I completely reversed my hypoglycemia about 14 years ago by going reasonably low carb. I felt so great that I started doing long distance running and then I could add some carbs back in, but the good carbs, not junk. This also reversed my CFS and most hormonal issues. I've never looked back. I love Dr Berg because everything he says is spot on with my own experiences and philosophies :)
Thanks for sharing, can you give details as to what foods you changed to? I normally eat pasta with every meal..is that a high carb? I am in need of suggestions.
ByHisLove I am also a hypoglcemic and Pasta is all carbs which turn to sugar in the body. I eat pasta sometimes but I make sure it is 100% whole wheat because it has more protein and it is a slow digesting carb. Hope this helps
MsGlamourcat omg I have CFS and reactive hypo. And when i eat I feel tired. Sleepy. And if I eat sugar I get energy. For a spike. Then down. I need to change my diet. What do u eat?
I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia. It took a long time to figure out I needed more protein - this had not been recommended. In five days I felt so much more stable. Now I don't need to carry with me something to eat. Thank you Dr Berg for confirming I was correct, as I haven't seen this information anywhere.
Peanutbutter is my main source of protein and fat. I eat about 100 to 200 gram these days. I am looking for a carb source that is no grain. I dont like whear and might have problems will oats if I eat them for weeks. I looking for no-cook foods. Recommendations?
@@Rajo1012 Any vegetable cooked in a clean way Kale chips, for instance, will be a good source of good carbs. Also, find a better nut butter, I prefer almond butter but limit any tree nut consumption, unless you soak them for a few days.
@@nancyfahey7518 I stopped peanut butter months ago, when I finally figured out it was links to the heavy cramps in the stomach and headache that I used to have. Had the experience with other foods as well. They lasted a few hours and recovery took about one night. I changed to cashews and was fine for months. Now I can't eat them either without risk of the same symptoms. Options brake away year after year. I have no explanation.
I’m 15 and have this issue protein helps long term definitely. In the morning eggs are reliable. I also found tuna, smoked beef and other meat based things reliable for lunch. Let’s get this straight I have never had any sort of hypoglycemic attack on a day where I woke up and ate eggs or had a chicken schnitzel sandwich for lunch. Protein has got me through and so has sugar in the short term.
Very helpful. Thank you. First I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia at 26 and the reason may be that I went back to school full time and tried to work almost full time, so my eating habits got completely screw up: skipping breakfast, candy bars for lunches etc. Doing that for 3 years and I end up having hypoglycemic episode in the mall. After I got my diagnosis I fixed my food quality and intake schedule and it went away for about 10 years. Once we feel healthy we often start sliding back into carelessness. It has been about a year now that I started skipping breakfast and indulging in sweets (especially around holidays) and yesterday I had another episode - dizziness, tiredness, sweating, body tremors and loss of consciousness. All day went down the drain because I could not concentrate. Reason I am writing all this is to share an understanding that we cannot neglect ourselves. Our body is a system, just like a car. If we don't eat properly, don't exercise regularly at least 30 minutes a day, if we don't hydrate our body, our system will start malfunction. Being healthy is impossible when we lead an unhealthy lifestyle.
@@stevenf5902 I too have been too busy too eat well for the past 7 years. Feeling tired, weak, brain fog, confusion, blurry vision, etc. Only about a year ago did I realize it is xonnected to my under eating, but, even though I have made some progress, I still do not always eat properly and the symptoms come back again. It is a cycle, of eating well, and not eating well. Fewling good and strong, and then weak and tired. I over ate because my body would tell me to, hungry. But I never made the connection that I was hungry because I was under eating. When I was on high school I used to skip lunch in order to save money to buy music casettes. So I kind of have always been like this. But not as much as these past 7 years.
That's what happened to me Working working to busy to stop to eat and now I'm paying for but I have been working on it I eat 3 times a day and snacks between meals but I still having some bad days 😣 but in glad I found this video and your comment .
This explains everything. I have been on a high protein diet for 2 months and have felt amazing. Had pizza last night and decided to fast today. BAD IDEA!! Never again! I will be sticking to my diet forever. Thank you Dr.!
Im definiteley one of those people who go strict keto one day then completely undo all of it by inhaling a bucketload of sugars just to get rid of the shakes and the cold sweats from hypoglycemia. Thank you Dr. Berg this is a big help.
This information has been Spot-on for me! Three meals a day..protein, healthy fat, complex carbs, vegetables, little fruit and no sugar. Whole foods..not over processed. Works very well! Thank You!
@@nickmeale1957 i m feeling better mentaly not physically I take chikpeas peanuts and beans most of the time Just avoid sugar dairy and high glycemic index foods and let the body go through for one or two weeks After all bodies are different so it may work or not
@@nickmeale1957 bodies are very different In a normal diet peoples weight start from min45 to max 90 or ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph Very high metoblic rate to very low metabolic rate So people are different👍 So skinny cant do keto but Fatty can do keto So diet can be different too
@@nickmeale1957 yep i got unhealthy brain Anxiety and depression run in my genetics So i searched a lot of diet Low carb diet improve my mood and mental clarity I want to do keto diet but i cant because its so expensive
Because cheese and dairy have lactose and that's a milk sugar- the liver processes it as more sugar. Same with too much protein for those of us with NAFLD- it's turned into glucose and stored as more fat in the liver. (Gloconeogenesis)
So what the hell do we do? Especially those of us that have to work insane long hour jobs at a high pace and CANT eat every 30 minutes? I’m so sick and tired of feeling so sick and tired and hungry all the **** time :(
Yes, as soon as I felt dizzy, I went into the fridge and ate a cheesecake that was on the top shelf, so a combination of fat and carbs, instead of going for something protein-filled. My body is probably asking me for some protein instead of all the carbs I've been consuming. UGH! THANK YOU! You are wonderful.
you can still do cheesecake just make it yourself with healthy fats and low to no carbs look up Dr. Berg's keto cooking videos he and Karen his wife make great keto food
I didn't know hypoglycemia could be fixed. I've suffered from it for years and there isn't a day where I'm not scared I'll pass out (it's happened before). I always snack sweets but haven't noticed a positive difference, so I'll definitely try this out. Thank you *so* much, Doctor!!!
Jeffrey D I’ll tell you why. In my opinion if you eat sweets are going to crave sweets and if you have any type of blood sugar issues that’s the last thing you need to do is eat sweets. Number two those tablets are glucose tablets they will react fast and bring your sugar up. If you eat sweets your body has to turn it into glucose then bring your sugar up. That’s my opinion.
These videos about hypoglycemia that you've posted have REALLY helped me to understand better hypoglycemia is and how I can better deal with the situation. As you've stated before, many doctors have told me to drink some juice or get some sugar in me to help the situation. I've been trying to diet and every day I face that drop and then start the cycle all over again. I've tried intermittent fasting and only eating when I become hungry but my blood sugar drops before I even feel hungry and then I frantically eat something I've been led to believe will help me. So thank you for making these videos and helping people like me know what is really going on.
Thankyou Dr Berg for covering this issue, just found your channel few weeks ago. Love your videos. I have been passing out since I was 9 years old from low blood sugar and everytime the ambulance came they said to drink orange juice or soda. I have been learning how to eat since my 20s and made many mistakes.Your videos have showed me some things I have done right. I am now 38 and I can actually fast 15 hours without passing out, my family is amazed. I wish I could go longer but for now that's where I'm at. Thanks for all your free information and time.
I have a jack russell terrier who gets low blood sugar now and then, He has even collapsed before and scared me. I immediately lightly cook him an egg and he recovers quite quickly, thank you so much, it all makes sense. Such an awesome teacher, and kinda looks like the late John Ritter 🥰
Thank you so much! I have had hypoglycemia since the age of 12 or so. I always carried a Snickers candy bar with me (sugar and protein) as I was told. I'm 63 now and carry cereal breakfast bars and protein shakes with me as I'm having problems more often again. Now I'm researching what I need to know and do to get this back under control. It's amazing that you pointed out protein and why! Fairly recently I was telling a neighbor that I've come to realize that after eating protein (meat) I feel as good as good gets. I realize it doesn't have to just be meat but meat does tend to be a luxury once in awhile and I definitely made a connection! Your video did indeed simplify hypoglycemia as well as how our bodies work to keep our blood sugar level.
Could you do a video on combining hypoglycaemia, intermittent fasting but on a vegan diet?? I know so many people that would find that super helpful, me included. Thanks!
I was told to have the sweets for low blood sugar.I eventually found information about having protein to manage the condition. Your explanation about the relationship between glucagon and insulin makes everything so much clearer.Thank you.
Thank you for that video. I'm hypoglycemic and my midwife (who is from Denmark, she is 81 now) several years ago told me to consume protein when my blood sugar drops. It really does work so much better. Thank you Dr. Berg for your invaluable information. I hope you have all your videos backed up for when social media become full blown communists and take all helpful information down.
