Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

1. Kathleen Said,

   If they’re insulin dependent, it can happen if they’ve taken their shot and not eaten. Sometimes hypoglycemia just happens, especially when the blood sugar starts swinging.
   If a diabetic is eating according to their diet plan and taking insulin (if required) on time, sugar swings *shouldn’t* happen but sometimes they just do.
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2. spirimail Said,

   That subject is complex, the facts generally known might not be facts at all. Google a bit, do some research. I recommend watching "Raw for 30 Days". Just because I think lifestyle is totally ignored when it comes to disease. Genes and nature are always key suspects. Society, our urban lifestyles and a diet with refined and gross processed stuff are only to be ignored.
   http://www.rawfor30days.com/index4.html

   Good luck!
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3. formerly_bob Said,

   You take insulin in anticipation of excess blood sugar. Differences in meals, physical activity, and variation in metabolism make it easy to over estimate the amount of insulin that you will need. Frequent blood sugar monitoring and small adjustments prevent this from becoming a problem, but it’s a pain in the a** to constantly monitor things, especially when you are in the middle of some activity where stopping would be disruptive. It is pretty easy to carry snacks all the time, but i guess people sometimes forget or procrastinate.

   The other problem is that poor blood sugar management habits can create circumstances where there are no warning signs of hypoglycemia. This is usually the cause of serious hypoglycemia problems.
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4. Sarah Said,

   as a diabetic you manually inject insulin or take oral medication to lower your blood sugar. If too much is taken it will lead to hypoglycemia.
   Hypoglycemia isn’t "naturally" occurring in diabetics but happens when too much medication is taken or meals are skipped. Its kinda an operator error.

   Also alcohol can cause hypoglycemia in diabetics because it blocks the livers ability to produce glycogon (stored sugar). Combine that with insulin in the system and you can have hypos.
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5. jenius Said,

   Most of us do avoid sugar and check our blood regularly. There are times when maybe we’ve been especially active or stressed and that can lower sugars when we are not expecting it. As our bodies get used to having lower blood sugars from good control it is harder for us to feel the symptoms of a low coming on. I test from 8-10 times a day and will still sometimes get caught unaware. Diabetics on insulin are at risk for low blood sugars.
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6. Tin S Said,

   Others have answered your question. But Do not do as the doctor suggested. Avandia is a killer drug. Don’t take it.

   The "glitazone" diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may double or triple the risk of broken bones after a year or two of use.

   The finding comes from Swiss researchers who analyzed 12 years of data on U.K. diabetes patients. They compared the 1,020 patients who suffered some kind of fracture to 3,728 matched patients who did not break any bones.

   Also heart trouble. Beware!>
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7. erin10009 Said,

   ok I’m going to answer you, sitting here at 10 pm when I want to be sleeping, because I’m up drinking some oj with a couple of cookies because of a mild case of hypoglycemia.

   I need to take insulin. period. end of story. This isn’t a if I just ate less or exercised more I’d be ok type of thing. no insulin = dead. very quickly. (Google type 1 diabetes for more info).

   So I had pasta with an awesome meat and vegetable red sauce and broccoli for dinner. Also a glass of nice red wine. Very sensible. I even had a small piece of dark chocolate for desert. I estimated there were about 60 grams of carbohydrate in the whole shebang. I took insulin for this amount of food.

   Either I was wrong, or the wine lowered my blood sugar more than I expected, or my new basal rates are slightly too high, or the fat from the meal slowed the carbs down more than expected and I am going to be high later. For one of those reasons, or exercise (which I know for a fact wasn’t a factor this evening) or any one of about a thousand other reasons a person can end up with a low blood sugar.

   Most of the time we do feel the low or check for some other reason and realize it was low and eat something sugary before it is an issue. Well, before it is a medical issue. I take issue with the fact that I’m not in bed now. It is annoying, but that is besides the point. But sometimes lows are sneaky and hit you without symptoms, or they come on suddenly and you become so low that you’re disoriented and can’t think of what you need to do to fix it. Or in some cases people develop hypoglycemia unawarness, which means they don’t feel the symptoms of going low. Or you are sleeping when your blood sugar goes low. In these cases hypoglycemia can be serious and potentially fatal.
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