Hungry and shaky.

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Hi all. This last week i have felt very hungry and shaky between meals on most days. It has been half term so I have been off work so my routine has been different and meal times too. What can I do to prevent this and why would I feel like this?
 
Sulfate said:
Hi all. This last week i have felt very hungry and shaky between meals on most days. It has been half term so I have been off work so my routine has been different and meal times too. What can I do to prevent this and why would I feel like this?
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Difficult to give a precise response without more information, but if you are eating low carb and feel hungry the obvious answer is to eat - preferably something warm and nourishing. Scrambled eggs and cheese with a tomato has been a useful swift option.
You might need more food than you are eating - so many people push the idea that not enough to eat is a good thing which is crazy if you actually think about it.
You might perhaps be cutting back on carb too quickly and getting false hypos due to a sudden alteration in glucose levels, so perhaps analysing what you are eating would be the place to start finding out what is going on.
 
Drummer said:
Difficult to give a precise response without more information, but if you are eating low carb and feel hungry the obvious answer is to eat - preferably something warm and nourishing. Scrambled eggs and cheese with a tomato has been a useful swift option.
You might need more food than you are eating - so many people push the idea that not enough to eat is a good thing which is crazy if you actually think about it.
You might perhaps be cutting back on carb too quickly and getting false hypos due to a sudden alteration in glucose levels, so perhaps analysing what you are eating would be the place to start finding out what is going on.
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Could it possibly be having a week of too many carbs ?I have been eating out for lunches etc far more than usual?
 
Sulfate said:
Could it possibly be having a week of too many carbs ?I have been eating out for lunches etc far more than usual?
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If you've improved your response to insulin and eat a high carb food - sandwiches for lunch perhaps, or pastry of some kind then that response is not implausible. One reason I avoid grain these days is how I feel soon afterwards.
 
Polyphagia (Intense Hunger) is a common sign of high blood sugars. Do you test and see what sort of level you are?
 
harbottle said:
Polyphagia (Intense Hunger) is a common sign of high blood sugars. Do you test and see what sort of level you are?
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Thanks I will do a test before I eat tonight. Its not been a good week for carbs :(
 
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