This was so helpful to me. The sweats around the neck at night in bed cause me to use a cold, wet facecloth across my throat all night long. Also, I am up and down once every 45mins all night to use the bathroom. Once I get to sleep, I awaken within 20 mins shaking , vibrating all night long. Thank you for answering what no doctor, including my endocrinologist, could do .
Very interesting, this guy should really win some kind of medical award for these videos on this stuff. Nobody and I've seen like three different doctors now have been able to explain any of this. They've just been like take this, take this, take this..... This is really helpful. I am now realizing that I don't have to have breakfast these days. I used to never be hungry in the morning but always ate anyways cause they said breakfast is the most important meal of the day...what a mistake. I should have listened to my body and not eat until I was hungry.
I don't have diabetes but I was on a serious calori deficit diet. I was eating anywhere 1200 to 1500 calories a day for the last 7 months. I was waking up in the middle of the night sweating and heart racing.Been to the doctors blood test normal. I finally found out what I was going through was nocturnal hypoglycemia from being on such a restricted diet everyday.
I am prediabetic. I was doing well with intermittent fasting. I am going to try that again. It worked last time. Thank you for this. Once again, changing lives. Thank you.
I used to have this hypoglycemia symptons A LOT . When it happened I used to have black spots visions, super extremely hungry, couldnt think straight, all I wanted was strawberry jam, anything sweets!! But since I found out about IF thru Dr Berg, I never experience any more symptoms. I was worried before what happened if I do the fasting and I would get the attack.. surprise surprise I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT ANY MORE! I am on OMAD now for the last 3 weeks and I am feeling great! Lost tremendous weights, no more joint pains, and no more migren! I used to have hormonal acnes, now not anymore. Thank you Dr Berg 🙏🙏🙏
Finally, found a video that basically answers my question. I often have hyperinsulinemia symptoms. My a1c is 4.8. Lastonth I requested a fasting insulin test. It was 12.16. Glucose was 86. Researching trying to find the answer I ran across insulinoma and a couple of things that made me concerned. Hopefully all I need is to continue on with ketovore and hopefully eventually I can start fasting longer.
Dr Berg, this information is invaluable to me. If only I had this info when I found out about insulin resistance 22 years ago. You are a blessing to me, my whole family and my friends.
This was very informative. In recent years I've been waking up with headaches sweaty neck thinking that it's because I'm in my late 40s that I'm going through "Man-o-pause." So, I've been doing a combination of a Paleo diet with intermittent fasting for about three weeks. I have removed all gluten, dairy, sugar from my dietL Last night I broke and had ice cream before bed. I didn't realize until this morning that I had not been waking up with those symptoms. This morning I feel like I'm hung over. Sweaty neck headache and even some body aches.
Hi. What are some fats that can help me with this issue? I have Hashimotos and yesterday after some blood results, my doctor told me I have hypoglycemia. I read bad alcohol habits can cause, hypoglycemia. Now this video makes sense. I may have a insulin resistance problem my body created from my high alcohol consumption. My body may have been protecting me, but now it’s causing this hypoglycemia problem. I don’t drink alcohol anymore and it’s been about a decade since I’ve abused alcohol. I think insulin resistance may be the root of my problems. Going to manage my meals and hopefully my body adapts and heals itself. Thank you for all of these great videos.
THIS IS HAPPENING TO MY BROTHER; SO I LOOK TO YOU FOR ANSWERS AND I THINK YOU SAVED HIS LIFE. HIS BLOOD TEST CAME BACK NORMAL. HE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR NEXT WEEK ARMED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU DR. BERG
I used to get this frequently before going Keto. It would cause migraines, sometimes for days. Thanks to these videos and Dr Bergs advice, I finally got my blood sugar stabilized.
My husband and I did Keto for 5-6 years. It was great but I seriously cannot do low carb, it started to mess with me long term. I eat a healthy, well rounded diet and still having trouble sleeping. Think I may ask my pcp for a continuous blood glucose monitor or that fasting insulin test you talked about. I will call them today and see what they recommend. Thank you Dr. Berg!! 🙌🏻❤️
Makes sense. The last time I had my dizzy spell it was the worse I ever had. It was at nighttime too. The worse part was my heart rate was up. It took awhile for me to get back to normal levels. I couldn't even get to the kitchen to eat something. This was months ago. I usually drink juice to help my low blood sugar. My blood sugar always seemed to be normal when I did take it yet my insulin came up to 5.8. I'm down 2 points and that was a year ago. I'm on metformin 500mg for 3 yrs now. My appointment is next week. I'm hoping I'm off the meds for good. IF and keto is a blessing for me. 2-3 meals a day and I'm good to go. It's been 3 months and I'm so close to a pant size down. I've lost 95lbs before going keto.
I have reactive hypoglycemia. My doctor told me to start tracking my blood sugar as a diabetic would and to also eat a diabetic diet (low carb). She said the pancreas eventually becomes exhausted over time from the hypoglycemia and could turn to full blown diabetes. I was not aware of that and no other doctor seem to know this.
