By: aaron adish
Submitted: 2010-10-01 04:17:35 | Word Count: 566
Low Blood Sugar
Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, causes fatigue, and in extreme cases, loss of consciousness. I am going to never forget the day I learned that lesson. Fortunately, it wasn't from personal experience. During this incident in a very hotel, waking down the hallway, after I chanced upon a young chambermaid laundry the windows. I saw her falter, her eyes roll back, and then she slumped down, fainting at my feet. She quickly recovered, but her face was a white as a sheet, her lips pale.
I asked her if I could help, and she replied that it had been her initial day on the task and she had eaten nothing since a hotdog the day before at lunch. It was apparent that the comparatively taxing job of laundry the windows required additional energy reserves than she had left. I explained matters to her supervisor then escorted her to the cafeteria for an early lunch of bean soup and whole grain sprout bread, warning her never to figure on an empty tank.
It is not sugar that you wish:
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A friend of mine incorrectly assumed that since she had low blood sugar, she needed more sugar. She could not have been additional wrong! Another method to describe hypoglycemia is hyperinsulinism, or too much insulin. Your body creates too much insulin in response to too much simple carbohydrates, like sugar and white flour.
To summarize, easy sugars such as white sugar, honey, syrups and milk sugar are absorbed into the system quickly through the mouth or stomach. The advanced carbohydrates found in grains, root vegetables, legumes, and fruits are slowly weakened into absorbable sugar (glucose), that is absorbed slowly through the wall of the small intestine. You would like the foods that are absorbed slowly thus our body is not fooled into believing it wants insulin.
Glucose, or blood sugar, is carried to the liver where it's converted into glycogen and stored. When the body desires sugar for muscle, brain, or nerve perform, the stored glycogen is reconverted to glucose and transported by the blood to where it is needed. The pancreas should secrete the hormone insulin and the adrenal glands secrete adrenaline to allow the metabolism and utilization of glucose. Different endocrine glands are involved.
When you eat an excessive amount of straightforward sugars/carbohydrates, the pancreas reacts by manufacturing too much insulin, that causes the blood-sugar level to drop too low-hence, hypoglycemia. This sudden drop in blood sugar will reduce blood oxygen, which wreaks havoc with the liver and brain. The primary symptom might only be sudden fatigue but in time the symptoms could become terribly severe with mood swings, quick temper, heart rhythm issues, allergies, insomnia, etc. Unless hypoglycemia is controlled, the overworked pancreas may lose its ability to produce insulin; then the diagnosis can be diabetes.
Different symptoms of low blood sugar include heart palpitations, headaches or migraines, confusion and sweating occurring before breakfast, after exertion, or two to four hours when eating. Low blood sugar is serious enough to be blamed for temporary cases of senility, clumsiness and even low intelligence.
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Cyprian Bennett has been writing articles online for nearly 2 years now. Not only does this author specialize in Allergies, you can also check out latest website about