Thank you for sharing. :) I started listening to your videos a little over a week ago and started the "Keto lifestyle." Then I read some articles (other health sites) about how intermittent fasting and hypoglycemia aren't a good combination. I was going to "give it up" until I listened to this video. Genuinely, I'm just going to listen to what you teach on this subject. I ordered some supplements from your site to help. I just turned 70 and want to improve my physical and Spiritual life. The supplements and your lessons will definitely help me physically. (The Bible and God will meet my Spiritual needs.) :) Thank you so much, Doctor Berg, for all you are doing!
Excellent, Doctor, thank you! I am not diabetic but have certainly improved energy levels by changing to a higher fat, lower carb diet. Swapping a snack made of refined carbs for a small chunk of cheese or a small serving of tuna really makes a difference. I am coeliac and even gluten free carbs are troublesome. So great advice!
Dr. Berg, I am a 45 your old male with type 2 diabetes for about 15 years my last A1C was 7.7. I'm taking 30 units of Lantus nightly and 4mg Glimepride twice daily (morn/nite). Been doing this for a while now. Last night I had a major crisis with Hypoglycemia. I started working out harder the last 3 weeks. Yesterday for breakfast I had a 30 gram protein shake, for lunch had a very nice salad with walnuts, pecans, roasted peppers, olives, tomatoes, etc..and sliced turkey around 1 pm in afternoon. I worked out really hard power lifting legs around 5 pm then had a post workout shake which had brownie brittle (appx 20 carbs), honey (appx 20 carbs), peanut butter, choc. milk and protein powder. Then went to din around 7pm and had a cup of chicken noodle soup and a spinach salad with grilled chicken on it. At 11 PM last night I checked my sugar and it was 82. I took my insulin and pill and I made a peanut & jelly on a white bread with milk. I started eating it about 30 minutes after checking my sugar and I noticed I was starting to shake bad. I started to panic so I started eating the sandwich really fast. When I got half way through I stopped and chugged the glass of milk. I turned to my wife and said hon please get my meter fast. She ran into the kitchen and I followed behind her. I began to start sweating. I took my sugar and it was at 28. I really began to panic and told my wife get me juice anything none diet (orange, Gatorade, or Cranberry, anything). While she was doing that I start staggering to my kitchen table to sit. She opened the OJ and I chugged half the bottle. I bang to start slurring and my wife started panicking and didn't know what to do so she called 911. I was soaked with sweat really really bad everywhere my heart was pounding really hard and rapid heart rate and a couple times I bumped my head on the kitchen table. All I can remember is my wife yelling stay with me Frank, don't you leave me stay with me. She said I looked like I was going to pass out was scared she was going to lose me. It wasn't good. I continued to eat anything with sugar so I ate 10 oreo cookies, drank 4 more cups of milk, had a couple pieces of chocolate. 20 minutes after eating this I tested my sugar while the cops showed up and it was still 28. At this point The paramedics showed up and the one paramedic put an IV on me and inject glucose to raise it. As I started to come back she said I was so low that no matter what I ate it wont bring it up. Then they had my wife make me an egg sandwich to help stablize my sugar. Then they took me to the hospital. I've been low before but never this bad and just wanted to know what did I do wrong that caused this and if this happens again what is the best way to handle this? Thank you in advance for all your help and videos, Frank G.
How many eggs per meal and how many meals do u eat per day? Pls elaborate your meals cause i am suffering this now help me and how long it eill be fixed ?
Thank you so much for this short but exactly to the point video! I was just diagnosed with hypoglycemia and was looking for some key information to help me understand what it is and what can i do about it, which foods to eat etc. and this was the very best video i have seen so far on this topic. Thank you! 🙏
Doctor Berg, Thank you so much for your help! Your videos have been comparatively helpful for me than doctors visits! Thank you so much! Wish you all the best!
I love how he has spontaneous moments of getting fired up or sarcastic over us not being taught how balancing blood sugars really work lol. Happens every time.
I think it's really great people can get quality advice from doctors who take the time to put videos such as this on RUclips , thank-you it makes a difference to so many.
Thanks! My husband has been feeling crappy and getting night sweats. I do keto so I had a glucose monitor. One particular morning he was feeling so tired. I checked his sugars and it was 65. Easy fix! Yay!
Tammie Hammett I was told I had hypoglycemia years ago . Have been on high protein fat diet for years. You do not get rid of it. I recently went in a store and ordered a diet drink and was given a regular. Soon after I drank the whole thing, I passed out. I was surprised because I thought I he'd it under control. Also dr. Did you know that low sugar can caused ear problems. I have meniers disease and losses my hearing in one ear. Also if your sugar is low you can lose your balance. You are so right doctors don't understand the problem. During a operation I went into a comma. They all most lost me. It's a serious problem,
That makes perfect sense. The one time I didn't eat my black beans before my jog like I normally do, my glucose went all the way down to 55. I was weak and a little shaky but managed to get home about 3 minutes away to eat. Thanks Dr Berg. You nailed it for sure!!!
What you failed to mention was the timeframe that it would take for the protein to raise your sugar. If you’re experiencing low blood sugar you still want to keep some glucose tablets around even after you took the protein just in case in my Opinion.
If I were insuline resistant (which I'm slightly). Take Xylitol. If converts to glucose immedialty but it's released 3x-5x slower and barely raises insuline.
This is what I’ve been looking for, thank you. I know it’s 6 years old but it was the part I needed to understand. Glycogen… now it makes sense why I found that if I added fat to my meals and tried to up the protein too ( I am on keto ) I could avoid hypoglycaemia which was becoming a real worry. I am not over weight not diabetic but want a healthier happier lifestyle. I like keto It makes sense. Thanks so much.
Thanks doctor! I've had very low blood sugar after intermittent fasting and intense exercise for the last 3 weeks. I'm going to try having protein the next time it drops, and see how my blood sugar reacts. My only worry is that there isn't really much glycogen in my muscles. After fasting and exercising for a few days my arms are noticeably smaller, and they balloon back up after a feeding day lol. I've been told that's a result of glycogen depletion.
Greatly appreciate your clear explanation. I had low blood sugar levels few times in a month. My doctor told me to keep candies in my pocket and didn't reduce my diabetic medication. Thank you Doctor 🙏😊
I do feel amazing after two weeks in Ketosis, but as soon as I have a cheat meal (Munchies +Icecream) I wake up the next day feeling like Im hung over from sugar alone. Its awful
Yea, cheating on a weekly or bi-weekly cycle isn't really good. I'll cheat 4-5 times a year and that is usually around holidays. I do limit my serving sizes though.
Frosty DK I'd like to see where you found this info. I have researched it and this is not fact based on the literature I have come across. I would like to know if I missed something in my studies. Ty
ColoradoFLgrl too many keytones in your system essentially mean you are going to start pissing out calories. Your kidneys aren’t meant to filter out that level of keytones. Glucose is required for cellular respiration to occur in which you produce ATP. Plus depriving yourself of any nutrient isn’t good for you because you’ll eventually stop Ketosis and eat carbs again anyways which can throw off your metabolism
Thank you this has cleared the confusion I had between hyper and hypo glycemic. My husband has always been this way and having him watch this has given him a better understanding of what he needs to do with science based facts to get on a consistent lifestyle that stops the brain fog, irritability.constant hunger.👍
Hi Dr.Berg! I really need to reverse my hypoglycemia. Sometimes I don't feel the effects because I am distracted doing something and then I need to bring it up ASAP! Eating a protein snack doesn't bring it up quickly enough and I get slurred speech, brain fog and sweats with feelings of passing out. This is when I have some juice or something else that is basically all sugar. I know it's bad and just continuing the vicious cycle but I have had semi seizures where my fingers and toes start drawing up but I am still conscious and am afraid I'll slip into a coma or something of I don't eat some sugar when this happens. I have noticed when I eat beans (usually a cup of refried beans , bean and bacon soup, or other canned whole beans) my blood sugar stays stable for a good 3-4 hrs depending on my activity level. I know that beans are a slow complex carb with a low glycemic load and that they are a great source of fiber too, but I was wondering if they are a suffient source of the protein you spoke of in your video? Can I reverse my hypoglycemia by having some sort of bean with every meal and will the protein from the beans help to eliminate my sugar cravings as well? Thanks for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. It's really appreciated!
Monique Darquea hi, I consume beans regularly for that reason. I am also hypoglycemic and noticed how great I felt when I had beans. I make bean soup with no oil. I do add eggs or cheese as my fat source.
