HYPOGLYCAEMIA

Interpreting your score:

Nutrition Facts & Diet Advice for hypoglycaemia

Consider the following nutrition guidelines:

• The most important thing is to remove all refined foods, sugar, alcohol, soft drinks, caffeine and fruit juices.   

• Eat a diet high in fibre – lots of vegetables, beans, brown rice, lentils, soy products. 

• Don’t attempt ‘Food Combining’ (The Hay Diet) but instead always eat a little protein with each meal. 

• Good proteins include fish, nuts, seeds, skinless turkey or chicken, low-fat yoghurt (preferably sheep or goats). 

• Reduce saturated fats, but eat enough good quality oils, such as olive oil, unrefined flaxseed or fish oil, unrefined walnut or sunflower oil.  Apart from olive oil, do not use these for cooking. 

• Eat little and often – about six small meals a day – do not allow yourself to go hungry.  Some people with hypoglycaemia find it helpful to eat a small snack at bedtime.

• During a hypoglycaemic reaction, a good snack would be a couple of oat cakes with nut butter (almond, hazelnut, cashew or peanut), or oat or rice cakes with goats cheese or avocado.

• Eat foods which are low on the glycaemic index (see below).  The lower the number the better, although you can take a small portion of food which is high on the glycaemic index if you mix it with a protein food.

 GLYCAEMIC INDEX TABLE

Health Supplements for Hypoglycaemia   

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Often, a combination of supplements may help in alleviating this condition. You may wish to consult a nutritional therapist for personal advice. Supplements that may be helpful in alleviating symptoms are shown below:

(please also read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)

• 1 x SucroGuard once or twice a day, as needed. A particularly good supplement containing chromium polynicotinate, four types of magnesium, Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, Pantothenic Acid, Manganese Ascorbate and other ascorbate (vit C). (BioCare)

• 1 x Multivitamin and mineral (e.g. Solgar VM75)

• 1 teaspoon L-Glutamine powder, in water, 2-3 times a day (Higher Nature)

• 6 - 9 capsules AquaSource Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae.  Spread them throughout the day – can be taken at any time, with or without food. (This Algae is highly detoxyfing so start with 2 capsules and slowly build up to 6 or more. Drink water.

• 3 x Essential Balance capsules (Omega 3 and 6) (Higher Nature) 

Recommended Books  

health book - Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution
health book - Low Sugar Handbook, The
health book - The X factor Diet
Low Sugar Cookbook, The

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