Hey all, I'm a 20 year old student, and I
believe I have some form of hypoglycemia.
For years I've been getting lightheaded
occasionally after meals, but after
switching to a vegan diet high in refined
carbs and drinking too much, I began to
get much much more sensitive. Since then
I've changed my diet and habits
drastically.
When I eat meals, often I'll get dizzy,
lightheaded and drained after about 15
minutes. I'll have trouble socializing or
focusing; this will last about an hour,
sometimes longer. This mainly happens when
I eat carbs; if I were to eat a salad, I
wouldn't experience those effects. Eating
sugar intensifies my symptoms, I avoid it
at all costs.
However, I don't usually experience
symptoms of hypoglycemia if I skip a meal,
I only experience them after eating one.
My first meal of the day is usually the
most difficult in terms of my reaction.
This year I've been living on campus so
I've had very limited options in what I
can eat; this summer, though, I've put
together a meal plan for myself -- I was
hoping that some of you could lend your
advice/criticism.
I weigh ~160 lbs. and can tolerate whole
grains:
8A:
-1 hard boiled egg (2g carbs, 17g protein,
14g fat)
-1 cup WG Kashi (15/2/.5)
-1 vitamin (0/0/0)
11A:
-1 medium carrot (6/1/0)
-23 almonds (6/6/14)
2P:
-1 can of tuna (0/40/3)
-1 slice WG bread (20/4/2)
5P:
-1 apple (21/0/.5)
-1/2 cup shredded cheese (.5/14/19)
-1 slice WG bread (20/4/2)
8P:
-1/4 cup WG rice w/ soy sauce (32/3/1)
-1 small salad (8/1/0)
11P:
-1 medium stalk of celery (1/0/0)
-1/2 cup of hummus (18/10/12)
Total for the day: 150g carbs, 102g
protein, 68g fat
Edit: This adds up to 1,620 calories,
which seems a little low to me. Where
should I add calories, and of what?
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Stan
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Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1617 Location: ,
Posted: 05-12-08 11:13am
Try two eggs in the morning, fried if you
can. This keeps the yolk a little more
loose, which makes it digest easier. I
suggest avoiding stuff like Kashi and
going for REAL grain, boiled. No fruit?
Root vegetables might need to be avoided,
but if they seem okay keep it up. Walnuts
always seem to be better, almonds have a
mild poison in them that can irritate your
stomach if you eat them too much. Don't
bother with whole grain bread unless it
truly isn't, which I'm going to bet is not
what you think you're eating. Look for a
bread called Ezekiel. It will be in a
natural store or natural section of a
supermarket, usually in a freezer. These
'meals' are strange. Just some shredded
cheese and an apple? Also, TOO much
bread. No more than one slice a day to
start. I first off also noticed that
you're not eating too much protein. Being
a vegan and doing this is not very easy at
all, and avoiding protein is not going to
be easy, it will prove INCREDIBLY
difficult for you. Soy is not an option
because of what it does to the body in
large quantities. Probably too many carbs
in the day there, and way too much over an
extended period of time, you're giving
your body no chance to keep its sugar
stable because you keep pumping it in
there. Snack type meals should be mainly
protein, not carbs, and you're having
quite a bit with every meal. In addition,
breakfast and lunch, or at least the 3-4
earliest meals, should be the largest,
it's ridiculous to eat half a cup of humus
that late in the day. Primarily protein
before you go to bed. Make sure you read
my diet rules at the top of this forum.
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VictoriaGB
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 67 Location: Wales, UK
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Posted: 05-19-08 18:52pm
How many calories are you aiming for?
For 2000 cals, a carb/protein/fat
percentage of 30/30/40 gives you
150/150/88. That looks a little better,
although you may want to play with those
percentages. You definitely need more
calories than you mentioned in that meal
plan.
Can you eat peanut butter?
150 carbs is a reasonably low amount for
the average person. However if you are
hypoglycemic, you may want to lower that
to around 100g, and get this from fruit
and veggies rather than bread etc.
If you are experiencing symptoms just 15
minutes after you eat, it may be a number
of conditions. Rapid stomach emptying, a
sensitivity to something in your food, and
so on. You need to explain these symptoms
to a doctor and find the underling cause
as it may not be hypoglycemia, the
symptoms are common.
I also have problems soon after eating but
it's thought to be a separate issue to
hypoglycemia.
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