Yuri Ramirez holy crap I’m the same way I don’t feel like I’m going to die when I have beans and pork. The problem is whenever I wake up in the morning I feel like death
i did not understand this for 15 years. . Many doctors told to keep candy. . But now i understand through Dr. Berg that protein. Thank you doctor Berg. You are excellent
For those of you who have struggled with low blood sugar for most of your lives, there’s also an important thing called complex carbohydrates. You can find it in yams, potatoes, whole grain foods, and some nuts (like peanuts). Speaking from experience, if you’re not on meds and you have high protein in your diet, you might have something wrong with your pancreas or even something called congenital hyperinsulinism. Check with your doctors
Makes better sense than eating cookies before bedtime. Started eliminating fruit and grains since watching your videos and began to feel better. I only eat when hungry, which is twice a day, and usually never after 6: 00 pm. It's hard to wake up. What's best as snack, perhaps?
Thank you for your very excellent teachings, Dr. Berg. This one helps explain the specifics still affecting me with year-long (& counting) postprandial hypotension ~ and with all due respect, much more than the G.I.M. clinic that diagnosed me or Hospital dietitian!.🙏🏻 So much gratitude and blessings to you for of all your videos. Your B1 vids were a miracle to me, like rising from a coffin!
Just to put this out there, I had a glucose test, about 30 years ago, when I was pregnant and the doctor, then, told me that they were concerned as I definitely did not have diabetes, but, my response was that my blood sugar dropped too low. And, I know I was the sort of person who got seriously ill, when I was a kid, if I waited too long to eat. I just recently took a quiz where if you get 20 then you are almost certainly hypoglycemic, and, I got a 98. I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and adrenal fatigue, and a thyroid problem which the endocrinologist said was not from a diseased thyroid, but, was from something irritating my thyroid and making it react strangely. It doesn't happen all the time. I have been diagnosed with some allergies and I believe I have an allergy to wheat and corn. and nightshades. I've done various things, where I had some success at getting a little healthier by changing my eating habits in various ways (when, what, how), exercising, stress relief techniques, supplements, but, I have never gotten to the point where I found something that continued to work and where I actually felt anything approaching good and awake. Though, the closest I got to that was when I had worked my way down to no longer having diet soda, using ACV often, eating almost entirely leafy greens with other veggies and animal proteins added as condiments, basically, and not eating any grains at all. Right now, I am thinking, maybe the problem with that way of eating was that I wasn't eating enough protein! I was eating no nuts or seeds, no eggs, and only small amounts of meat. But, I am still confused in that I have definite signs of hypoglycemia some of the time and definite signs of diabetes some of the time, but, most of the rest of the time, it's just feeling achy, a little tired and having a weak immune system.
I was doing ketogenic diet for 6 months and it helped a lot i started adding in fruit and right after i would get sick, tired, anxious and this out of body feeling. I think it is time to get back into ketosis
Is this reactive hypoglycemia??? I had some bcaas and protein post workout and then kiwis, and an hour later my blood sugar was 74, and ketones 0.4 i think my body is battling between being a sugar burning to ketosis. Could my body be trying to adapt back to eating carbohydrates?
if you go on a strict lean protein diet (reference to video on our channel) for 1-3 months, you will reverse and heal damage done. And can eat some sugar again. Abuse of carbs/sugar/fat causes this, and a very lean protein and leafy greens diet needs to be done to actually cure it. If blood sugar is very low when waking up, eat small amount of rice 1 hour before bed.
Candy on an empty stomach does slam me back down into anxiety. Being more on the skinny fidgety side things like alfredo with meat instead of sugar sauce spaghetti and smaller meals every so often rather than snacks helps. If I do have a snack it's with whole milk instead of soda.
I have type one diabetes... It is not so easy to adjust my insulin so that I don't go too low, because there are so many factors that influence how much isulin I should do at any given moment. Sometimes it is just unavoidable that I go low (from possibly a combination of too much insulin and exercise for example). In that case, I find it very hard to believe that having protein will bring my blood sugars up. Especially in a timely and convenient way... even if it did eventually bring me up, I would not want to be waiting ages for it to do so, e.g. when I'm at work or in the middle of a walk, because I would be feeling the horrible for a long time, preventing me from getting on with my daily tasks. So I think it's way too simple to say that I can 'just adjust my insulin- what is causing the problem in the first place'. Although that would be nice if that theory always worked in reality.
exactly. I think his advice can work for some. But there is no way it can for me. I just ate a breakfast with 5 eggs, some cheese, and 5 strips of bacon and within an hour my blood sugars crashed. Then I ate a salad, still crashed. Then I had a grapefruit, and that seems to have balanced me out temporarily.
Since I was 9 years of age I would pass out and when they researched they diagnosed me as a hypoglycemia. Just recently I had to wear a monitor for four weeks from 9 AM to 8 PM. My sugar levels were literally under 50. My endocrinologist asked me what regards Green earth was I doing between those hours and my work schedule did not allow me to eat. Even when I ate my lunch, which is always a high protein, consistency has been my entire life. I would be lucky if my levels came up too and 80 which is close to normal. However, within an hour they would drop back down. Therefore the endocrinologist recommended that I definitely need to eat during those hours so my work had to compensate and it’s normally protein I go to I do not take carbs. Lucky if I take natural carbs twice a day. Normally it’s all protein.
I have Long COVID going on 2.5 years. Five months after the start of LC vibrations/buzzing feelings started in all my limbs. It's worse when I lay down at night and waking in the morning. I am healthy, never sick, a healthy weight, I'm not diabetic. I have had full blood work, an MRI of my neck (because my neck and shoulders are super tight). Neurologists says it could be SFN. These vibrations are not uncommon in LC and happen with other post viral illness. I eat healthy and most days low carb, only healthy carbs. I have recently noticed the vibrations in the morning are not quite as bad if I've eaten bad carbs the night before, like pasta or last night I had chips at a party. I found this video (and your new one) searching for low blood sugar as I am thinking that may be part of the problem in the morning when I wake up. Some days it's worse than others. I'm wondering if there is something I could try eating before bed at night that might have the same effect when I wake up in the morning of less vibrations - without eating bad things like pasta and chips! Any recommendations?
I was doing keto and it triggered my body to have episodes regularly after YEARS of not having one. I finally got tested and was diagnosed 2 weeks ago. For me complex carbs is what helps sustain my levels. 🤷♀️
Thank you for creating this video! I was desperately searching for the reason that I suddenly felt sick. And like always it has to do with diet! I am now more aware and can make healthy food choices to keep me feeling my best. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thank you Dr Berg; always a pleasure to learn from your wealth of knowledge. Have a safe and peaceful New Years. I also hope this year brings you great love; and great health and happiness.
hey I just went through surgery on my retina - I thought I was having migraines with Aura (and I was some) but I was also having a detached retina. Something that is common among those with insulin related disorders... it is worth checking with your eye dr as well to confirm that this is not the cause!
This man is amazing!!! Thanks for the video I really needed this... I was dealing with seizures for a while and found out it was low blood sugar and sodium and potassium
remember if you go vegan you have to know what you do... cause alot of aminoacids is lacking in a vegan diet if you do not know what you do. i was vegan for 5 years and I thought I was doing good... I ate really healthy.. I went back to eating meat, chicken, eggs again. And low carb, no sugar, no gluten, no cows milk. And alot of vegetables
I can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciate the information you leave here. I bought enzymes from you a while back. Just started taking them yesterday. The first thing that happened was I got really nauseous but then it evened out and I felt more normal than I have in maybe ever. I gave up meat last April because it makes me sick. I get muscle pains and stomach issues whenever I have need protein, sometimes even just a little bit. This may correct that. I like to have eggs with some cheese for breakfast and a banana. That's my favorite. Sometimes a bagel with cream cheese as well depending on how hungry I am. This is excellent information I have awful blood sugar issues. And I know if I don't do something soon, I'm going to end up a diabetic. Thank you!
This is the first usable, rational advice I've heard in years of searching!! Can high dose chemo impair glucagon production/expression? Protein would still be the Solution, yes?
I tried a 72 hour mineral water fast and only made it 60 hours. At 60 hours I woke up in the morning and was very dizzy and shaky, and craving fruit. So I broke the fast, I had some fresh papaya and some fruit coconut yogurt. And then resumed normal eating a few hours later. Had great energy, and was in a great mood all day. Slept very well that night too. Anyway I am trying to figure out why I got hypoglycemic and needed to break the fast. Thx!
How long does it take for the protein to raise blood sugar back to good levels? Does this vary upon other factors such as physical activity, diet, body fat etc?
I think I've been doing that without knowing it. I've sometimes do intermittent fasting not eating lunch. But if I can't handle my hunger craving to avoid hypoglycemia I usually eat small protein like: peanuts, peas, boiled eggs. Sometimes eating chocolate bar or candy. But Now I know eating small proteins is good than eating chocolate & candy. Small proteins is the stabilizer & will not spike blood sugar.
Please do a video on CRP levels. Mine was off the charts 8 years ago when I was eating sugar, gluten and nightshades. What is a normal level? Do you use the CRP test in your diagnoses of patients? Happy New Year!
