Anyone a vegetarian and have hypoglycemia?!
My blood sugars drop (very quickly sometimes) and my body doesn't produce enough insulin to bring the sugars back up... so basically the way I live is by eating every couple hours... to try and keep my sugar levels even.
Anyone else have this condition? I'm not a vegetarian, but considering moving in that direction... just wondering what other people might eat for snacks during the day that would help increase blood sugar levels.
Answers: I'm just curious. I have hypoglycemia which is sort of the opposite of diabetes.
My blood sugars drop (very quickly sometimes) and my body doesn't produce enough insulin to bring the sugars back up... so basically the way I live is by eating every couple hours... to try and keep my sugar levels even.
Anyone else have this condition? I'm not a vegetarian, but considering moving in that direction... just wondering what other people might eat for snacks during the day that would help increase blood sugar levels.
Mine will drop on occasion due to an anti sezure med I have to take. I eat around two spoonfulls of peanut butter,or drink some good quality OJ(the only ingreadents are orange juice and water), or I eat some nuts(I'm partial to whole sunflower seeds), and for true emergencies when I cannot get to any food I have these glucose tabs that I can eat whenever where ever to raise my sugar long enough for me to get to a good food source.
Almost any kind of protien and or natural sugar will do the trick. Things like orange juice and peanut butter tend to hit your blood stream quicker for some reason I don't know and take away that nasty sick sweaty feeling you get faster than many other foods. Those glucose tablets do the same..hit you within minutes but they should be the last option...if foods don't do the trick or you can't get to them. You can buy them at almost any phamacy and supercenter over the counter. They can be a real life saver in a long car ride and such.
My aunt is hypoglycemic and we are both vegetarians. Now that you mention it, she does eat lots of snacks during the day. Usually she has a few spoons of peanut butter (the kind mixed with honey) or sunflower seeds as snacks.
Nuts or anything with some fat and protein in it - it will help keep your blood sugars even, rather than causing spiking and crashing.
i'm hypoglycemic as well.
i've been trying to become a vegitarian but it's too hard on my body.
i get exhausted and really weak.