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Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease
by Anita Flegg
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What is hypoglycemia?
Hypo-what?
Hypoglycemia literally means “low blood sugar”—that’s
the simple answer. The best understood cases of hypoglycemia occur
in Type I diabetics. For these people, maintaining a steady blood
sugar level, which can be a tricky task, is accomplished through
medication. Too much insulin, too little food or too much exercise
can bring the blood sugar level down too low and trigger a hypoglycemic
response.
There are many people experiencing symptoms, though, and they are
not diabetic. Increasing numbers of doctors and lay people are coming
to believe that hypoglycemia is really quite common in people who
do not have diabetes. Many sources estimate that 25-50 percent of
non-diabetics are dysglycemic, meaning that their bodies are unable
to deal properly with the sugar in their diets.
In this chapter, we’ll explore what hypoglycemia is and why
it causes symptoms. We will also look at the different kinds of
hypoglycemia.
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