Thanks Dr. Berg , you have cleared the great foggy mystery of what can one do to not go tru the scary moments of hypoglycemia episodes. I wish you were my doctor, or my doctor would see your videos every day . That would be awsome! You are Godsend. God bless.
Hello about a year ago I started a diet that consists of 60% fat, 15% carbs, and 25% protein(No grains, lots of nuts and seeds, fish, green vegetables, greek yogurt etc.). Recently, I have slowly tried to get back to a regular diet with more carbs but it seems that when I try to eat more carbs, it throws something out of wack and I get more hungry and tired. I tried that for a couple weeks and now I am back to the 60/15/25 macros but now I am getting extremely hungry and not feeling good around 4pm which will last until I eat, however it may come back after I eat as well. I'm not diabetic but I have checked my sugars during this period and they seem to be always around 4.0-4.2 before eating and about the same 2 hours aftwerwards. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and used! Thanks for the video!
My situation has greatly improved. I cut out refined. carbs and am eating clean...copious amounts of protein in the form of whey and a lot of fish. We used a system: Green: All clear. Amber: Get ready for a possible crash...this is accompanied by tunnel vision and other nasties. Red: Trouble is here...and it takes usually until the next day to feel better again. Slowly I am progressing. Using supplements to help boost immunity. So far, it's working. Thankyou for all the great info.
Fasting for 16 hours a days and eating two meals in a 8 hour window plus eating mostly healthy fats and some protein with little carbs and some fruit that doesn’t have a lot of sugar ( strawberries and oranges ) I have gotten rid of my headaches from not eating. The irritability and horrible headaches and the desperate need to eat , the addiction to eating something immediately is almost non existent. It’s real rough at first bc after 3 hours I would feel the headache coming on , but the fasting state after a week has helped with that healing . I’m so happy not to be a slave to food anymore
I'm 40 years old and I have hypoglucemia, since. I was little, but now with all this info. I feel like is time to be normal and enjoy life, thanks Dr. Berg
I cant agree more, the dr. found that I am hypoglycemic when I was 18, since it was a roller coaster life. Felt like addictive to s u g a r any shape and form. Since I started to do the ketogenic diet my brain, memory, and in general feel much better, and no hypo sessions since. Hope it will continue. thank you !!!
same with he, I only got diagnosed at 28 I felt terrible for years and even had seizures because my blood sugar was so low...protein is helping alot and making sure you eat all day long with small healthy meals.
Becky Ezra I was told I had it when I was 8. Doctors always told me to keep candy in my pockets. Did not work. At almost 4 I fell and seriously damaged my head, epilepsy soon followed.
Omg doctor thank you so much I’ve been suffering from hypoglycemia pretty much all my life and it makes me feel so bad but this will help so much. Thank you
I've been wondering for years why I crave protein if i eat too much sugar. If you are correct. THIS IS WHY. Finally an answer. Google search never brought me to this answer.
Well here we are embarking upon a new year, I hope to get back on the wagon and hopefully stay on it, last year I fell off the wagon in June. Thanks for the recent recipe videos, they will help. I can't thank you enough for your videos and books and supplements, they are all AWESOME! And me falling off the wagon is not at all attributed towards anything you did, that was my fault. I don't smoke or drink, sugar is my vice but at least I'm trying!! Again!!
I have recently cut out dairy (except a little lactose free cheddar) to improve my skin and brain fog, and this has def also improved my hypoglycemia. Ive no idea why.
First of all, thanks a lot for your incredible awesome work Dr. Berg. You are doing hard work for good cause, you will be blessed ....my concern is, you said by increasing protein glucagon will also increase and thus it will increase blood sugar level or it will fix hypoglycemia but what if simultaneously protein will increase glucose and thus increase insulin according to your previous video as it contradicts.... you said protein and carbs increase blood sugar and thus increase level of insulin unlike Fat which is neutral... Dr. please clarify this and thanks a tonne for your impeccable efforts and imparting valuable healthy knowledge..
I have been doing this with my teenage son, but he really struggles. His body is so "out of wack" on so many levels. We've always eaten healthy meals. However, he always preferred eaten carbs when he was little , so would I coax him into eating more veggies by encouraging him to eat a set amount of fork/spoonfuls. Now, I give him a meal with acv, enzymes, protein, fat, and veggies and an hour later he gets acid reflux and hypoglycemia. This is a huge challenge for us, but we will keep working on it.
Dr. Berg, thank you for these informative videos, I'm in my 30's and been through different doctors that can't seem to Diagnose me even though my symptoms are there and getting worse. My last doctor sent me to a facility that did a 6 hour glucose test in which I passed out in their waiting room since I was fasting for the test. I never looked into my symptoms further because I was cleared. Now the anxiety of not wanting to pass out or get shaky and weak, I carry an Ensure shake with me but that feeling of wanting to eat something is still there. Can you guide me to what I can do to help my situation.
I am not diabetic and usually healthy. I stopped eating anything with salt or sugar about 3 years ago. I have had blurred vision for the last couple of months and my optician has told me I need cataract surgery. A few days ago I had a little cake and my vision started to clear. My eyesight is almost back to normal now. My blood sugar must have been too low so I will need to eat some sugar from now on
Thank you do much Dr.Berg 😢I can't thank you enough u saved me and I'm forever grateful! I took your tips and I have been better I will continue to follow your learnings
I completely reversed my hypoglycemia about 14 years ago by going reasonably low carb. I felt so great that I started doing long distance running and then I could add some carbs back in, but the good carbs, not junk. This also reversed my CFS and most hormonal issues. I've never looked back. I love Dr Berg because everything he says is spot on with my own experiences and philosophies :)
Thanks for sharing, can you give details as to what foods you changed to? I normally eat pasta with every meal..is that a high carb? I am in need of suggestions.
running on keto is the best. don't hit those walls with glucose. :)
ByHisLove I am also a hypoglcemic and Pasta is all carbs which turn to sugar in the body. I eat pasta sometimes but I make sure it is 100% whole wheat because it has more protein and it is a slow digesting carb. Hope this helps
MsGlamourcat omg I have CFS and reactive hypo. And when i eat I feel tired. Sleepy. And if I eat sugar I get energy. For a spike. Then down. I need to change my diet. What do u eat?
Suzi Hazlove I have the same thing have u cure it yet I’m always tired
I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia. It took a long time to figure out I needed more protein - this had not been recommended. In five days I felt so much more stable. Now I don't need to carry with me something to eat. Thank you Dr Berg for confirming I was correct, as I haven't seen this information anywhere.
Thanks, so what kind of proteins did you start eating? I am organic food eater, used to be vegetarian for 17 years...now I think I need to change up.
Peanutbutter is my main source of protein and fat. I eat about 100 to 200 gram these days.
I am looking for a carb source that is no grain. I dont like whear and might have problems will oats if I eat them for weeks.
I looking for no-cook foods. Recommendations?
@@Rajo1012 Any vegetable cooked in a clean way Kale chips, for instance, will be a good source of good carbs. Also, find a better nut butter, I prefer almond butter but limit any tree nut consumption, unless you soak them for a few days.
@@nancyfahey7518 I stopped peanut butter months ago, when I finally figured out it was links to the heavy cramps in the stomach and headache that I used to have. Had the experience with other foods as well. They lasted a few hours and recovery took about one night. I changed to cashews and was fine for months. Now I can't eat them either without risk of the same symptoms. Options brake away year after year. I have no explanation.
I’m 15 and have this issue protein helps long term definitely. In the morning eggs are reliable. I also found tuna, smoked beef and other meat based things reliable for lunch. Let’s get this straight I have never had any sort of hypoglycemic attack on a day where I woke up and ate eggs or had a chicken schnitzel sandwich for lunch. Protein has got me through and so has sugar in the short term.
Very helpful. Thank you. First I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia at 26 and the reason may be that I went back to school full time and tried to work almost full time, so my eating habits got completely screw up: skipping breakfast, candy bars for lunches etc. Doing that for 3 years and I end up having hypoglycemic episode in the mall. After I got my diagnosis I fixed my food quality and intake schedule and it went away for about 10 years. Once we feel healthy we often start sliding back into carelessness. It has been about a year now that I started skipping breakfast and indulging in sweets (especially around holidays) and yesterday I had another episode - dizziness, tiredness, sweating, body tremors and loss of consciousness. All day went down the drain because I could not concentrate. Reason I am writing all this is to share an understanding that we cannot neglect ourselves. Our body is a system, just like a car. If we don't eat properly, don't exercise regularly at least 30 minutes a day, if we don't hydrate our body, our system will start malfunction. Being healthy is impossible when we lead an unhealthy lifestyle.
Oksana Pikush Can you tell us what your daily meal plan is?
