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Adrenals are likely to play a part I imagine.

It's not hard to see (in my case) that the constant ramping up of blood Sugar from a high carb intake would cause a semi-permanant change in the body, resulting in symptoms when your blood Sugar is normal.

Thanks Paulette.

In the UK we use the mmol/L scale.

Converting to mg/dl, my daytime blood sugars are around 113mg/dl 30 minutes after eating and 84mg/dl 2-3 hours after eating. Looks okay considering I’m hypoglycaemic.

After writing the original post in this forum I did try waiting a little longer after a meal that I felt was quite heavy, for which I felt symptoms were coming on a little early. The symptoms did eventually subside without need for food.

It could be a catch 22 situation that is only relieved by treating the underlying problem of the adrenals (or other causes of hypoglycaemia).

I see the options as...

- You wait say another half hour or so if you have a normal blood Sugar reading and aren’t hungry. As a result the ‘symptoms’ pass and your body corrects your false symptoms by releasing hormones.

- You eat whenever you get any sign of symptoms, regardless of the blood Sugar level, driving blood Sugar up and generally eating more, putting more stress on your body and circulating insulin.

Neither are particularly favourable, but you probably have to go for the first option. Overeating thinking you are helping blood sugars must be unhealthy, not to mention the boost in circulating insulin which is generally bad for your body. In my case overeating carbs and binging was one of the causes for my poor health.

How is your health at the moment Paulette with regards to other symptoms?

Thankyou all.

What would the general consensus regarding meal times and distance between meals be?

for example generally the more you eat in one sitting, the longer you can 'last' before having another. I see this as possibly being detrimental as although you get the feeling of more distance between meals, you would have probably taken a big jolt in blood Sugar and then insulin from consuming all that food.

I'm going to try increasing the frequency of my eating and lower the quantity at each sitting. I fell into the trap of eating lots so I wouldn't have to eat again soon, but realise this is probably detrimental, and only goes to further damage insulin recepters and maintain high circulating insulin.

Food sensitivites are a nightmare. Once I'm clear on what I can and can't eat, I plan to start a few supplements such as Chromium, B vitamins, Glycerine, L-glutamine, vitamin C, EFA's/EPA's etc