Hi, I'm new here. I've been diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). I was told to go on the South Beach 2 week thing. It did help but what do I do after that? I find lots of info on diabetes but not much on LBS. Do I need to see an endocrinologist? After the initial diagnosis, the dr didnt' offer any advice but to watch what I eat. How do I monitor it? I also have underactive thyroid and fibromyalgia. And I find myself sinking into depression again and I really beleive it is because of all this combined. I'm not one to take meds just to cover up the problem. i want to fix the problem. Any advice? Thanks Pattyh
Yesterday, I walked into the office of an endocrinologist and asked a question at the front desk . My husband very recently moved from prediabetic to diabetic and we wanted to know if we should stay with our internist or see the endocrinologist. I was told the endo. handles cases when the internist can't get it under control. From the reading we are now doing in order to have educated questions for our next visit,I have come to realize that a fasting blood glucose test is not adequate. You need to know round the clock how your body is processing sugar 24 hrs, a day. Glucose readings throughout the day need to be taken and recorded along with your daily food intake for comparison. Call your Dr's office back or even better just go there in person and ask the questions you have on monitoring and the not so informative words "watch what you eat". If they can't offer any more advice, move on to another Dr. who can. Hypoglycemia is not something to be ignored.
Thanks. I've seen an endo before for my thyroid but havent' been back to him since, just letting my reg. dr take care of it. I did have the 3 hour test done. But I do feel that I need to monitor it thru out the day. Think I will get an appt with the endo after the holidays. I'll just keep my sugar intake to a minimum and try to eat smaller, more frequent meals. I think this is one of my problems-I just plain forget to eat those snacks or just don't take the time and then when I do eat I'm so hungry I overeat. Anyway, think I'd feel better if I saw an endo. Thanks
I've said this before many months ago on one of these forums and will repeat it now. Clean out the pantry and the fridge and freezer. You may have made mistakes with foods you have bought before. Throw out or donate the"stuff" that isn't good food. Do a serious grocery shopping and maybe try a new grocery store where the produce looks fantastic. Then mark the calender for 4 weeks from now and do it again. You will be surprised what you will part with the second time. My husband eats breakfast after exercising while driving to work. It takes 15 min once a week to hardboil a bunch of eggs that he can grab quickly with the low sodium V8 juice and high fiber cereal and water jug.. About 8 pm every night, I cut a granny smith apple in half and put some nut butter in the middle and wrap it up for him. Then I take a low fat mozzarella stick and cut it into 10 pieces and space them on a piece of parchment paper in the microwavwee and cook them for 1 and 1/2 minutes.This works great with the individual servings of Cabot's 50% reduced fat (cut into 8) that I get at Costco. It makes a crispy tasty treat. Package about 12 almonds in plastic and carry them in your car, desk, and purse so you have them when you need that snack. Make the effort to get the good things in your home so when you go to the Dr's you can tell them exactly what has and hasn't worked for you. Hope this helps you get started on helping yourself.
I just came onto the forum today and read your post. My daughter was diagnosed with hypoglycemia about 3 years ago. She does not take care of herself at all. From what I understand, hypoglycemics should basically eat healthy, and often; don't let your blood sugar get too low by going hungry. Also stay away from carbs as much as possible.
On the other hand, I think I might have some information on the under active Thyroid, since I have the same problem. I have been treated by my G.P. since I had been diagnosed 12-14 yrs ago. Everything has been mostly "ok" however, I had been doing a lot of reading and asked to be taken off of Synthroid and placed on Armour Thyroid (natural thyroid replacement). I went into Hyper-thyroid condition on the natural so I went to an endocrinologist who TOTALLY fouled my system up by lowering my dosage to almost nothing! My T-4 was a little high, but I had never felt so bad; I was so tired I could barely function, depression, name the symptom for hypo-thyroid, I had it - severely! I found another doctor online, it felt a little scary so I asked around and found a few people that had heard of him and thought he would help, and he did! I feel better than ever. My advice would be to be careful with endocrinologists, they are trained to only look at blood tests, not the patient. here are some articles you may find interesting: http://www.mercola.com/article/hypothyroid/treatment.htm http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/findanendo.htm and the website that helped me find my new thyroid dr: http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/
Hi Everyone: 7 years ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism (low functioning tyroid). I have been to several doctors only to be put on med. and told watch what I eat. Well I refused to take this condition laying down, so I got busy educating myself. I found answers to my questions online thru different websites. I have learned that simple refined carbs (the bad carbs) go hand in hand with thyroid problems. The pancreas will over produce sugar insulin and cause haveck with blood levels. Making you (insulan resistant). Sugar in the diet is the KILLER! Check out websites on Thyroidism...changing your diet is key. All of this will lead to Diabetes. My favor website is: tyroid.about.com/ There are also sites on low carbs for sugarless or low sugar recipes. An excellent site is: lowcarbluxury.com it has a online monthly magazine loaded with info. and issues. Try it! Good health is the name of the game. TXgalnow
The first two weeks of South Beach (Phase 1) are to help you get rid of cravings (blood sugar spikes from eating too many/bad carbs). Think of it as a de-tox from carbs.
After the first two weeks (Phase 2) you re-introduce fruits and whole-grains/good starches a little at a time. Follow the allowed foods from the South Beach lists for serving sizes and the allowable foods. Don't add everything back all at once, so you can learn how your body reacts. That's the learning part!
The South Beach Diet is about changing your lifestyle so that good eating habits become part of your life. Good carbs, good fats. EatingWell recipes and menus are almost always South Beach friendly. In fact, it was through the South Beach web site that I found out about EatingWell -- they use some of their recipes!
Phase 3 of SB is after you have reached your weight goal. Foods are similar to Phase 2, just a little more flexible. You can eat this way the rest of your life, because you have learned how to eat healthy.
My T-4 was a little high, but I had never felt so bad; I was so tired I could barely function, depression, name the symptom for hypo-thyroid, I had it - severely! I found another doctor online, it felt a little scary so I asked around and found a few people that had heard of him and thought he would help, and he did! I feel better than ever. My advice would be to be careful with endocrinologists, they are trained to only look at blood tests, not the patient.