@@stevenf5902 I too have been too busy too eat well for the past 7 years. Feeling tired, weak, brain fog, confusion, blurry vision, etc. Only about a year ago did I realize it is xonnected to my under eating, but, even though I have made some progress, I still do not always eat properly and the symptoms come back again. It is a cycle, of eating well, and not eating well. Fewling good and strong, and then weak and tired. I over ate because my body would tell me to, hungry. But I never made the connection that I was hungry because I was under eating. When I was on high school I used to skip lunch in order to save money to buy music casettes. So I kind of have always been like this. But not as much as these past 7 years.
Thank u
So what were you eating? Animal products or plant based fats?
That's what happened to me Working working to busy to stop to eat and now I'm paying for but I have been working on it I eat 3 times a day and snacks between meals but I still having some bad days 😣 but in glad I found this video and your comment .
Knowing that glucagon is triggerred by protein and then increases blood sugar is pretty life changing. Thank you for the video!
any health updates?
For some reason I'm having a hard time focusing on this video. So how can it be fixed? If you don't mind sharing. Thanks
Do you experience weak hand and weak leg too when this happens ?
This explains everything. I have been on a high protein diet for 2 months and have felt amazing. Had pizza last night and decided to fast today. BAD IDEA!! Never again! I will be sticking to my diet forever. Thank you Dr.!
I gave up bread, sugar and pasta and that worked for me. I feel very good and lost 20 lbs. A good probiotic and Bragg's ACV is good, too.
Im definiteley one of those people who go strict keto one day then completely undo all of it by inhaling a bucketload of sugars just to get rid of the shakes and the cold sweats from hypoglycemia. Thank you Dr. Berg this is a big help.
Yup
Me too!
What's the way out then? Seems like keto and hypoglycemia don't go hand in hand.
This information has been Spot-on for me! Three meals a day..protein, healthy fat, complex carbs, vegetables, little fruit and no sugar. Whole foods..not over processed. Works very well! Thank You!
@@nickmeale1957 so why i m feeling better on low carb diet or grain free diet
@@nickmeale1957 i m feeling better mentaly not physically
I take chikpeas peanuts and beans most of the time
Just avoid sugar dairy and high glycemic index foods and let the body go through for one or two weeks
After all bodies are different so it may work or not
@@nickmeale1957 bodies are very different
In a normal diet peoples weight start from min45 to max 90 or ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph
Very high metoblic rate to very low metabolic rate
So people are different👍
So skinny cant do keto but
Fatty can do keto
So diet can be different too
@@nickmeale1957you said just eat healthy....
celiac disease if you google about it
People cant eat gluten so tgey cant eat grain
@@nickmeale1957 yep i got unhealthy brain
Anxiety and depression run in my genetics
So i searched a lot of diet
Low carb diet improve my mood and mental clarity
I want to do keto diet but i cant because its so expensive
Eggs, Cheese, avocado, and sometimes some bacon or smoked salmon I find to be a great way of keeping a good level glucose level through the day.
Cheese is not ideal in our experience, it can make this worse.
Because cheese and dairy have lactose and that's a milk sugar- the liver processes it as more sugar.
Same with too much protein for those of us with NAFLD- it's turned into glucose and stored as more fat in the liver.
(Gloconeogenesis)
I'm lactose intolerant I have chao cheese which is tofu based. They also have pea protein.
So what the hell do we do? Especially those of us that have to work insane long hour jobs at a high pace and CANT eat every 30 minutes? I’m so sick and tired of feeling so sick and tired and hungry all the **** time :(
@@brentzthurmwood3854 I take a can of sardines, or some chicken strips. Works well for me at work.
You are the 'go-to' for solutions on health issues and prevention. A Godsend 🌠🙏🌟
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Yes, as soon as I felt dizzy, I went into the fridge and ate a cheesecake that was on the top shelf, so a combination of fat and carbs, instead of going for something protein-filled. My body is probably asking me for some protein instead of all the carbs I've been consuming. UGH! THANK YOU! You are wonderful.
you can still do cheesecake just make it yourself with healthy fats and low to no carbs look up Dr. Berg's keto cooking videos he and Karen his wife make great keto food
I didn't know hypoglycemia could be fixed. I've suffered from it for years and there isn't a day where I'm not scared I'll pass out (it's happened before). I always snack sweets but haven't noticed a positive difference, so I'll definitely try this out. Thank you *so* much, Doctor!!!
lisa marie mc don’t carry sweet snacks go to Walmart and buy some glucose tablets carry those with you just in case.
@@powerscourt182 Why not enjoy the benefit of eating sweets, like eating chocolate, instead of just taking the tablets
Jeffrey D I’ll tell you why. In my opinion if you eat sweets are going to crave sweets and if you have any type of blood sugar issues that’s the last thing you need to do is eat sweets. Number two those tablets are glucose tablets they will react fast and bring your sugar up. If you eat sweets your body has to turn it into glucose then bring your sugar up. That’s my opinion.
@@powerscourt182 thx. I am going to buy some tablets. I see glucose/dextrose tablets. Are they different?
Jeffrey D they are the same
These videos about hypoglycemia that you've posted have REALLY helped me to understand better hypoglycemia is and how I can better deal with the situation. As you've stated before, many doctors have told me to drink some juice or get some sugar in me to help the situation. I've been trying to diet and every day I face that drop and then start the cycle all over again. I've tried intermittent fasting and only eating when I become hungry but my blood sugar drops before I even feel hungry and then I frantically eat something I've been led to believe will help me. So thank you for making these videos and helping people like me know what is really going on.
I have the same issue and I’m wondering if you did what Dr.Berg said and did it help you?
Thankyou Dr Berg for covering this issue, just found your channel few weeks ago. Love your videos. I have been passing out since I was 9 years old from low blood sugar and everytime the ambulance came they said to drink orange juice or soda. I have been learning how to eat since my 20s and made many mistakes.Your videos have showed me some things I have done right. I am now 38 and I can actually fast 15 hours without passing out, my family is amazed. I wish I could go longer but for now that's where I'm at. Thanks for all your free information and time.
Hi thats amazing, can you please guide with your diet plan. TIA.
what did you doi??>>
I have a jack russell terrier who gets low blood sugar now and then, He has even collapsed before and scared me. I immediately lightly cook him an egg and he recovers quite quickly, thank you so much, it all makes sense. Such an awesome teacher, and kinda looks like the late John Ritter 🥰
Thank you so much! I have had hypoglycemia since the age of 12 or so. I always carried a Snickers candy bar with me (sugar and protein) as I was told. I'm 63 now and carry cereal breakfast bars and protein shakes with me as I'm having problems more often again. Now I'm researching what I need to know and do to get this back under control. It's amazing that you pointed out protein and why! Fairly recently I was telling a neighbor that I've come to realize that after eating protein (meat) I feel as good as good gets. I realize it doesn't have to just be meat but meat does tend to be a luxury once in awhile and I definitely made a connection! Your video did indeed simplify hypoglycemia as well as how our bodies work to keep our blood sugar level.
Could you do a video on combining hypoglycaemia, intermittent fasting but on a vegan diet?? I know so many people that would find that super helpful, me included. Thanks!
Chickpeas, beans, lentils
I was told to have the sweets for low blood sugar.I eventually found information about having protein to manage the condition. Your explanation about the relationship between glucagon and insulin makes everything so much clearer.Thank you.
Thank you for that video. I'm hypoglycemic and my midwife (who is from Denmark, she is 81 now) several years ago told me to consume protein when my blood sugar drops. It really does work so much better. Thank you Dr. Berg for your invaluable information. I hope you have all your videos backed up for when social media become full blown communists and take all helpful information down.
Thank you! Yes that is a good idea to have things backed up..
We will be safe as long as we have a Constitution loving/honoring president like Biden in office.
this saved my life. anytime i got low sugar i ate animal protein which reversed all my symptoms and kept me full longer.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for sharing. Right now I'm eating a bowl of chicken cause of this
I'm so glad to be off insulin, or any diabetic meds after 26 years!
Mike L dr bergs healthy keto
Hello.Alice how? And how was ur a1c before and now.thanks
I'm so happy for you.
@@allaboutmycats454 Thank you so much for sharing 💞💞💞
Type 1??
Thanks, I've gained more info from this 7 minute video than I ever did from my diabetes nurse and GP, never even heard of Glucagon.
He is teaching us how to fish. You will go to heaven Doc. Thanks a lot.
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Thank you for sharing. :)
I started listening to your videos a little over a week ago and started the "Keto lifestyle."
Then I read some articles (other health sites) about how intermittent fasting and hypoglycemia aren't a good combination. I was going to "give it up" until I listened to this video. Genuinely, I'm just going to listen to what you teach on this subject.
I ordered some supplements from your site to help. I just turned 70 and want to improve my physical and Spiritual life.
The supplements and your lessons will definitely help me physically. (The Bible and God will meet my Spiritual needs.) :)
Thank you so much, Doctor Berg, for all you are doing!
