I've had a very intensive education on blood sugars,insulin, and just surviving due to it.
Glad too read you are coping with these problems. I have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). I just wonder if this means consumption of sugar (sweet tooth here)would have a lesser effect. This than on the ordinary person. Just throwing out the thought here.
You and my wife need to trade blood transfusions monthly. She eats 15 carbs for the whole day and has a 182 reading. She eats right and very small portions (I would starve on what she eats) and exercises and the doctors have just about gave up on her.
If you have a “sweet tooth” it most likely indicates that you have an overgrowth of Candida in the gut... and elsewhere. Candida thrives on sweets/sugar. If you have taken any antibiotics in the past you’ve probably killed off most of the “good” gut bacteria and Candida has taken over.
Cutting down on sweets can help, but the Candida is still there. Two good supplements that will help reduce Candida are undecylenic acid and caprylic acid. Taking *good* probiotics is essential also. You need more than just acidophillus. Find some probiotics that contain many different strains. Read the labels!
This combination can help reduce Candida but it does take time. Nothing happens fast, you have to repopulate your gut with the good bacteria, balancing out the bad ones. You’ll find your “sweet tooth” goes away as the Candida does.
Plus, if the Candida is thriving on the sugar in your body, that means there is less for your body to use... thus hypoglycemia.