Can skinny people get type 2 diabetes?
Also, did any one who has type 2 diabetes have symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), or reactive hypoglycemia (when blood sugar falls so fast that it feels low) years before they were diagnosed with diabetes? Or did you always feel fine before you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? My reason for asking is because I have a 60% chance of getting diabetes in the next ten years ( because I had gestational diabetes). But I am very slim yet my blood sugar always feels low and unstable even though I eat small meals throughout the day and watch my carbs.
1. yes skinny people can get type 2 diabetes.
2 Hypoglycemia is not a symptom nor a pre-symptom
3 there is no way that anyone can really FEEL that their blood sugar is low unless its below approx. 50 or 60.
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Yes, you can feel low, even with high blood sugars. Your body is used to higher blood sugars, and when they are a lot lower then what the body is used to, you can feel low. This is personal experience. I felt low when I went from 200 down to 140.
I found out that I needed to resist eating until I tested my blood sugar and made sure it was in the safe zone before eating.
I know when I’m high (sleepy a little) and when I’m low (low on energy). I had mine down to 62 one day and didn’t even know it, but felt a little weak.
Before I was diagnosed, I had no symptoms whatsoever, NONE. I still have no symptoms that other diabetics get – no thirst, no hunger, no running to the bathroom, nothing. My diabetes was discovered purely by accident when I was being checked for extreme headaches (caused by my being highly allergic to Splenda – Sucralose as I found out later)
You can delay or avoid the onset of diabetes by following a few simple rules:
1) Exercise at least 30 continuous minutes every day (walking works) and add resistance training 3 times a week as well.
2) Avoid & never eat anything that was made with white flour – it is treated with a chemical called Alloxan, which makes it fluffy and looks nice. However, Alloxan is given to lab animals to give them permanent diabetes for testing purposes.
3) Never eat or drink anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it – it has been linked to developing type 2 diabetes and pancreatic cancer (as if Jan 17, 2010).
4) Avoid stress as much as possible – stress has been linked to getting diabetes as well.
5) keep blood sugars in the normal range as much as possible, but generally between 70 and mid 90′s with 75-80 being optimal. This isn’t possible, but it is a target for everyone.
My Wife weighs only 138 Lbs and is 5’9″ and Had had Type 2 Since she was 6
this is an answer to a diff question but is relevant here..
What happens in hypoglycemia can put you at risk for type 2 diabetes.
When you eat carbs/sugar, your body releases insulin to allow the sugar to be used by the body. In type 1 diabetes, no insulin is produced, and the sugar level in the blood becomes extremely high and can be deadly.
Once the insulin is released, the blood sugar level falls and then normalizes itself again.
In reactive hypoglycemia, essentially the body is over-reacting to the sugar you aree ating. It produces a huge amount of insulin, more than is needed, which causes the blood sugar level to drop way below normal. When this happens, you will usually feel irritable, moody, hungry, have headaches and dizziness. These side effects are a result of both low blood sugar and the adrenaline that is being released into the body to help maintain your energy levels now that your sugar is gone (it is what the body runs on).
The way to bring blood sugar back up to normal is to eat more sugar or carbs. However, a hypoglycemic has a level much lower than normal, and will usually subconsciously aim for a high-sugar food to make you feel better. Which it will, for a short time, but remember that you are simply starting the whole cycle all over again with another massive dose of sugar.
What this can eventually lead to is type 2 diabetes. This occurs when the body can no longer use or control insulin properly, because of the massive changes in levels and how it is reacting with insulin to sugar. Essentially you become “insulin-resistant” which means your blood sugar can get very high, or sometimes very low if insulin is released at high levels,
However, type 2 usually only occurs in a very insulin-resistant person, which is usually someone who is significantly overweight, and who consumes high-carb foods as a daily diet. If you are average weight and otherwise healthy, with proper diet you will have almost no risk of diabetes.
What you need to do is eat 70% protein / 20% fat / 10% carbs. Avoid white flour, sugar, bread, grain, and limit white rice, potatoes and high sugar fruit. The protein you ingest will allow for a steady release of blood sugar to help prevent the hypoglycemic reaction.
i have also included a link that, while not entirely related to your situation, is definitely worth a read regarding hypo and blood sugar and diet.
Source(s):
http://www.survivediabetes.com/hypt2.htm