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So I have noticed this problem for many years to some degree, but recently it has become much worse. Here's the deal. Any time I eat something with a high sugar and/or fat content (but mostly sugar), within about 30 minutes - and lasting as long as 8-10 hours later - I get really hot, my heart races/pounds, I get out of breath, and I get "the shakes" or tremors and feel light-headed, dizzy and just plain feel awful.
If I stick with lame, low calorie foods like salads, vegetables, soup, etc....this does not happen. This morning is a perfect example. This is unusual, and rare - but I happened to eat two huge cinnamon rolls with icing - and for the last several hours, I have been suffering the consequences.
I lost my health insurance after exhausting my life-savings on the premiums for coverage I couldn't use anyway thanks to the insane deductible - about a year ago (next month will be 1 year with no health insurance), but every year up until that time - I had a complete annual physical exam with all the blood tests done and every year it always came back normal with no thyroid or blood sugar issues.
Has anyone heard of anything like this or experienced anything similar? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
So I have noticed this problem for many years to some degree, but recently it has become much worse. Here's the deal. Any time I eat something with a high sugar and/or fat content (but mostly sugar), within about 30 minutes - and lasting as long as 8-10 hours later - I get really hot, my heart races/pounds, I get out of breath, and I get "the shakes" or tremors and feel light-headed, dizzy and just plain feel awful.
If I stick with lame, low calorie foods like salads, vegetables, soup, etc....this does not happen. This morning is a perfect example. This is unusual, and rare - but I happened to eat two huge cinnamon rolls with icing - and for the last several hours, I have been suffering the consequences.
I lost my health insurance after exhausting my life-savings on the premiums for coverage I couldn't use anyway thanks to the insane deductible - about a year ago (next month will be 1 year with no health insurance), but every year up until that time - I had a complete annual physical exam with all the blood tests done and every year it always came back normal with no thyroid or blood sugar issues.
Has anyone heard of anything like this or experienced anything similar? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Sounds like hypoglycemia. You load up on carbs & sugar (pancakes for breakfast did it for me a lot of times) and your body overreacts by amping up insulin production which then drops the sugar levels too fast. I used to get it frequently when I was younger, most often in the a.m. (probably because you've been fasting all night).
The solution is to moderate your sugar/carb intake in the morning, and if you get lightheaded try eating a little fat/protein (a slice of cheese used to work for me).
Luckily if all you have is hypoglycemia you can easily treat it yourself.
Your body is changing and telling you that in no uncertain terms you arent to eat those things. Your blood sugar probably goes through the roof when you eat that stuff.
On the bright side, if you can kick sugary foods for around 3 weeks you can kick your dependence on sugar, and you wont want to eat that stuff anymore.
But stop eating that stuff now before your body gets worse, unless you want to handicap yourself.
I get you. For the short term, be sure to eat some protein to lower the sugar surge.
For the long term, maybe dedicate one day a week to enjoy such a high amount of sweets/fat. Balance.
I can't eat a lot of fat either or I get gastric distress. Again, this can be solved by relegating such things to once a week and clean eating the other days.
So I have noticed this problem for many years to some degree, but recently it has become much worse. Here's the deal. Any time I eat something with a high sugar and/or fat content (but mostly sugar), within about 30 minutes - and lasting as long as 8-10 hours later - I get really hot, my heart races/pounds, I get out of breath, and I get "the shakes" or tremors and feel light-headed, dizzy and just plain feel awful.
If I stick with lame, low calorie foods like salads, vegetables, soup, etc....this does not happen. This morning is a perfect example. This is unusual, and rare - but I happened to eat two huge cinnamon rolls with icing - and for the last several hours, I have been suffering the consequences.
I lost my health insurance after exhausting my life-savings on the premiums for coverage I couldn't use anyway thanks to the insane deductible - about a year ago (next month will be 1 year with no health insurance), but every year up until that time - I had a complete annual physical exam with all the blood tests done and every year it always came back normal with no thyroid or blood sugar issues.
