The Shakes: Hypoglycemia While on Homeopathic HCG

I reported some observations about the differences between the Homeopathic HCG Steps Program I designed and am testing right now.  The first thing I reported is that I’m just not hungry and have forgotten to eat twice already.  The second thing, is I am not having *any* problems with blood sugar dropping out the bottom. Historically, I experience very low blood sugar (including the shakes and everything!) and have to eat SOMETHING fast. I try to grab a protein in those cases, but it doesn’t always work. With the Homeopathic HCG Steps Program I’ve designed, I’ve not experienced that a single time this whole round. Yae!

The second thing seemed to ring a bell, though, so I thought I’d look at it a bit closer.  Blood Sugar.  I’ve fought that battle from my first round all the way through to the round previous to this one.  It just drops out the bottom and I get the shakes and feel hot, sick to my stomach, and weak.  It’s NOT fun.  In fact, I’d liken it to being out in a dark forest and your flashlight bulb just suddenly goes from white to yellow, then dims to almost nothing.  Then you’re stuck in the dark.  If you don’t have someone there to help or know what to do, you’re in a real stickery pickle!  

Dr. Simeon addressed low Blood Sugar in Pounds & Inches on pages 52-53.  He states that this problem generally shows later in the course of a round, where there’s feelings of weakness, trembling, unmotivated sweating, and light-headedness, but that hunger is not present still.  For treatment, he recommends you take two heaped teaspoons of sugar.  He explains that you should watch what it does to your weight very carefully the next day, but to return to the VLCD.  He goes on to explain that the symptoms rarely recur after the treatment with sugar and that it’s a consequence of not eating enough during the first two days of treatment (loading days).

I think this is an interesting set of advice, and you’ll have to forgive me, but this is showing the age of this document.  Dr. Simeon addressed Hypoglycemia (generally associated with diabetes), rather than Reactive Hypoglycemia (also known as alimentary hypoglycemia).  Reactive Hypoglycemia can be associated with abnormal hormone levels or abnormal enzyme levels, too!

So, here’s what I do for just in case I experience Reactive Hypoglycemia:

• Keep a hard boiled egg in the frig ready to pop in my mouth, should the symptoms begin.  The extra calories/protein/fat from the egg(s) never hurt the losses.  
• Chose darker meat for lunch (beef, buffalo, etc) and a lighter meat (fish, chicken, etc) for dinner.  
• Avoid the apples and oranges at lunch time (they spike your blood sugar, then it drops out the bottom), but they’re ok after/with dinner.

Sometimes, the shakes happen while you’re out and about – I always went into the store and grabbed one of those little snack size things of cheddar cheese and wolfed it down.  If that didn’t do the trick, because I “waited” too long to get something in me, I’d add a second cheese and an apple.  It’s the sugars in the apple that really did the trick to correct Hypoglycemia after you’ve experienced it for more than about 10 minutes, but the cheese acts as a long-acting stablizer.  The stores have eggs now, too, but you have to peel them and that just takes too long.  I’ve also found that going to the deli and requesting a few slices of ham (read: sugary meat) will also correct it.  But to avoid the sugar, the cheese did a nice job.