Many people think that diabetics shouldn’t have alcohol because it has “sugar”. That’s not true. Diabetics shouldn’t have alcohol because it causes them (me) to “crash”. A crash is when your blood sugar levels drop dangerously low.
A hypoglycemic, ( a sort of reverse diabetic, someone who has to constantly eat carbs) goes into a diabetic coma when their blood sugar drops below 4.0 mol. The same thing can happen to a diabetic who takes too much insulin.
Normally, a persons pancreas produces enough insulin to regulate he amount of glucose in your blood. If your diet doesn’t include enough carbs, then your body will produce glucose by burning fat surrounding your liver and intestines. That isn’t a healthy thing to do however. it causes your body to store even more fat in that area if you regularly deprive your body of carbs.
I’d like to see the face of those on “low-carb” diets upon learning that information.
I don’t have hypoglycemia or diabetes. I have hypothyroid and primary hyperparathyroid disease. My body is pretty off, but thankfully no insulin pen for me. Mostly just constant fatigue as well as brain fog sometimes.
Hypoglycemia is a low blood glucose state caused by insulin levels persisting at elevated levels. No human has the ability to convert fatty acids into glucose. The liver does convert fatty acids into ketones when insufficient glucose is available from the gut.
The remaining cells, like the brain, need glucose, which is produced from glycogen stores.
If you don't have glycogen stores because you're low carbing, the glucose is made from amino acids using Gluconeogenesis instead.
it causes your body to store even more fat in that area if you regularly deprive your body of carbs.
Um, where did you get that idea from ?