Suger Disease

Sugar Disease is a problem that manifests in different ways in different individuals, of different ages.

Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar. If you ask a conventional physician, hypoglycemia is a rare, practically nonexistent malady. The next time you go to a doctor, try asking him or her if the symptoms you experience are due to hypoglycemia. You will, undoubtedly, evoke a bemused look, perhaps an angry one, and even a referral to a psychiatrist. Or perhaps your doctor will reluctantly perform a glucose tolerance test to humor you. Don’t bother. Glucose tolerance tests, as performed conventionally, are biased to corroborate the point your doctor wants to make.

You never had hypoglycemia in the first place! But the truth is that hypoglycemia is far more prevalent than we’re led to believe. Consider the following array of symptoms: spaciness, fatigue, mood changes, PMS, sugar craving, headaches, difficulty focusing the eyes, tremors, temperamental outbursts, depression, excessive sweating, hot flashes, palpitations, cold extremities, abdominal pain, panic attacks and many more. With such a laundry list of vague and seemingly subjective attributions, no wonder conventional doctors take a dim view of hypoglycemia. But, although legion in its manifestations, hypoglycemia is none the less real. Why so many symptoms? To learn the answer, we have to explore the physiology of low blood sugar. 

The body is designed to digest, assimilate and utilize three primary nutrients: proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Proteins and fats can be used for energy, but their conversion to usable forms is gradual, not immediate. That is why athletes on low carbohydrate diets often suffer an energy brown-out–they perform less well than when provided with fuel in the readily usable form of carbohydrate. -

Experiments have now confirmed what the hypoglycemic person experiences. Low blood sugar triggers hunger–especially carbohydrate craving. In addition, the brain is starved for its preferred fuel–glucose. At rest, the brain consumes 1/3 of the body’s total glucose requirement. The brain is a hungry, rapidly metabolizing organ–and fuel shortages here create problems in concentration, memory and mood.