Has anyone heard of anything like this or experienced anything similar? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
If you know what happens when you eat a load of sugar, why do it? Your annual exam (I assume with the usual 12 hour fast, right?) is intended to measure different things, not a temporary spike or drop in blood values after one ill-advised meal.
It should help to do some experimenting to establish how much sugar is "too much". For many people there are usually thresholds over which they can guarantee they'll pay a price for what they consume...fat, alcohol, sugar, things that trigger allergic reactions, caffeine, dairy, gluten, etc. You just have to learn what your particular system will and won't tolerate. For example, you might find you could have enjoyed half of that cinnamon roll or eat one without the frosting and be OK. Two was not OK. Up to you to find out and adjust to reality.
darlin' your body obviously just can't handle the sugar and the resulting spike of sugars in your bloodstream. You could be pre-diabetic or even be in the zone of diabetes 2.
first thing, i hear you about the prohibitive cost of insurance....but there are resources out there that are FREE and might help you deal with this. Second? Find a copy of SUGAR BLUES, it might still be in your library, hopefully you have an statewide library system that you can go to online and find what library has a copy.... or just hit some of the thrift book stores. I highly recommend this book, it might scare you straight from over dosing any longer on sugar laden products and start you on the road to more sensible eating. THIRD? VERY IMPORTANT: Get thee to your town Health Department!!!! I think every town in America has free screenings quarterly or maybe just bi-annually if you are out in a rural area, you can get definitive diagnosis on diabetes. You can call your state Health Department to see what screenings they offer and where. I truly can't imagine you cannot find free screenings anywhere, your town will have social workers too who can offer programs or support.
In the interim, check out the local hospital for screenings, clinics too. And your town health department, might, like mine, have a nutritional counselor or even a dietician and there will be no charge for using them. GOOD LUCK!!!!! BE PROACTIVE AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR NUTRITION. Our populace is one of the least educated when it comes to good nutrition and doctors/health professionals are increasingly putting greater emphasis on nutrition as a way to control even such awful diseases as cancer.
So I have noticed this problem for many years to some degree, but recently it has become much worse. Here's the deal. Any time I eat something with a high sugar and/or fat content (but mostly sugar), within about 30 minutes - and lasting as long as 8-10 hours later - I get really hot, my heart races/pounds, I get out of breath, and I get "the shakes" or tremors and feel light-headed, dizzy and just plain feel awful.
If I stick with lame, low calorie foods like salads, vegetables, soup, etc....this does not happen. This morning is a perfect example. This is unusual, and rare - but I happened to eat two huge cinnamon rolls with icing - and for the last several hours, I have been suffering the consequences.
I lost my health insurance after exhausting my life-savings on the premiums for coverage I couldn't use anyway thanks to the insane deductible - about a year ago (next month will be 1 year with no health insurance), but every year up until that time - I had a complete annual physical exam with all the blood tests done and every year it always came back normal with no thyroid or blood sugar issues.
Has anyone heard of anything like this or experienced anything similar? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Something like that happens to me sometimes. Not often.
Do you take your blood pressure at home? I suggest you start doing that regularly. Like every day, maybe more than once a day.
My blood pressure is normal. But when I take it at home in the morning, it's still normal, but much lower than in the doctor's office.
I have gotten dizzy off and on for years. I think it's probably my blood pressure. It can happen if I eat too much sugar at a time, but particularly if I don't eat at all for a while and then go somewhere where I am standing up for a length of time.
I have only gotten the shakes a couple of times, and that was after not eating for hours. I don't have diabetes or blood sugar issues or any medical condition.
The reason you MAY react to the sugar more than most is maybe you aren't used to eating much sugar, and then you overload on it? Just a thought.
I suggest:
Keep track of your blood pressure.
When you eat sugary things, eat some protein at about the same time. The protein cuts your body's insulin reaction to the sugar.
Cut back on sugar, of course. Maybe substitute fruit, which is sweet but has vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
The body doesn't have as much of an insulin reaction to fruit as to refined sweets.
Either eat sugar less often, or eat less of it when you do eat it.
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