing
any rapid increase in insulin. Google it
for a more detailed scientific
explanation.
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Stan
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Posted: 06-18-08 10:27am
That's not true. The fact is that
everything is converted to glucose,
protein and fat are slower, that's it.
You shouldn't use carbohydrates because
you want to stop your body from
overreacting. The only way it can do that
is have a moderate, but well maintained
level of carbohydrates for a long period
of time, then you can add stuff later.
