messtafarian
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I just had the worst attack of reactive hypoglycemia I've had in over a year. Scary. I was pouring sweat, shaking, and thinking I was going to pass out and die -- but I knew what it was and just attacked half a bag of gummy bears and a package of corn tostada shells, lying on my back in my bed until I got the sugar rush and it passed.
I know, I know about the corn but if this has ever happened to you know that regardless of the actual clinical picture the impending sense of absolute doom makes it impossible to think straight or pick any other option but whatever food there is, in you, right now.
I ate half a small package of haribo gummy bears on the way back from the grocery store thinking they'd be passably okay if I didn't eat too many. Then about an hour later my brother offered me a glass of Rioja which I drank cut in half with selzer water. I drank that, poured another one and then suddenly felt outrageously drunk. I thought I was going to pass out from the alcohol which made absolutely no sense considering it was probably about three ounces over more than an hour.
Then I got hit with the shakes and the sweats, serious blood sugar drop.
Now I'm bummed. I ate 2885 calories today and ate way too much PUFA due to the corn. They were the old fashioned kind fried in coconut oil so at least there wasn't any canola oil in them or something.
What do you think happened there? The gummy bears?
I know, I know about the corn but if this has ever happened to you know that regardless of the actual clinical picture the impending sense of absolute doom makes it impossible to think straight or pick any other option but whatever food there is, in you, right now.
I ate half a small package of haribo gummy bears on the way back from the grocery store thinking they'd be passably okay if I didn't eat too many. Then about an hour later my brother offered me a glass of Rioja which I drank cut in half with selzer water. I drank that, poured another one and then suddenly felt outrageously drunk. I thought I was going to pass out from the alcohol which made absolutely no sense considering it was probably about three ounces over more than an hour.
Then I got hit with the shakes and the sweats, serious blood sugar drop.
Now I'm bummed. I ate 2885 calories today and ate way too much PUFA due to the corn. They were the old fashioned kind fried in coconut oil so at least there wasn't any canola oil in them or something.
What do you think happened there? The gummy bears?