One way to lower secretion of insulin is to bring carbohydrate consumption right down to zero and the consumption of protein down to the amount needed for body maintenance plus the synthesis of about 40 grams of glucose a day. All the rest of the daily calories would be provided by fat, the only macronutrient which does not cause insulin to be secreted at all. Has Dr. Berkowitz tried this? If so, what is his experience with it?

It’s especially hard for people with gastric bypass because they have to eat all of these very small meals every few hours, that are mainly carbohydrates and have little choice in the matter.

Speed and adrenaline are very similar.

When you think about it, what do speed and carbohydrates do to our systems..

They signal and stimulate our adrenal gland into producing and putting more adrenaline into our blood stream, for one thing.

You get this occurring basically non-stop and you have serious reactions and serious problems.

Our bodies are meant to surge with adrenaline and it’s effects on our insulin levels as well as the accompanying hormones and there effects, in a crises situation and other times of need and then immediately after the ‘event’ drop back off and return to normal, which is basically just sitting there doing nothing until called upon.

So you get this non-stop secretion and rises and drops on a continuous basis and you got real problems that are manifesting into what we call reactive hypoglycemia and fibromyalgia.

We are way over taxing our systems, like a race horse running on speed.

The end result is the same thing!

Reactive hypoglycemia most likely is being caused by two main problems: continued insulin resistance and an “overtaxed” adrenal system.

Cortisol can also trigger increased gluconeogenesis where the body uses non carbohydrate sources as energy. One of these triggers is hypoglycemia. In this state the body will use protein and/or fat as an alternative energy source. Another trigger is intense exercise. Again, over time this process will create a vicious cycle and worsen reactive hypoglycemia. The key to prevent this is to maintain glucose levels as stable as possible. This may also be why, many of my patients find weight training more effective for weight loss than prolonged periods of aerobic exercise. I find that proper sleep as well as techniques that focus on reducing your body’s response to stress (i.e. biofeedback and mediation) help break this vicious cycle.

They got to have there fix!

In the first half of your interview with Dr. Berkowitz, you asked what supplements could be beneficial to treating reactive hypoglycemia. The two of you talked about
CoQ10, Magnesium, Chromium, Biotin, ALA, Omega 3s,
Coconut Oil for helping in the treatment of insulin resistance, diabetes and reactive hypoglycemia which was great!

Dr Berkowitz talked about the dosage for CoQ10 (100mg) and Magnesium (500mg), but didn’t talk about dosage for any of the other supplements or foods he mentioned. Do you (or any of your other readers) have any suggestions to that end or is this something you could ask Dr. Berkowitz might be able to respond to via email?

I found both portions of this interview very interesting, thanks for speaking with Dr Berkowitz. He’s evidently a pretty sharp guy and keen on really helping people rather than distributing the same tired dogma that most diabetics and sick people are fed.

Thanks
Xanderman

I thought the exact same thing about Dr. Berkowitz’s response. It addressed the issue of avoiding episodes of reactive hypoglycemia, but neglected the issue of high insulin levels following each meal. An issue that I would think would exacerbate insulin resistance.

Xanderman