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Posted 2/10/2014 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
So I felt like my sugar was low and checked it&it was 77 ok but close for me so I eat some chips and drink some juice which I probably shouldn't have done the chips 30 min later it had jump to 143 which was a to fast of a jump, I gave another 30 min and it had drop to 91. I told my mom all she said was ooweee is this bad are good? Iam hypoglycemic/borderline diabetic my lows are 60s to 57 and will send me into shock. What is to high Iam feeling like over 100 is for me because right now due to the quick drop,I have blurry eyes and anxious Iam new to this going on almost a year so if someone can tell me what is to high please I know no one here is a doctor In lam just looking for information &what I can do to make sure this never happen again.
Posted 2/10/2014 11:45 AM (GMT 0)
I know no one here is a doctor In lam just looking for information

I am not a doctor so please take this with a grain of salt. First I would include more soluble fiber in your diet, this slows the absorption of glucose in your blood. Good sources are oatmeal and pectin from fruit like apples. Whole fruit includes fiber while fruit juice does not.

High fructose corn syrup found in soda and most candy is verboten. It is much worse than cane sugar. When I must have sugar I have some dark chocolate, (made with cane sugar), and sweeten coffee and tea with a little sugar mixed with stevia. This doesn't seem spike my GBL. But just one can of soda or a small bag of gummy bears made from corn syrup drives my GBL crazy.

Take a good multivitamin that contains the micronutrients such as manganese, zinc, and especially chromium, that are necessary to metabolize sugar. I like Rainbow Light brand. Magnesium is also a good mineral to take. If you take extra calcium for your bones then you should also take extra magnesium along with it.
Posted 2/10/2014 1:15 PM (GMT 0)
Have you seen your doctor about this? If so what were his/her recommendations? Have you had lab tests?

Normally for people who are hypoglycemic, eating smaller meals more often in the day (and at regular times, not haphazardly) helps keep the blood sugar more level without a lot of spikes and dips - which is what the goal is. So, to avoid hypos, you need to stay away from the obvious high carb food and drinks especially when taken alone, snacking on chips and soda, for example.

Simple sugars will cause spikes and food made with sugar and flour will also do this. There really is such a thing as a sugar rush and that can produce a hypo in some people.

You should carry some glucose tabs or gel if this is happening to you. However, it's best to prevent it the best you can by avoiding eating/snacking on pure carbs.
Posted 2/10/2014 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
"Normal" fasting ranges from 80-100
"Normal" post meal range from 120-150.

Nost likely the reason your blood sugars jumped so much and then dropped like they did is due to eating the chips AND drinking the juice.

Sounds like to me what you need to be doing is eating healthy carbs that are slow to digest. These will level out your blood sugar readings and help prevent the lows and highs. Also eating more often is probably a good idea too. Take what you eat now and divide it up into 5-6 "meals" per day,
Posted 2/11/2014 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you all for the advice.
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