Low Energy

I had a fascinating conversation. A thirty-year-old complained of fatigue. The reason was low blood sugar, he told me. He ate each time he felt fatigued to compensate. 

At six feet tall, he initially weighed 145 pounds. Otherwise fit, eating caused weight gain. How many of you have done the same? 

Compensated for weakness or fatigue with food?

Each time he ate, he felt better. Which made him believe he was on the right path.

So what is wrong with this story? 

Energy and fatigue have nothing to do with food. At least not in the immediate term. The body stores several months worth of food, just in case so he could not be "lacking energy."

So why did he feel better? Why did he keep eating? 

Its simple. As soon as you eat, food causes a spike in blood sugar.

It's like a spike in temporary energy, enough to mask any fatigue you feel. You may have used a famous glucose powder to achieve the same result. 

But if it were truly effective, the fatigue would go away permanently.

Isn't that what a cure is supposed to do? Solve the problem. But since the problem was never a shortage of food, it acts like a temporary bandage until next time.

In this case, the next time rolls along in a few hours. By now, you are overfeeding yourself on an ongoing basis. If you persist, you will actually get high blood sugar in the long run. 

By the way, the thirty-year-old did not have low blood sugar. He used an online search engine to look up his symptoms. The internet seemed to suggest that he had low blood sugar. Why would he think otherwise? 

A wrong diagnosis almost sent a young, healthy person on the path of poor health

PS: just to clarify, I am not referring to fatigue from playing an hour of football, in which case you need food and drink. I refer instead to fatigue you feel for no apparent reason.

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