Excellent, Doctor, thank you! I am not diabetic but have certainly improved energy levels by changing to a higher fat, lower carb diet. Swapping a snack made of refined carbs for a small chunk of cheese or a small serving of tuna really makes a difference. I am coeliac and even gluten free carbs are troublesome. So great advice!
Dr. Berg, I am a 45 your old male with type 2 diabetes for about 15 years my last A1C was 7.7. I'm taking 30 units of Lantus nightly and 4mg Glimepride twice daily (morn/nite). Been doing this for a while now. Last night I had a major crisis with Hypoglycemia. I started working out harder the last 3 weeks. Yesterday for breakfast I had a 30 gram protein shake, for lunch had a very nice salad with walnuts, pecans, roasted peppers, olives, tomatoes, etc..and sliced turkey around 1 pm in afternoon. I worked out really hard power lifting legs around 5 pm then had a post workout shake which had brownie brittle (appx 20 carbs), honey (appx 20 carbs), peanut butter, choc. milk and protein powder. Then went to din around 7pm and had a cup of chicken noodle soup and a spinach salad with grilled chicken on it. At 11 PM last night I checked my sugar and it was 82. I took my insulin and pill and I made a peanut & jelly on a white bread with milk. I started eating it about 30 minutes after checking my sugar and I noticed I was starting to shake bad. I started to panic so I started eating the sandwich really fast. When I got half way through I stopped and chugged the glass of milk. I turned to my wife and said hon please get my meter fast. She ran into the kitchen and I followed behind her. I began to start sweating. I took my sugar and it was at 28. I really began to panic and told my wife get me juice anything none diet (orange, Gatorade, or Cranberry, anything). While she was doing that I start staggering to my kitchen table to sit. She opened the OJ and I chugged half the bottle. I bang to start slurring and my wife started panicking and didn't know what to do so she called 911. I was soaked with sweat really really bad everywhere my heart was pounding really hard and rapid heart rate and a couple times I bumped my head on the kitchen table. All I can remember is my wife yelling stay with me Frank, don't you leave me stay with me. She said I looked like I was going to pass out was scared she was going to lose me. It wasn't good. I continued to eat anything with sugar so I ate 10 oreo cookies, drank 4 more cups of milk, had a couple pieces of chocolate. 20 minutes after eating this I tested my sugar while the cops showed up and it was still 28. At this point The paramedics showed up and the one paramedic put an IV on me and inject glucose to raise it. As I started to come back she said I was so low that no matter what I ate it wont bring it up. Then they had my wife make me an egg sandwich to help stablize my sugar. Then they took me to the hospital. I've been low before but never this bad and just wanted to know what did I do wrong that caused this and if this happens again what is the best way to handle this? Thank you in advance for all your help and videos, Frank G.
HE IS IN MY MIND .. once again .. i was just stressing after i measured my blood sugar and it was 50! and 2 hours later he uploads this video!
Did it work for you
That is God sending you a message through Dr. Berg. I hope and pray you are doing well.
Thank you. Your calm attitude really helped me as well as the info! I had this earlier today...it was really scary! I felt so extremely dizzy.
Nothing stabilises my blood sugar levels than a simple boiled egg - amazing !!
Gloria Saliba thank you I'm going to try it.
I was thinking the same while watching the video lol. What could be the cheapest solution for the problem? An egg or coconut oil!
Omg me too I was having a shaky moment then had 2 eggs and I was good
@@onelove132 how many two eggs per day bro? Im having that problem now
How many eggs per meal and how many meals do u eat per day? Pls elaborate your meals cause i am suffering this now help me and how long it eill be fixed ?
You are a true doctor with a passion to help! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this short but exactly to the point video! I was just diagnosed with hypoglycemia and was looking for some key information to help me understand what it is and what can i do about it, which foods to eat etc. and this was the very best video i have seen so far on this topic. Thank you! 🙏
Most welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
Doctor Berg, Thank you so much for your help! Your videos have been comparatively helpful for me than doctors visits! Thank you so much! Wish you all the best!
I love how he has spontaneous moments of getting fired up or sarcastic over us not being taught how balancing blood sugars really work lol. Happens every time.
I think it's really great people can get quality advice from doctors who take the time to put videos such as this on RUclips , thank-you it makes a difference to so many.
Thanks! My husband has been feeling crappy and getting night sweats. I do keto so I had a glucose monitor. One particular morning he was feeling so tired. I checked his sugars and it was 65. Easy fix! Yay!
Tammie Hammett I was told I had hypoglycemia years ago . Have been on high protein fat diet for years. You do not get rid of it. I recently went in a store and ordered a diet drink and was given a regular. Soon after I drank the whole thing, I passed out. I was surprised because I thought I he'd it under control. Also dr. Did you know that low sugar can caused ear problems. I have meniers disease and losses my hearing in one ear. Also if your sugar is low you can lose your balance. You are so right doctors don't understand the problem. During a operation I went into a comma. They all most lost me. It's a serious problem,
@@snookybates8836 but bro if you have hypoglycemia doesnt that mean you need sugar? Im confused
That makes perfect sense. The one time I didn't eat my black beans before my jog like I normally do, my glucose went all the way down to 55. I was weak and a little shaky but managed to get home about 3 minutes away to eat. Thanks Dr Berg. You nailed it for sure!!!
What you failed to mention was the timeframe that it would take for the protein to raise your sugar. If you’re experiencing low blood sugar you still want to keep some glucose tablets around even after you took the protein just in case in my Opinion.
Very true. I think the goal is t.i eat daily low card diet t.i prevent this
If I were insuline resistant (which I'm slightly).
Take Xylitol. If converts to glucose immedialty but it's released 3x-5x slower and barely raises insuline.
Between 50-60% ofprotein becomes glucose and enters the bloodstream about 3-4 hours after it's eaten.
@@ManeAttractionsinBowieMdEat protein and fats also.
NOW !! That's A doctor
This is what I’ve been looking for, thank you. I know it’s 6 years old but it was the part I needed to understand. Glycogen… now it makes sense why I found that if I added fat to my meals and tried to up the protein too ( I am on keto ) I could avoid hypoglycaemia which was becoming a real worry. I am not over weight not diabetic but want a healthier happier lifestyle. I like keto It makes sense. Thanks so much.
Thanks doctor! I've had very low blood sugar after intermittent fasting and intense exercise for the last 3 weeks. I'm going to try having protein the next time it drops, and see how my blood sugar reacts. My only worry is that there isn't really much glycogen in my muscles. After fasting and exercising for a few days my arms are noticeably smaller, and they balloon back up after a feeding day lol. I've been told that's a result of glycogen depletion.
All I can say is thank you so so much for making these videos
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Greatly appreciate your clear explanation. I had low blood sugar levels few times in a month. My doctor told me to keep candies in my pocket and didn't reduce my diabetic medication.
Thank you Doctor 🙏😊
Wow. This works. This is the best I've felt for 3 1/2 years. Thanks so much Dr Berg.
Can u elaborate...what u ate exactly?
I do feel amazing after two weeks in Ketosis, but as soon as I have a cheat meal (Munchies +Icecream) I wake up the next day feeling like Im hung over from sugar alone. Its awful
Yea, cheating on a weekly or bi-weekly cycle isn't really good. I'll cheat 4-5 times a year and that is usually around holidays. I do limit my serving sizes though.
Staying in ketosis too long isn’t good for your kidneys
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I'd like to see where you found this info. I have researched it and this is not fact based on the literature I have come across. I would like to know if I missed something in my studies. Ty
ColoradoFLgrl too many keytones in your system essentially mean you are going to start pissing out calories. Your kidneys aren’t meant to filter out that level of keytones. Glucose is required for cellular respiration to occur in which you produce ATP. Plus depriving yourself of any nutrient isn’t good for you because you’ll eventually stop Ketosis and eat carbs again anyways which can throw off your metabolism
ColoradoFLgrl I’m a Med student and I’ve also consulted my uncle who is a doctor. Don’t get me wrong. Keto is great short term. I lost 93 lbs on it
Thank you this has cleared the confusion I had between hyper and hypo glycemic. My husband has always been this way and having him watch this has given him a better understanding of what he needs to do with science based facts to get on a consistent lifestyle that stops the brain fog, irritability.constant hunger.👍
Hi Dr.Berg! I really need to reverse my hypoglycemia. Sometimes I don't feel the effects because I am distracted doing something and then I need to bring it up ASAP! Eating a protein snack doesn't bring it up quickly enough and I get slurred speech, brain fog and sweats with feelings of passing out. This is when I have some juice or something else that is basically all sugar. I know it's bad and just continuing the vicious cycle but I have had semi seizures where my fingers and toes start drawing up but I am still conscious and am afraid I'll slip into a coma or something of I don't eat some sugar when this happens. I have noticed when I eat beans (usually a cup of refried beans , bean and bacon soup, or other canned whole beans) my blood sugar stays stable for a good 3-4 hrs depending on my activity level. I know that beans are a slow complex carb with a low glycemic load and that they are a great source of fiber too, but I was wondering if they are a suffient source of the protein you spoke of in your video? Can I reverse my hypoglycemia by having some sort of bean with every meal and will the protein from the beans help to eliminate my sugar cravings as well? Thanks for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. It's really appreciated!
