Blood-Sugar question

[james_tigerwoods]

I have a query - basically when I get hungry, I get really tetchy. For example, if I have breakfast and don't eat until lunch (3-4 hours later) at about the 2 and a half hour mark I'll get a little edgy. If I am self-aware enough I'll recognise it and eat something - but if I don't I will get narky to the point where I can't really concentrate and think straight and eventually I'll get mardy and angry and argumentative.

I've had a blood test recently (for my cholestrol level - done after having not eaten for 12 hours as you should) and this didn't throw anything up like diabetes or anything.

My conclusion has always been that "my blood-sugar level" is low - so I eat and I feel better fairly quickly.

My question is - is this normal - is it just me?

Replies will be in an hour after I've had my lunch as I've not eaten since 8 and I'm a little tetchy already....

[eightseventhree]

Diabetes is when you have a high blood sugar level

Edited by eightseventhree on Thursday 4th December 12:11

[scotal]

eightseventhree said:

Diabetes is when you have a high blood sugar level

Diabetes is when you have an insulin deficiency, which if not controlled leads to high blood sugar levels.

[james_tigerwoods]

****Hangs head in shame for not knowing about high blood sugar and diabetes****

[eightseventhree]

scotal said:

eightseventhree said:

Diabetes is when you have a high blood sugar level

Diabetes is when you have an insulin deficiency, which if not controlled leads to high blood sugar levels.

Indeed thats correct high blood sugar is an effect should i say

i was being lazy and didnt want to use my brain to much

Maybe your just a crotchety old mard?

Edited by eightseventhree on Thursday 4th December 12:15

[Sloppy]

Diabetes can cause low and high blood sugar levels.....its a complex system mainly controlled by the secretion of insulin into our system.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/diabetes...

FYI I thought I was diabetic as when I´m hungry I get poor concentration....but after tests the doc told me that my body is just sensitive to slightly lower sugar levels (we all go up and down during the day).

I think most ppl on here will admit to nto feeling 100% when they are hungry....our bodies need fuel to operate properly.

Cheers

[whitechief]

james_tigerwoods said:

I have a query - basically when I get hungry, I get really tetchy. For example, if I have breakfast and don't eat until lunch (3-4 hours later) at about the 2 and a half hour mark I'll get a little edgy. If I am self-aware enough I'll recognise it and eat something - but if I don't I will get narky to the point where I can't really concentrate and think straight and eventually I'll get mardy and angry and argumentative.

I've had a blood test recently (for my cholestrol level - done after having not eaten for 12 hours as you should) and this didn't throw anything up like diabetes or anything.

My conclusion has always been that "my blood-sugar level" is low - so I eat and I feel better fairly quickly.

My question is - is this normal - is it just me?

Replies will be in an hour after I've had my lunch as I've not eaten since 8 and I'm a little tetchy already....

I get very grumpy when I'm hungry, as soon as I eat I can feel my mood improve.

[maddog993]

The 'tetchiness' may possibly relate to hypoglycaemic syndrome through prediabetic insulin resistance; the brain requires sufficient energy to produce serotonin ('feel-good' neurotransmitters). Without adequate sugar/energy levels the brain will release 'stress' hormones (such as adrenaline) that will compound the feeling st/grumpy.
However, I'd imagine they've been investigating you for this with a glucose tolerance test. In your case it's hopefully just your relatively low sugar levels causing a mild manifestation of this syndrome.

Edited by maddog993 on Thursday 4th December 12:31

[Chocmonster]

james_tigerwoods said:

My conclusion has always been that "my blood-sugar level" is low - so I eat and I feel better fairly quickly.[/small]

It's normal for your levels to fluctuate from day to day depending on what you've eaten. Do a Google search on 'slow release carbs' to see how you can avoid the mid morning dip.

Enter your details on this site and they'll send you a free meter which is the same kind that Diabetics use to check their levels.

http://www.bayerdiabetes.co.uk/winameter/index.asp...

[scotal]

Chocmonster said:

james_tigerwoods said:

My conclusion has always been that "my blood-sugar level" is low - so I eat and I feel better fairly quickly.[/small]

It's normal for your levels to fluctuate from day to day depending on what you've eaten. Do a Google search on 'slow release carbs' to see how you can avoid the mid morning dip.

Enter your details on this site and they'll send you a free meter which is the same kind that Diabetics use to check their levels.

http://www.bayerdiabetes.co.uk/winameter/index.asp...

Funny that "chocmonster" is giving slow release carb advice

[scotal]

eightseventhree said:

Maybe your just a crotchety old mard?

Only when I havent done my injection.

[scotal]

Chocmonster said:

70% cocoa or above for chocolate!

Same excuse I use when nicking the wifes choclate, "its thehigh cocoa stuff, virtually no sugar in that!"

[IforB]

I get grumpy if I get very hungry. After eating I can feel my rage against the world start to diminish almost immediately.
FiL tells me it's normal and that it's just a lack of blood sugar. (He's a consultant specialising in endocrinology and diabetes.)

[Chocmonster]

scotal said:

Funny that "chocmonster" is giving slow release carb advice

Didn't realise that screen names had to relate to the subject we are posting about.

As for chocolate - 70% cocoa or above!

[ashes]

Worth looking into the possibility of food intolerance. I have celiac disease and can't eat most of the good old slow release carb stuff. I get just the same symptoms you describe. If you can eat it porridge is brill!

[scotal]

Chocmonster said:

scotal said:

Funny that "chocmonster" is giving slow release carb advice

Didn't realise that screen names had to relate to the subject we are posting about.

As for chocolate - 70% cocoa or above!

it wasn't meant as a dig.

[whitechief]

scotal said:

Chocmonster said:

scotal said:

Funny that "chocmonster" is giving slow release carb advice

Didn't realise that screen names had to relate to the subject we are posting about.

As for chocolate - 70% cocoa or above!

it wasn't meant as a dig.

Perhaps he's hungry.

[Sloppy]

Must be a case of credit munch!

[Marf]

whitechief said:

james_tigerwoods said:

I have a query - basically when I get hungry, I get really tetchy. For example, if I have breakfast and don't eat until lunch (3-4 hours later) at about the 2 and a half hour mark I'll get a little edgy. If I am self-aware enough I'll recognise it and eat something - but if I don't I will get narky to the point where I can't really concentrate and think straight and eventually I'll get mardy and angry and argumentative.

I've had a blood test recently (for my cholestrol level - done after having not eaten for 12 hours as you should) and this didn't throw anything up like diabetes or anything.

My conclusion has always been that "my blood-sugar level" is low - so I eat and I feel better fairly quickly.

My question is - is this normal - is it just me?

Replies will be in an hour after I've had my lunch as I've not eaten since 8 and I'm a little tetchy already....

I get very grumpy when I'm hungry, as soon as I eat I can feel my mood improve.

Ditto.

I have to have a snack about 11am or I become a bit of a carnt.

[Marf]

Sloppy said:

Must be a case of credit munch!

GET OUT!