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*Not a Substitute For your regular Doctor. Contact your physician before starting a nutritional program or discontinuing prescription medication.

Hypoglycemia/Sugar Handling

Recommended supplementation and lifestyle changes (not meant as a diagnosis or to replace the advice of a health care practitioner):

DOCTOR’S A-Z food supplementation: Blood Sugar Support (! TID w/ meals), Flax Seed Oil (1 TBSP w/ meals), Glucosol (1 w/ morn & eve meals),

Or BIOTIC’S food supplementation: 2 Bio-Glycozyme Forte (3x day)
1 ADHS (each morning)
2 Beta tcp

Exercise if okay with your doctor. It is very, very, very important!!!
· Avoid refined sugar and refined carbohydrate: Some refined foods have a relatively low glycemic index, but they deplete the B vitamins necessary for carbohydrate metabolism.
· Eating adequate protein will help you balance your blood sugar: Morning protein is particularly important. Consider Protein Smoothies.*
· Eat small, frequent meals: Eating in anticipation of your blood sugar dropping will bring your symptoms under control and reduce the craving for refined sugar.
· Eat food with a low glycemic index: (See below).

Additional recommendations (your doctor may want to individualize the lifestyle and nutrient recommendations for you):

*Protein Smoothie (EXCELLENT! ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!)

Blend ingredients below to desired consistency:
1 cup favorite fruits (frozen berries, bananas, peaches, melons, etc.) Choose lower glycemic index fruits.
1 - 2 scoops GamOctopro or Nutriclear protein
2 - 3 cups of filtered water, almond, rice, or oat milks (avoid dairy or sweetened fruit juices)
1 tablespoon of Flax Seed Oil or Mixed EFAs

Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can cause fatigue, depression and sugar cravings. The history form you’ve filled out gives your doctor a very good idea if you are hypoglycemic. You can verify it with laboratory tests, but hypoglycemia is easy to treat with diet.
Hypoglycemia is both a cause of certain health problems and the effect of other health problems. It can cause fatigue, depression, dizziness, sugar cravings, obesity, and headaches. It can be caused by dysbiosis, digestive problems, stress and adrenal problems, nutrient deficiency, allergies, and poor eating habits. Getting your blood sugar under control will help you to feel better. Your doctor will help you with strategies and nutritional supplementation to balance your blood sugar, but he or she will also help you address the root causes. You can help this process by following certain dietary rules.

Glycemic Index

The glycemic index is a measure of how much blood sugar-stress is inherent with a food. If a food has a high glycemic index, it will cause the body to produce a lot of insulin in response to its consumption. Commonly, an individual with hypoglycemia will produce too much insulin and the blood sugar will drop precipitously. The individual then craves sugar or carbohydrate to increase the blood sugar, which triggers more insulin and so on. Eating food with a low glycemic index and eating frequently will help to stop the sugar/insulin roller coaster. Generally, avoid foods with a glycemic index more than 95.

Food Categories Index
Grains
White bread 100
Whole wheat bread 99
White rice 83
White pasta 66
Whole wheat pasta 61
Corn flakes 119
Shredded wheat 97
Rye bread 58
All-bran cereal 73
Oatmeal 85
Potatoes
Baked potato 135
Instant potatoes 116
New potatoes 81
Yams 74
Sweet potato 70
Legumes
Sweet peas 74
Canned, baked beans 60
Kidney beans 54
Butter beans 52
Garbanzo beans 49
Lentils 43
Soy Beans 20
Dairy Products
Yogurt 52
Whole milk 49
Skim milk 46
Ice cream 52
Fruit
Raisins 93
Banana 79
Orange juice 67
Orange 66
Grape 62
Apple 53
Pear 47
Peach 40
Grapefruit 36
Plum 34
Sweeteners
Maltose 152
Glucose 138
Honey 126
Sucrose 86
Fructose 30

It must be stressed that glycemic index is not the only consideration when choosing foods to improve hypoglycemia. Whole foods with all of the vitamin and mineral cofactors are important sources of the nutrients necessary for restoring the body’s biochemistry. Feel free to discuss this topic with your doctor.