Monique Darquea hi, I consume beans regularly for that reason. I am also hypoglycemic and noticed how great I felt when I had beans.
I make bean soup with no oil. I do add eggs or cheese as my fat source.
Yuri Ramirez holy crap I’m the same way I don’t feel like I’m going to die when I have beans and pork. The problem is whenever I wake up in the morning I feel like death
I guess thats why i am Always good when I eat beans and sausages. 😄
i did not understand this for 15 years. . Many doctors told to keep candy. . But now i understand through Dr. Berg that protein. Thank you doctor Berg. You are excellent
For those of you who have struggled with low blood sugar for most of your lives, there’s also an important thing called complex carbohydrates. You can find it in yams, potatoes, whole grain foods, and some nuts (like peanuts). Speaking from experience, if you’re not on meds and you have high protein in your diet, you might have something wrong with your pancreas or even something called congenital hyperinsulinism. Check with your doctors
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Makes better sense than eating cookies before bedtime. Started eliminating fruit and grains since watching your videos and began to feel better. I only eat when hungry, which is twice a day, and usually never after 6: 00 pm. It's hard to wake up. What's best as snack, perhaps?
gil bkk - Good shot , rite on the money, thanks.
But arent grains natural food humanity ate from generations? How are they so harmful?
I can’t wait to start this now. I’ve struggled with this since I was about 10 or so and I’m now 37.
Thank you for your very excellent teachings, Dr. Berg. This one helps explain the specifics still affecting me with year-long (& counting) postprandial hypotension ~ and with all due respect, much more than the G.I.M. clinic that diagnosed me or Hospital dietitian!.🙏🏻
So much gratitude and blessings to you for of all your videos. Your B1 vids were a miracle to me, like rising from a coffin!
Just to put this out there, I had a glucose test, about 30 years ago, when I was pregnant and the doctor, then, told me that they were concerned as I definitely did not have diabetes, but, my response was that my blood sugar dropped too low. And, I know I was the sort of person who got seriously ill, when I was a kid, if I waited too long to eat.
I just recently took a quiz where if you get 20 then you are almost certainly hypoglycemic, and, I got a 98. I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and adrenal fatigue, and a thyroid problem which the endocrinologist said was not from a diseased thyroid, but, was from something irritating my thyroid and making it react strangely. It doesn't happen all the time. I have been diagnosed with some allergies and I believe I have an allergy to wheat and corn. and nightshades.
I've done various things, where I had some success at getting a little healthier by changing my eating habits in various ways (when, what, how), exercising, stress relief techniques, supplements, but, I have never gotten to the point where I found something that continued to work and where I actually felt anything approaching good and awake. Though, the closest I got to that was when I had worked my way down to no longer having diet soda, using ACV often, eating almost entirely leafy greens with other veggies and animal proteins added as condiments, basically, and not eating any grains at all.
Right now, I am thinking, maybe the problem with that way of eating was that I wasn't eating enough protein! I was eating no nuts or seeds, no eggs, and only small amounts of meat.
But, I am still confused in that I have definite signs of hypoglycemia some of the time and definite signs of diabetes some of the time, but, most of the rest of the time, it's just feeling achy, a little tired and having a weak immune system.
Hi Dr Berg,
Thankyou for the video. What is the relation of hypoglycemia with low blood pressure? does one triggers other? Please help. Thanks a lot.
I was doing ketogenic diet for 6 months and it helped a lot i started adding in fruit and right after i would get sick, tired, anxious and this out of body feeling. I think it is time to get back into ketosis
Is this reactive hypoglycemia??? I had some bcaas and protein post workout and then kiwis, and an hour later my blood sugar was 74, and ketones 0.4 i think my body is battling between being a sugar burning to ketosis. Could my body be trying to adapt back to eating carbohydrates?
if you go on a strict lean protein diet (reference to video on our channel) for 1-3 months, you will reverse and heal damage done. And can eat some sugar again. Abuse of carbs/sugar/fat causes this, and a very lean protein and leafy greens diet needs to be done to actually cure it. If blood sugar is very low when waking up, eat small amount of rice 1 hour before bed.
Candy on an empty stomach does slam me back down into anxiety. Being more on the skinny fidgety side things like alfredo with meat instead of sugar sauce spaghetti and smaller meals every so often rather than snacks helps. If I do have a snack it's with whole milk instead of soda.
Good job!
Thank you so much for this! It explains exactly what I've been dealing with over the past 2 months
Thank you so much, Dr. Berg for helping us to understand how to eat properly. You are the Real Doctor!
I have type one diabetes... It is not so easy to adjust my insulin so that I don't go too low, because there are so many factors that influence how much isulin I should do at any given moment. Sometimes it is just unavoidable that I go low (from possibly a combination of too much insulin and exercise for example). In that case, I find it very hard to believe that having protein will bring my blood sugars up. Especially in a timely and convenient way... even if it did eventually bring me up, I would not want to be waiting ages for it to do so, e.g. when I'm at work or in the middle of a walk, because I would be feeling the horrible for a long time, preventing me from getting on with my daily tasks.
So I think it's way too simple to say that I can 'just adjust my insulin- what is causing the problem in the first place'. Although that would be nice if that theory always worked in reality.
exactly. I think his advice can work for some. But there is no way it can for me. I just ate a breakfast with 5 eggs, some cheese, and 5 strips of bacon and within an hour my blood sugars crashed. Then I ate a salad, still crashed. Then I had a grapefruit, and that seems to have balanced me out temporarily.
Makes sense! Sugar doesn’t bring me out of hypoglycaemia but I notice it happens when I’m not getting enough protein
When I’m fasting I notice my blood sugar drops very low. What can I do to fast but also keep my blood sugar stable?
Since I was 9 years of age I would pass out and when they researched they diagnosed me as a hypoglycemia. Just recently I had to wear a monitor for four weeks from 9 AM to 8 PM. My sugar levels were literally under 50. My endocrinologist asked me what regards Green earth was I doing between those hours and my work schedule did not allow me to eat. Even when I ate my lunch, which is always a high protein, consistency has been my entire life. I would be lucky if my levels came up too and 80 which is close to normal. However, within an hour they would drop back down. Therefore the endocrinologist recommended that I definitely need to eat during those hours so my work had to compensate and it’s normally protein I go to I do not take carbs. Lucky if I take natural carbs twice a day. Normally it’s all protein.
I have Long COVID going on 2.5 years. Five months after the start of LC vibrations/buzzing feelings started in all my limbs. It's worse when I lay down at night and waking in the morning. I am healthy, never sick, a healthy weight, I'm not diabetic. I have had full blood work, an MRI of my neck (because my neck and shoulders are super tight). Neurologists says it could be SFN. These vibrations are not uncommon in LC and happen with other post viral illness. I eat healthy and most days low carb, only healthy carbs. I have recently noticed the vibrations in the morning are not quite as bad if I've eaten bad carbs the night before, like pasta or last night I had chips at a party. I found this video (and your new one) searching for low blood sugar as I am thinking that may be part of the problem in the morning when I wake up. Some days it's worse than others. I'm wondering if there is something I could try eating before bed at night that might have the same effect when I wake up in the morning of less vibrations - without eating bad things like pasta and chips! Any recommendations?
Thank you for speaking up for those of us with this problem.
Glad to help!
I was doing keto and it triggered my body to have episodes regularly after YEARS of not having one. I finally got tested and was diagnosed 2 weeks ago. For me complex carbs is what helps sustain my levels. 🤷♀️
Probably wasn't doing right
Thank you for creating this video! I was desperately searching for the reason that I suddenly felt sick. And like always it has to do with diet! I am now more aware and can make healthy food choices to keep me feeling my best. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thank you Dr Berg; always a pleasure to learn from your wealth of knowledge. Have a safe and peaceful New Years. I also hope this year brings you great love; and great health and happiness.
Have you ever heard of occular migraines (with Auras) triggered by computer work but caused by hypoglycemia?
Ekel Epic I get these
hey I just went through surgery on my retina - I thought I was having migraines with Aura (and I was some) but I was also having a detached retina. Something that is common among those with insulin related disorders... it is worth checking with your eye dr as well to confirm that this is not the cause!
Wow that's me.
This is great information... Thanks Dr .Berg .!!!!
