20% of us have Blood Sugar Problems
Friday, September 26th, 2008I am constantly reminded just how many people have blood sugar problems. Just yesterday I was at Whole Foods in Santa Monica sampling our Granola Bars and it seemed like I talked about Blood Sugar Issues with people more than I have in a while.
While Diabetes is rampant and very problematic for people, Hypoglycemia is also a very big problem. It seems to me that Hypoglycemic people have a problem because they produce insulin as appropriate and then keep producing insulin after they no longer need it causing their blood sugar to continue to drop. This may be in response to eating food that causes blood sugar to rise rapidly or to spike.
Hypoglycemia is much more dangerous than spikes in your blood sugar. Lack of sugar in the blood can cause you to pass out and become comatose quite quickly. You can also go into a coma if you have Diabetes, however with Hypoglycemia that can happen very quickly.
You’ll know you are having a low blood sugar episode if you experience any of these symptoms: you are uncontrollably sweating or shaking, you have palpitations, you feel cold and clammy there are a number of other symptoms for this problem, so read up on this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia
For me, I know my sugar is dropping when I get uncontrollably hungry. I focus on food and block the world out until my sugar is normal again. If you are concerned about this problem check with your doctor. Learn about Low Glycemic foods and how your control can be improved with them.