What food gives you an energy boost??
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Steel cut oats. You can find them in the health food section of Kroger. It takes a while to cook them, but so good. Very substantial and really sticks with you and gives you lots of steady engery. Also, if I am going to attend a big meeting that day, I have a big bowl because I truly believe oats are "brain food". My husband always ate a big bowl before a test when he was getting his masters degree.
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How did you know that you were hypoglycemic? I get jittery and then super tired after I eat or drink something really sweet or if I drink reg soda. I just recently had bloodwork done (my doctor left the area so I had to get a new one and she wanted cholesteral tested due to family history of heart disease) and my glucose checked. It was a fasting test so I hadn't had anything to eat and my glucose was 81 and the doctor said that was fine. When I get jittery my legs also feel unstable and shakey. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Kimbra
How did you know that you were hypoglycemic? I get jittery and then super tired after I eat or drink something really sweet or if I drink reg soda. I just recently had bloodwork done (my doctor left the area so I had to get a new one and she wanted cholesteral tested due to family history of heart disease) and my glucose checked. It was a fasting test so I hadn't had anything to eat and my glucose was 81 and the doctor said that was fine. When I get jittery my legs also feel unstable and shakey. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Kimbra
I bonk a lot(that lightheaded, jittery but jello legs feeling), and my bloodwork is always fine. I really need to watch my sugar/simple carb intake, especially in the mornings. If I eat a high carb breakfast with little or no protien I will surely bonk about an hour later. If I manage what I eat in the motnings I usually do fine.
Kimbra,
You can get reactive hypoglycemia even if you have a normal blood glucose. Some foods will make your blood sugar spike but then dramatically fall. For me if I ate fruit in the morning, I would have that terrible crash with the jitters etc. Terrible and scarey feeling but it has been awhile since I know how to avoid it.
As far an an energy boost - nuts or Snapple a Day Lo Carb drink (good balance of protein and fiber w/o much sugar).
You can get reactive hypoglycemia even if you have a normal blood glucose. Some foods will make your blood sugar spike but then dramatically fall. For me if I ate fruit in the morning, I would have that terrible crash with the jitters etc. Terrible and scarey feeling but it has been awhile since I know how to avoid it.
As far an an energy boost - nuts or Snapple a Day Lo Carb drink (good balance of protein and fiber w/o much sugar).
Kimbra---what they all said about having a normal BS and sometimes still having hypoglycemic reactions (symptoms) is true. Mine is very often normal on testing. The way I found out is years ago, when I worked in a doctor's office, I was always running out of gas, getting faint and jittery and fuzzy headed a couple of hours after the lunch hour---especially if I ate a very high carb-only lunch. Like grabbing a sweet granola bar. So---one day when it happened big time (everything was getting black while I was taking history on a patient) I went down a picked my finger and tested myself (lucky to work at an office)---my BS was 51. So--I knew. I have never had 'treatment' for this, I just know that if I have carb-with-no-protein, or straight sweets, and no protein with it, I am going to feel like crap within a 1/2 hr.
So, I eat as clean as possible, sort of the way Cathe says to. I can eat things like they say above, like oatmeal because they are higher glycemic (whole foods) and i often will have milk or soy milk with it for protein.
So, I eat as clean as possible, sort of the way Cathe says to. I can eat things like they say above, like oatmeal because they are higher glycemic (whole foods) and i often will have milk or soy milk with it for protein.