The tablets they sell at walmart for treating low blood sugar events are pure glucose.
Is pure glucose meaningfully better than high fructose corn syrup or sucrose at dealing with a low blood sugar event? Do the disaccharide bonds in HFCS slow the ability of the body to raise blood sugar any meaningful amount?
Meaning, is taking some glucose tablets going to correct low blood sugar faster than drinking a sugary soda full of high fructose corn syrup, or is the difference minor?
Works fast. I have injectable glucose for emergency use. The thing is to try and prevent wild swings in your numbers. I’ve been lucky except for a few times. 2 here lately. It’s scary to know how easily you could check out for lack of a tab or shot.
It works fast, and the glucose tablets are easy and convenient to carry and give a consistent dose of sugar, unlike candy or fruit juice which some people also use (and works fine in the right situations).
When you guys say it works fast, how fast? 5 minutes? 15?
I have a thing where if I try to lift weights, then restrict calories the next day my blood sugar drops very low. I avoid doing this because of that issue, but on the handful of occasions where it did happen, I just ate regular meals. However it took a couple hours for me to feel leveled out again and my appetite was very suppressed when it happened, so it was hard to force food down. But like I said, I try to just avoid this trigger.
10 to 20.min. for me.
“The next day”??? I don’t even know what that’s about. And your appetite was very suppressed? With me, after my glucoses starts going back up, I can’t stop eating for several hours.
I have no idea what its about either. For whatever reason I never could diet and lift weights at the same time, it would really fuck up my blood sugar.
Glucose tabs are meant for people with diabetics with low blood sugar due to use of insulin or sulfonylurea medications. They are absorbed quickly, and don’t need to be metabolized into anything for the brain to use it. As such glucose tabs act much more quickly to raise glucose levels than any other sugar.
Are you a diabetic, Wesley?
Not yet. A1c is 5.6 and fasting is 98-101 based on multiple fasting tests. So I’m on the border between healthy and pre diabetic.
However I do have issues with fasting hypoglycemia. I also have insulin resistance based on fasting insulin test results of 30 mIU/L. Cutoff for healthy is <17-25.
What are your fasting glucose numbers? True hypoglycemia that’s not caused by medications is really rather rare; despite past pop trends of labelling folks ‘hypoglycemic’.
And remember, glucose numbers obtained from glucometers are not accurate for diagnosing non-medication related hypoglycemia, as they are not accurate enough. It takes an actual venous sample to get an accurate reading, especially for levels under 75.
If a fasting venous glucose level is lower then 55 (and accompanied by symptoms of low blood sugar), then one needs further testing to see if one has true hypoglycemia. That further testing can include insulin levels, responses to glucagon and more.
Fasting venous glucose levels of under 40 are fairly diagnostic of non-medication related hypoglycemia.
Are there conditions other than hypoglycemia that can cause shaking, insomnia, cold sweats, etc that get better when eating? If so what should I be looking at?
I’ve had a blood drawn fasting Glucose test and got a 101 (I had several blood tests and that was one of them). Glucometer readings are in the same range.
Practical advice; load up on carbs the day before your excercise days.
I too, have trouble eating when my glucose is low. I also sneeze. The human body be weird.
Yes, many other things could cause those symptoms, you should check with your doctor.
From what you’ve written here, I see no real evidence that you’re having hypoglycemia.
You should see my feet.
No we shouldn’t.
QTM is right, as usual, other sugars require processing in the liver before they can be used, glucose is ready to go. How fast? Pushing IV glucose on a hypoglycemic patient is like turn up the dimmer switch on a light bulb.