This man is amazing!!! Thanks for the video I really needed this... I was dealing with seizures for a while and found out it was low blood sugar and sodium and potassium
What is your diet like? Plant based or animal based
Are you better and what did you do
remember if you go vegan you have to know what you do... cause alot of aminoacids is lacking in a vegan diet if you do not know what you do. i was vegan for 5 years and I thought I was doing good... I ate really healthy.. I went back to eating meat, chicken, eggs again. And low carb, no sugar, no gluten, no cows milk. And alot of vegetables
I can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciate the information you leave here. I bought enzymes from you a while back. Just started taking them yesterday. The first thing that happened was I got really nauseous but then it evened out and I felt more normal than I have in maybe ever. I gave up meat last April because it makes me sick. I get muscle pains and stomach issues whenever I have need protein, sometimes even just a little bit. This may correct that. I like to have eggs with some cheese for breakfast and a banana. That's my favorite. Sometimes a bagel with cream cheese as well depending on how hungry I am. This is excellent information I have awful blood sugar issues. And I know if I don't do something soon, I'm going to end up a diabetic. Thank you!
I love you dr berg you're awesome and actually changing lives.
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This is the first usable, rational advice I've heard in years of searching!!
Can high dose chemo impair glucagon production/expression?
Protein would still be the Solution, yes?
Chemo destroyed my organs and energy metabolism too. It's been since 2016 and I still am not recovered. Chemo is the worst.
I tried a 72 hour mineral water fast and only made it 60 hours. At 60 hours I woke up in the morning and was very dizzy and shaky, and craving fruit. So I broke the fast, I had some fresh papaya and some fruit coconut yogurt. And then resumed normal eating a few hours later. Had great energy, and was in a great mood all day. Slept very well that night too. Anyway I am trying to figure out why I got hypoglycemic and needed to break the fast. Thx!
How long does it take for the protein to raise blood sugar back to good levels? Does this vary upon other factors such as physical activity, diet, body fat etc?
I think I've been doing that without knowing it. I've sometimes do intermittent fasting not eating lunch. But if I can't handle my hunger craving to avoid hypoglycemia I usually eat small protein like: peanuts, peas, boiled eggs. Sometimes eating chocolate bar or candy. But Now I know eating small proteins is good than eating chocolate & candy. Small proteins is the stabilizer & will not spike blood sugar.
Please do a video on CRP levels. Mine was off the charts 8 years ago when I was eating sugar, gluten and nightshades. What is a normal level? Do you use the CRP test in your diagnoses of patients? Happy New Year!
Thanks Dr. Berg , you have cleared the great foggy mystery of what can one do to not go tru the scary moments of hypoglycemia episodes. I wish you were my doctor, or my doctor would see your videos every day . That would be awsome! You are Godsend. God bless.
Thank you for this video. I kicked high blood sugar to the curb and now am working on those occasional glucose drops.
Hello about a year ago I started a diet that consists of 60% fat, 15% carbs, and 25% protein(No grains, lots of nuts and seeds, fish, green vegetables, greek yogurt etc.). Recently, I have slowly tried to get back to a regular diet with more carbs but it seems that when I try to eat more carbs, it throws something out of wack and I get more hungry and tired. I tried that for a couple weeks and now I am back to the 60/15/25 macros but now I am getting extremely hungry and not feeling good around 4pm which will last until I eat, however it may come back after I eat as well. I'm not diabetic but I have checked my sugars during this period and they seem to be always around 4.0-4.2 before eating and about the same 2 hours aftwerwards.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and used!
Thanks for the video!
My situation has greatly improved. I cut out refined. carbs and am eating clean...copious amounts of protein in the form of whey and a lot of fish. We used a system: Green: All clear. Amber: Get ready for a possible crash...this is accompanied by tunnel vision and other nasties. Red: Trouble is here...and it takes usually until the next day to feel better again. Slowly I am progressing. Using supplements to help boost immunity. So far, it's working. Thankyou for all the great info.
Fasting for 16 hours a days and eating two meals in a 8 hour window plus eating mostly healthy fats and some protein with little carbs and some fruit that doesn’t have a lot of sugar ( strawberries and oranges ) I have gotten rid of my headaches from not eating. The irritability and horrible headaches and the desperate need to eat , the addiction to eating something immediately is almost non existent. It’s real rough at first bc after 3 hours I would feel the headache coming on , but the fasting state after a week has helped with that healing . I’m so happy not to be a slave to food anymore
I'm 40 years old and I have hypoglucemia, since. I was little, but now with all this info. I feel like is time to be normal and enjoy life, thanks Dr. Berg
I cant agree more, the dr. found that I am hypoglycemic when I was 18, since it was a roller coaster life. Felt like addictive to
s u g a r any shape and form. Since I started to do the ketogenic diet my brain, memory, and in general feel much better, and no hypo sessions since. Hope it will continue. thank you !!!
same with he, I only got diagnosed at 28 I felt terrible for years and even had seizures because my blood sugar was so low...protein is helping alot and making sure you eat all day long with small healthy meals.
Lacey Langton Good food for thought Lacey!!! :) I think your on to something!!!
Becky Ezra I was told I had it when I was 8. Doctors always told me to keep candy in my pockets. Did not work. At almost 4 I fell and seriously damaged my head, epilepsy soon followed.
Becky Ezra it’s been about a year since you posted this. Have you maintained your low carb lifestyle? Any updates?
Thanks for the information. Found out I had diabetes 4 years ago. Looking to reverse diabetes, this could be very beneficial: *Diabetescureonline*com*
Omg doctor thank you so much I’ve been suffering from hypoglycemia pretty much all my life and it makes me feel so bad but this will help so much. Thank you
I've been wondering for years why I crave protein if i eat too much sugar. If you are correct. THIS IS WHY. Finally an answer. Google search never brought me to this answer.
Well here we are embarking upon a new year, I hope to get back on the wagon and hopefully stay on it, last year I fell off the wagon in June. Thanks for the recent recipe videos, they will help. I can't thank you enough for your videos and books and supplements, they are all AWESOME! And me falling off the wagon is not at all attributed towards anything you did, that was my fault. I don't smoke or drink, sugar is my vice but at least I'm trying!! Again!!
Dr. Berg thanks for taking the time to make these videos. I will remember protein increases glucagon.
I have recently cut out dairy (except a little lactose free cheddar) to improve my skin and brain fog, and this has def also improved my hypoglycemia. Ive no idea why.
Thank you doctor. The information you provide is priceless. I appreciated and keep the good work.
First of all, thanks a lot for your incredible awesome work Dr. Berg. You are doing hard work for good cause, you will be blessed ....my concern is, you said by increasing protein glucagon will also increase and thus it will increase blood sugar level or it will fix hypoglycemia but what if simultaneously protein will increase glucose and thus increase insulin according to your previous video as it contradicts.... you said protein and carbs increase blood sugar and thus increase level of insulin unlike Fat which is neutral... Dr. please clarify this and thanks a tonne for your impeccable efforts and imparting valuable healthy knowledge..
A BIG THANK YOU! for an excellent explanation of hypoglycemia and what to do to reverse it.
You are the best!🎩♥🎇🌷😊
I have been doing this with my teenage son, but he really struggles. His body is so "out of wack" on so many levels. We've always eaten healthy meals. However, he always preferred eaten carbs when he was little , so would I coax him into eating more veggies by encouraging him to eat a set amount of fork/spoonfuls. Now, I give him a meal with acv, enzymes, protein, fat, and veggies and an hour later he gets acid reflux and hypoglycemia. This is a huge challenge for us, but we will keep working on it.
sir please tell us how to rehydrate spinal disc
Have you checked Dr Berg's videos on spine's health?
Dr. Berg, thank you for these informative videos, I'm in my 30's and been through different doctors that can't seem to Diagnose me even though my symptoms are there and getting worse. My last doctor sent me to a facility that did a 6 hour glucose test in which I passed out in their waiting room since I was fasting for the test. I never looked into my symptoms further because I was cleared. Now the anxiety of not wanting to pass out or get shaky and weak, I carry an Ensure shake with me but that feeling of wanting to eat something is still there. Can you guide me to what I can do to help my situation.
Erica Zavolas how are you doing do you find a diagnosis? Do you find any relief or cure.
I've had the same issue
So informative, Excellent channel. Thank you for posting I always learn a lot when I watch your video's.
Who found this in 2021? Just timely. Thank you Dr.
I am not diabetic and usually healthy. I stopped eating anything with salt or sugar about 3 years ago. I have had blurred vision for the last couple of months and my optician has told me I need cataract surgery. A few days ago I had a little cake and my vision started to clear.
My eyesight is almost back to normal now. My blood sugar must have been too low so I will need to eat some sugar from now on
Thank you do much Dr.Berg 😢I can't thank you enough u saved me and I'm forever grateful! I took your tips and I have been better I will continue to follow your learnings
I’ve never been diagnosed but after watching thus video this describes me to a T.
Feedback after 1 year?