Your body requires a nutrient called sugar. Sugar is a major component of carbohydrates and a part of your diet. It can be used as an energy fuel for the body. However, there is a main difference between eating sugar and eating foods that raise your blood sugar amounts.
Eating "straight-up" sugar is not good for you because you can get a massive energy crash at the end of the day. Also note, some cases of hypoglycemia can easily go away if you eat sugar. But at the same time, you would be at risk of getting diabetes.
It's a double-edged sword to eat things with a large amount of sugar. Things that have a large amount of sugar include ice cream, candies, corn syrups, cakes, and even maple syrup. If you do have hypoglycemia and even if you don't, you should still stay away from these foods.
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Would you like that lingering in your stomach, all gooey and such?
One way to work with hypoglycemia is to eat a big amount of fiber. Fiber helps delay digestion, usage of glucose, and stomach emptying (using the bathroom).
So in other words, you wouldn't have to increase the amount of sugar you eat if you had a good amount of fiber every morning. Foods with fiber include a variety of plants (oats, wheat bran, grain).
There are numerous and varied diets on which people with hypoglycemia are told to follow, each with evidence to support that their diet works. Which is true, they most likely do work. Each diet should be individual and specific to that person's needs. www.hypoglycemia.org/diet.asp
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