Low Blood Sugar

If you ever feel shaky, weak or light-headed, you are experiencing typical symptoms of low blood sugar or hypoglycemia.  Other symptoms include hunger, irritability, sweating, anxiety, sleepiness, confusion, difficulty speaking and nervousness.

Pass the Doughnuts and Coffee

It’s mid afternoon and you’re feeling tired, so you reach for a coffee and something sweet.  You bounce back and feel good for awhile, but then you crash and feel just as poorly as or worse than before your break.  This sugar rush spikes your blood sugar level, and your body reacts by trying to bring it back into the normal range.  The only problem is that your body tends to overreact and blood sugar plunges to abnormally low levels.  Symptoms return.  It’s a cycle that millions of Canadians repeat everyday.

Rich Diet and Stress are Triggers

The main cause of hypoglycemia is a poor diet, rich in refined sugars, fast foods and poor quality fats.  Our ever stressful world makes matters worse.  Your stress glands (adrenal glands) start to dysfunction and produce either too many or too few hormones in response to low blood sugar.  This just exacerbates the symptoms. 

The Insulin Connection

When you find yourself fatigued and falling asleep in the afternoon, or sleepy after eating, this scenario can indicate that your body is over producing insulin.  Too much insulin leads to hypoglycemia. If your levels of progesterone hormone are low this also increases insulin.  Hormone testing determines any abnormalities in hormone function.  Treatment with natural hormones and medicines to correct deficiencies can make a big difference for many individuals. 

You Can Overcome Low Blood Sugar

Relief can be as simple as diet and lifestyle changes, but it is important to have a comprehensive assessment to rule out more serious conditions such as low thyroid, food allergies and diabetes.  Many people respond favourably to vitamin mineral injections because they are typically deficient in nutrients.  Oral medicines combining vitamin and glandular support for your pancreas and adrenal glands are used to treat low blood sugar.  In some situations, you may benefit from hormone balancing, particularly if your glands and hormones are not performing optimally.  If you have low blood sugar, get treatment, because if left unattended it can escalate to diabetes.

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