Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia and Hyperinsulinism)
Natural Prevention and Improvement

Webmaster note:  The auther of this section is a former sufferer of hypoglycemia, and has recovered from the condition completely.  During his bout with low blood sugar, he studied its causes and what could be done to reverse it.  His success is the reason he has been asked to write a little about this topic.  Of course, his article focuses on the causes that applied to the type of condition he had.  There may be other causes for hypoglycemia that are not addressed here.

Hello.  I'm convinced that my hypoglycemia was caused by the results of excessive distress, pure and not so simple.   I'd been under a combination of increasing stressors for about 5 years.  I became excessively sensitized to the point where even mild stresses were exaggerated and very unconfortable.  My adrenals and pancreas became too easily triggered, and this seemed to effect other glands and hormone systems until the endocrine system was out of balance.  I adjusted my diet to exclude simple sugars and increase proteins and fats.   This seemed to reduce the stimulation of excessive insulin.  I also learned over time to deal more effectively with the stressors and to build my body back to health with the appropriate supplements, such as natural blood sugar stabilizers.  So, here is some information you may find helpful.  Although I've done quite a bit of research on the topic, and so can you, I am not including source material for the sake of time, so must qualify all of this section and page as my opinion.  That is my disclaimer.

Hypogycemia is often thought of as the opposite of diabetes, but is actually related to and rather common in diabetics.  Also, because low blood sugar can be the result of an imbalanced endocrine system, it.can actually lead to Type II diabetes if left uncontrolled.

Symptoms of hypoglycemia are many, and can include fatigue; general discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise); nervousness, irritability, or even aggression; trembling; headache; unusual hunger; cold sweats; rapid heart beat; blurry or double vision; confusion; convulsions; coma.  Other symptoms that may occur are excessive sweating; sleeping difficulty; paleness; muscle pain; memory loss; heart palpitations, or feeling your heartbeat (heartbeat sensations); anxiety and excessive fears; emotional depression; hallucinations; fainting; different size pupils; dizziness.

In normal sugar metabolism, sugars enter the blood stream from the digestive system.  The rising blood sugar level is detected and the pancreas secretes insulin into the blood stream, which converts the sugar to starch for storage in the liver, thereby maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels.   In diabetes situations, insufficient insulin is produced, so the blood sugar level rises excessively.  But, if the pancreas secretes too much insulin, too much blood sugar is converted and the result is hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.  A similar condition results if a diabetic person receives an excessively high dose of insulin, which is sometimes called insulin shock.

So, in cases of low blood sugar in non-diabetics, what causes this overreaction of the pancreas?   I must mention the possibilities of a physical abnormality pancreas or liver, but I believe the most common causes have to do with sensitization of the pancreas in either of two ways:

1. Sugar or alcohol overstimulation:   If the diet contains too much simple sugar (or alcohol, which is metabolized similarly to sugar), the pancreas is stimulated to produce much insulin at frequent intervals.  Like an overworked muscle, the pancreas can both build its capacity to produce insulin AND can become exhausted.  An exhausted, high capacity pancreas can overreact and cause low blood sugar.  If the exhaustion becomes irreversible, the pancreas may not recover fully, and diabetes type II may result.
2. Excessive stress or anxiety over time:  Stress stimulates the adrenal glands to produce adrenalin, so that the body is prepared to react to the stressor.  (This is sometimes called the "fight or flight" syndrome and is described in the section of this website on Stress.)  As the adrenalin is released, so is insulin, in an effort to provide the muscles needed for fight or flight with sufficient energy in the form of blood sugar.  If the stress is excessive in magnitute and duration, both the adrenal glands and the pancreas can increase their capacity and become fatigued.   Again, an exhausted, high capacity pancreas can overreact and cause low blood sugar.  Likewise, exhausted, high capacity adrenals can overreact and cause anxiety and/or depression.  If the glandular exhaustion becomes irreversible, the diabetes type II may result from pancreas damage, and Addison's disease may result from adrenal damage.

The solutions include removing the cause and then resting and rebuilding the exhausted pancreas.  Here are some suggestions:

1. See a good physician to have the condition diagnosed.  Have your doctor help you to understand the nature of your condition, it's likely causes and as any suggestions for recovery.
2. Do what you can to rest the exhausted system(s).  This may mean managing your stress and especially your reaction to it.   There are some very good books on the subject, such as
   How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
   Learn how to use such tools as the Holmes Stress Scale.
   Try to eliminate as much simple sugar from your diet as possible. 
   Begin to improve your diet and use high-quality, natural nutritional suplements to re-build your body back to full health.  Include a blood sugar stabilization supplement, such as Bios Life 2^® (see below for a risk-free trial offer).

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