Tired? Moody? Depressed? You May Have Low Blood Sugar

Do you often feel wiped out, weak, dizzy, forgetful, irritable or depressed?

Or, do you struggle with insomnia, headaches, obesity, anxiety, brain fog or heart palpitations?

And are you hounded by what I call Crazy Cravings™ and sudden, ravenous hunger?

Worse still, does your doctor insist, “It’s all in your head!” Your doctor could be completely wrong!

Instead, you could be among millions, who have hypoglycemia or low blood sugar.

Hypoglycemia is an often-overlooked, debilitating medical condition, which means that your blood glucose drops too low for you to be able to go about your daily activities.

When your blood sugar plunges, you can get hit by dizziness, fatigue, headaches, mood swings, forgetfulness, brain fog, heart palpitations and dozens of other ailments.

Low blood sugar is the reverse of diabetes, which generally gets the most attention, but in my opinion, according to my research, hypoglycemia is far more pervasive.

In fact, my research leads me to believe that about half of the people in the United States and millions more around the world have this condition — yes, it’s not a disease.

So what’s the cure for hypoglycemia? Eat right! And exercise. Yes, to manage your low blood sugar, you don’t need to take any medication.

You just need to cut out candies, cookies, cakes, breads, pasta, candies and other fast-acting carbohydrates, which I call carbage or carb garbage.

Years ago, I discovered that my reactive hypoglycemia was to blame for my 44 ailments. (Yes, I had that many, as you can read about in my first book, Sugar Shock.)

At the time, my savvy physician’s unusual prescription was unsettling.

“Quit sugar and processed carbohydrates,” my doctor ordered. Letting go of my favorite sweet treats was the last thing I wanted to do! And it was no easy feat.

But then, thankfully, I found the most amazing, kind, warm woman, Roberta Ruggiero,

Roberta — who has had her share of low blood sugar woes — is president of the non-profit Hypoglycemia Support Foundation, which she founded in 1980 to educate and support millions worldwide on how to prevent and manage their low blood sugar, came to my rescue.

I cannot overstate how grateful I am to Roberta for helping me to kick sweets and quickie carbs and to learn about hypoglycemia.

Given that I first contacted Roberta in 1998 — well before the Internet was easy to access — I had to rely on books and Roberta for my hypo education. Wow, did Roberta come through for me! For instance, Roberta — whose phone number I tracked down — patiently explained to me that our bodies, and especially our brains, need glucose to survive.

During a number of conversations, Roberta explained that 80 million of us worldwide are plagued by many symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia, especially if we don’t watch our diets and eat sugars, many of which are hidden in processed foods. (I believe that her figure is too low.)

As I became healthier without sugar coursing through my system, I discovered that hypoglycemia has been called the “Great Imitator.”

That’s because low blood sugar’s strange, startling symptoms — some experts cite as many as 125 of them — can make your doctor wrongly believe that you have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, neurosis, migraines, Parkinson’s syndrome, chronic bronchial asthma, paroxysmal tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), rheumatoid arthritis, cerebral arteriosclerosis (hardening of the brain’s arteries), menopause, mental retardation, alcoholism, hyperactive disorder, and even senility.

In short, when you have hypoglycemia — which I dub “hypo” — you and your doctor can get mighty confused. Roberta’s startling story is a case in point. Over the years, many doctors were completely baffled as to what was wrong with her. She was even subjected to grueling electroshock treatments when all she needed to do was quit sugar!

To learn more about hypoglycemia, check out the HSF’s interesting infographic. Then I invite you to donate to the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation.

A very special thanks to Craig Cameron for the above artwork.