What Causes Hypoglycemia?
We are beginning to understand that most, if not all, of those cases of hypoglycemia for which the cause has been listed "unknown" can be explained by the North American Diet. The past 100 years has seen us go from whole grains to over-processed white bread, and from water to soda pop. That has to have an effect on our overall health, and this chapter will explain how our over-processed and over-refined diet has been the primary cause of hypoglycemia, insulin resistance and the mysteriously named "Syndrome X". Insulin resistance and Syndrome X have been implicated in high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.
Insulin Resistance and Syndrome X have both been "discovered" in the past 15-20 years and they turn out to be part of the chain of events leading from hypoglycemia to diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
Reactive Hypoglycemia: The Diet Connection
"Today's family is always on the go and shopping and cooking take second place to making a living and spending quality time with loved ones. "
Sounds like an ad for convenience food, doesn't it? Does "quality food" have to take second place to "quality time"? Do we have to use pre-packaged foods to meet our schedule? What are we eating?!
Read the ingredients on your favourite packaged foods. I find it disturbing that I can't even pronounce the names of all the ingredients I have seen on many "food" packages. Our bodies are not meant to run on this stuff.
We hear a lot lately about the "cave man" or "Palaeolithic" diets. We presume that cave men were not farmers, and that they ate meat and vegetables, and little or no grain. We are part of this evolutionary family tree, and grains are a relatively new part of our diet.
I'm not advocating cutting grains out of our diets, but if grains are a relatively new fuel for humans, perhaps they should be used in moderation. Our digestive systems are well-suited to raw vegetables as well. Lots of roughage, and we know that the whole system works better that way. In fact, studies have shown that people eating a high-fibre diet are less likely to slide down into Type II diabetes.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, so please don't use these articles to diagnose yourself. They are only intended to provide information.