Yeah I was like what in the. Anyway, there should hopefully be a store near you like whole foods or perhaps a smaller, privately owned health food store. Has to be something. If it is too expensive, try to at least get the free range organic eggs if you can, don't be too worried about the meat, I just recommend it because it's healthier for you anyway and less stress on the system. It may not necessarily cause major problems for you. It depends on the person, but most people on this diet seem to notice pretty good indications things are getting better in a few weeks. I would say five weeks tops. It may take longer, so don't worry, but I would say about that time, it seems to be a good average based on everyone here.

Blackdog: I did some research on stevia yesterday. It's great it doesn't effect blood sugar levels. I read is 200 - 300 times sweeter than sugar. It would be a great substitute for baking. I would just have to adjust the amounts.

But did you know that stevia in it's white granulated form is the most refined ... And processed. And the use of stevia is banned in europe because the processed form is considered a mutagent. Lastly, japan is the largest consumer of stevia.

Now, don't get me wrong, i'm not saying stevia is bad for you, I just think moderation is key and anything in it's more natural form is better for your body to process.

Good to know(about the stevia) im gonna try and stay off stevia for awhile and then put it back in my diet, cause I noticed I felt weird eating it today after getting off the wheat bread and pie. And stan I definitely have noticed progress it took about 4-5 weeks for me I just feel like its not as much as it could be. Which im assuming will come with time. I noticed alot of people say recovery in 6 months, does this mean hypo is gone completely and I dont have too worry about it anymore? Or does it mean that I should have no more symptoms but must remain on the diet after 6 months? I also have been taking ephedrine for energy as I seriously lack any energy or motivation to do anything without it. In my research I havent found anything that would point to it being bad for people with hypo, didnt know if anyone of you have heard otherwise.

Oh also I have incorporated exercise into my schedule, I feel wierd after I excercise, but it goes away after a while. Is it a good idea to try and get some exercise(im only doing one muscle group a day)?

Isn't ephedrine a stimulant? I wouldn't be messing with that. 6 months differs for everyone. Some people may be completely recovered, others, like me, are still see progress, albeit slow. You seem to be similar to me, I reached a good point and then didn't really go anywhere. You'll notice the symptoms slowly go away after that. Exercise is fine, just make sure when starting out to do just a little bit, 1/4 of what you may have done before, and see how you feel, slowly building on that as you go along.

Ok, im not gonna get my hopes up but are you telling me I can beat this thing and completely recover given enough time? If so that gives me more determination just knowing I can beat it.

Yep, you can certainly beat it, I don't know of anyone whose failed other than those that eat wrong again. Of course, when you start to add things back in its a long, trial-and-error process that can be annoying (i'm not even there yet), but the symptoms will go away. Keep plugging it.

Will it be cured or will I still have to stay away from sugar and maintain my diet? Im hoping its a permanent cure. I cant see why people would exclaim complete recovery if it wasnt after so and so months(or years) if it wasnt.

Well, really, if you look at it, normal people are only supposed to be eating something like a piece of cake once every two weeks or once a month at most, that goes without saying. As far as i've heard, you can eat bad again, but only in extreme moderation, perhaps eating some chinese food once every other week or two pieces of pizza once every other week. The diet becomes more liberal and includes grains later on as well as spices and such, but in reality no one should be eating extreme amounts of sugar anyway. If you think that's what's going to happen, it won't. You will not be able to eat twenty cookies an hour, drinks five cups of coffee, eat a whole pizza or a two bags of potato chips. No one should be doing it. If you look at it as though our bodies are set to tell us when something is bad for us, we're better off than other people because we really have to eat these things in moderation so we tend to be much healthier in the long run as opposed to the general population, which doesn't see anything wrong with eating garbage since the negative effects take years to show. Anyone that doesn't is more like a drug addict if you think about it, addicted to sugar, bad ingredients and the like. Think about it. I don't know of any recovered drug addict that thinks recovery means "i can have a bit of heroin now and then."

Stan, those were some great analogies and you made some great points.


I would also like to add that any hypoglycemic with a history of diabetes has to be more diligent to their diet than other hypoglycemics. The reason is the incidence of a relapse (as I had) is far greater. Also, the risk of developing diabetes is greater. (this information comes from my doctor who specializes in the treatment of hypoglycemics and diabetics).