How To Treat Hypoglycemia With Diet

By Gino Embrio


The hypoglycemia diet can help the person that suffers from hypoglycemia to maintain the required levels of sugar in their blood. There are many foods that you should avoid and many others that you should take. There are things that you should do and others which you should not.


In order to manage hypoglycemia symptoms one is required to follow a hypoglycemia diet that aims to reduce the sudden increase of sugar level which is caused by a high production of insulin.

The meals should be structured in such a way that the carbohydrate is about 150ml and the protein should approximate the size of your hand. Of course the amount of carbohydrate may vary slightly from one person to another, this is just a guide to how much intake one should have in each meal.

Reduce the intake of the prohibited foods and substances slowly. Caffeine, alcohol and tobacco are addictive. If you withdraw from their consumption very abruptly you are likely to experience some adverse withdrawal symptoms that may make you feel very bad. Slow tapering is the most recommended way of withdrawing. You should seek the help of an expert in the process of withdrawing. WARNING: Do not stop smoking, intake of alcohol or caffeine abruptly.

Other foods to avoid include starches that are easy to digest. The reason to avoid this starch is that they also cause insulin to be released in large quantities. This type of starch include white rice, white flour, white pasta.

So as to manage the fluctuation of sugar levels, it is important for a person on a hypoglycemic diet to eat many meals in a day. Three meals in a day will not be enough for a person in this type of diet as the long duration in between meals allows for fluctuation of sugar resulting in hypoglycemia symptoms. Thus in addition to the three meals a day one should have in between meals containing a carbohydrate, a protein and a healthy fat.

Once you have avoided certain foods it is important that you eat each meal with the three types of food that is the carbohydrate, protein and fat. The protein and fat help the carbohydrate digestion to be slowed down.

Do not over eat. It is recommended that you take frequent light meals. The goal of hypoglycemia diet is to reduce the absorption of glucose in to the body in order to maintain the blood sugar at the required levels. If you overeat, the digestion of food will cause the production of a lot of glucose and destabilize the optimum blood sugar levels.

To be able to manage this type of diet it is important to follow the rules. However to be effective in maintaining your hypoglycemia diet, it is important that as a hypoglycemia you know the particular foods that will result in the symptoms and hence avoid them.




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