Hypoglyemia on diet

[Terrymundo]

hello friends (+occasional douche)

I have been trying to keep my carb intake to a minimum in a an attempt to bring down my BF%. It seems to happen too often my body enters a state of hypoglycemia (cold sweat, dizziness, shaking, confusion, fuzzy feeling) the default tactic is take some simple sugars to balance out. It seems these episodes are happening too frequently and are now starting to throw out my diet with the medicinal cokes and cookies.

Does anyone else have these issues and how you combat against it? Preventative measures? Best practice in case of an episode?

Please note I do not use exogenous insulin.

[nate225]

I know you probably wanna hear "take some XXX it'll help", but I reckon its more a case of changing strategy to suit you as an individual.

Maybe add low GI carbs and drop protein keeping the calorie level the same (and before some fuckhead says never drop protein in lieu of carbs you don't need 300+ grams like every 80kg gymrat seems to swear by). I've done that this time around (350g protein down to 200g with low GI carbs throughout the day (yes even after the gym at night) and my physique is better by far and dieting has been so much easier without the constantly fluctuating blood sugar. 

Though its not my style you could also try the higher fat diets that Palumbo etc use, probably wont have the same issues that your hitting now?

Just my 10 cents

[Flex]

Does anyone else have these issues and how you combat against it? Preventative measures? Best practice in case of an episode?

Please note I do not use exogenous insulin.

Post up your daily eating plan and current "supplements" plan, do these problems just occur during/after training? have yiou used exogenous insulin in the past?

[Terrymundo]

diet is not set at this stage, but follows these basic outlines.

• eat every 2-3hours
• carb sources are pitas, brown rice, oats, energy drinks*secret*
• protien: powder, chicken, fish
• carbs are kept to a minimum but still feature in evry meal up my workout at 5:30pm
• snacks (cause i am being honest) are usually savoury not sugary (pies, scrolls etc)

"supplements" I guess you mean "drugs" is hardly a plan but here is whats on the go at the moment:

test tren and winstrol  all @ 50mg ED

t3 at 60mcg but tapering out over the next two weeks

 

Episodes are very random, usually if I have a sugary treat I have a hypoglycemic rebound about half an hour to an hour later but  I am not worried about those, its the random ones that I can't stand. Sitting on the coach and WHAM end up eating the first sugary thing I can find.

 

Have never used insulin

[nate225]

T3 could be contributing though 60mcg isn't a huge dose (according to my limited google knowledge!), however it will ramp your metabolism and cause you to chew through your carbs faster (which maybe an issue if your calories are low).

Funly enough a nutrtionist was talking to me about a person who described their experience on T3 when the played around with dosages, said they found a point where it really flattened them out from an energy point of view. 

Personally, though I don't have the knowledge to advise on T3 effects, I'd suggest you review again after you come off as adding more carbs now might be fine but without the enhanced metabolic rate the exogenous thyroid gives you it may cause you to gain bodyfat (particularly if you get any kind of rebound from the T3).

[Terrymundo]

I had ruled out T3 as a factor after nothing having an issue for the first 4 weeks. dose reached 80mcg ED so nothing spectactular. T3 DOES make me feel lathargic if the food take isn't up to stratch but I never had a dramatic on my blood glucose to the point of hypoglcemia.i will continue to taper off and see if the co-relating effect on these episodes.

[Dinahlady]

T3 effects your ability to absorb nutrients as it increases gastric motility. Also directly decrease your ability to absorb some nutrients such as Iron and ca+.  Hyperthyroidism isn't characterised by quick weightloss just because of the metabolic effects... its also because of decreased food absorbance.

So I with that in mind i can understand the need for some sugar or carbs which require less digestive processes to get into your system as you could be missing out from digesting your "slower" carbs, as much as you think you are. 

60mcg isnt much but is definitely enough to negetively affect your absorption and push you above physiological normal depending on what you started at natrually. (which you wont know unless you had blood tests) 

How many carbs are you taking in overall? 

I agree with nate if you are set on your calorie amount then lower pro and raise carbs in general. 

I'm not 100% sure on t3s direct interaction with insulin/carbs but pretty sure it has an effect there in its own right. 

taper out the T3 and see if you feel better?