A doctor told me that I am probably hypoglycemic over a year ago. I started paying attention to my body after that, and I have to agree. For the past year I have been taking care of myself be eating every two or three hours, but I have definitely not been eating the right foods. I want to find a proper diet, but there are some obstacles.

First of all, I have done a little research, and I have found so much conflicting advice. I really don't know what to believe. I am also a vegetarian. Which makes things difficult when I read that I should be eating a lot of protein, but beans aren't okay. That really limits me. Oh, and we basically do not use any dairy products at home. I guess that is probably good as far as milk goes...I read that it turns to sugar too fast. Does the same thing go for soy milk?

The place that I work makes eating very difficult for me. I live at work for three days. I work 16 hours a day with no breaks, and that includes no breaks for meals. I have to eat the meals that are served in the cafeteria. There are typically one to three dishes. If I am lucky then I might be able to eat some potatoes or rolls - but now I know that those foods are bad for me. I typically just eat countless poptarts at work in order to keep my sugar up. I know this is terrible for me. I need to figure out some foods that will keep for four days, require zero preparation(maybe I can make them in advance), and don't require refrigeration. Is this even possible?

I have also read that wheat is bad. I know that foods made with white wheat are bad. We do a lot of whole wheat at my house. But I have read some things that say that whole wheat is also bad. I understand that wheat breads often aren't whole wheat and contain sugar. But we make a lot of our own bread products at my house. If I am making my own flatbreads, tortillas, and pitas with whole wheat, is that acceptable?

I guess what I am really looking for is some sort of resource that will tell me what I am supposed to be eating and give some recipe and meal suggestions. I feel so lost and confused. This is going to be a *huge* change. Completely changing my diet is huge. Especially when I eat far too many sweets... I need some solid guidance.


Also, I have a question about some symptoms that I have been experiencing lately. In the past when my sugar was low I would experience symptoms such as being tired, nausau, confusion, feeling sick...Nothing too extreme. In the past two weeks I have experienced three more severe "spells". I am not sure if they were caused by low sugar. At first I thought they were an allergic reaction because I was at work and there were a lot of scents in the air. The symptoms were strange. I had a very strong, very strange feeling in my arms. It felt as if my arms were going crazy. They were filled with a strange, awful energy, and I just wanted to shake them to get the energy out. I felt nauseaus, but not in my stomache, in my head. And I felt, not just mentally confused, but sort of crazy, like I was going to fall apart mentally.

This happened twice at work. And then it happened at home last night. At home there were no scents, since I am allergic to them. So that makes me doubt that the others were caused by allergies. I also drank a glass of orange juice and experienced relief, which makes me think it was caused by low sugar. However, after last night's "spell" I was left with a sinus headache, and even had to take my asthma puffer. Is it possible that low sugar might make me more sensitive to scents - so that it seemed like they were much stronger than usual? I know that low sugar can cause a headache...But a slight asthma attack sounds odd.

I guess that I should just go to a doctor. But from everything that i've read doctor's don't have much to say about hypoglycemia. So, I thought that people with experience might have some advice.