This is what I think I have. I was diagnosed prediabetic but circumstantial evidence tells me it's reactive hypoglycemia. I've adjusted myself with diet as well. Whenever I go off, my body goes haywire.
I have these symptoms but no hunger at night. However, I can't do IF. I've always been very skinny and am always trying to increase my weight and muscle mass, it's dropped even more during the pandemic due to lack of daily activity compared when I worked from an office, if I do IF I simply lose more weight. I work out 5-6x/week, I enjoy working out and lifting. IF is an awesome tool for weight loss but you should also talk about those of us trying to increase weight (in a healthy manner of course).
So I’ve followed dr berg for a while and tend to follow his advice, but only intermittently 😂. Joking aside I tend to feel better when following the low carb intermittent fasting, trouble is carbs are easy to get so I end up not sticking to it. In the last 48 hours I started using a continuous glucose monitor and ate how I would “normally”. Blood sugars went up and then came back down as you would expect giving me confidence all was well. What surprised me and the reason I’m watching this video was the nocturnal hypoglycaemia it picked up. I woke with a headache and feeling tired (not uncommon) to see I had for most of the night had blood sugar below 4mmol/l and at some points below 3 mmol/l.
Shalini Yes. It’s so hard to find good info to gain weight when I’m always underweight. No one seems to understand and thinks I’m lucky when it just feels like a curse.
Clean your liver and fast for a bit. Water only. Until i did this when i was 26 i was a toothpick. Water fasting will stimulate HGH (human growth hormone) cleaning your liver will help your body make enough enzymes to break down your foods and have a healthy insulin response. When you are eating combine carbs and fats. But don’t eat all the time. That was the worst mistake. I was constantly overloading my body and I couldn’t break down my foods to absorb them. HCL is a great supplement to help with stomach acidity. Good luck
Katie •NOT good advice. Definitely dont want to combine fat and carbs. Carbs with fats immediatly ups your triglycerides and clogs arteries depositing artery clogging plaque AND ads the worst kind of fat ala white fat and usually in the form of visceral fat deposits around your organs. Instead combine lots of HEALTHY fats with moderate protein OR carbs with low fat vegetables but never fats with carbs. Always include atleast some sort of fiber with either option thought. But the absolute healthiest and best way to gain weight is to do some sort of resistance training. Good Luck.
Very interesting. Am struggling with this right now and getting a blood test next week. Remember going through this years ago and i finally noticed hot flushes after eating white carbs. When i stopped eating white goods and sugar after lunch, my night sweats instantly stopped. Am sure it is also affected by stress but going to look into the advice given here. Thank you.
Great and brilliant explanation. Finally I understood what was causing my hypoglycemia. I am now changing my diet for the best and its working. Thanks!
Very educational statements. I love those videos. They are extremely helpful for me. All the recent years I felt exhausted and craved sweet so much. Now the crave is gone, I feel energetic for the first time since I can remember. Thank you! You are a real doctor who cares.
What about folks who are chronically almost-underweight, already eat quite healthy and the way you’re describing, and the doctor says…eat more and eat more often
Being in ketosis offsets this, providing your adapted to using the keytones. My fasting glucose has been as low as 50 dg/ml and after a long run(10 miles)...No hypo symptoms
I’ve gotten to the point where I just don’t trust doctors anymore. I get treated like I’m just a hypochondriac because the tests don’t tell me I’m hypo or that I have anything wrong at all. I even had a doctor tell me, “You just need to eat more.” And said, “I can’t help you then.” When I refused anxiety pills. No advice on how to do anything except just eat more. I have no apatite most of the time in general. I think I’ve come to realize my sensitivity to smells just might be part of that. I’ve seen multiple doctors in the past and I feel like they just won’t help me to this point. This info is interesting, and I will need to try adjusting my diet. I don’t eat much but I definitely don’t eat right. Thanks for these videos. I’m tired of feeling terrible all the time.
same here but I found that eating too much does not solve the problem ... drinking a lot of water would solve the problem or adding a spoon of vinaigrette to a cup of water after meals ...
Hi Berg I look forward to your video everyday I have leaned a Lot about our body how it works I am on keto diet I have lost weight never before keep up your good work God bless you I leaned things Dr don't tell you we spend lest then 5mins with a doctor We get more from you thanks again
I love your reaction when you're explaining something that counters what we've been taught in mainstream medicine that makes more common sense. Your disbelief with the mainstream way is evident! Haha. Have started IF and Keto bc I started having blood sugar crashes. Still trying to get the balance. My blood sugar still gets low. Not sure why. I think I need to increase my protein. As a vegetarian it's been a challenge getting even 2 oz of protein a meal. I rarely eat 3 meals. Usually only 2, to keep my blood sugars level, fluctuating between and 8 or 12 hour eating window depending on when I need to eat and then fasting outside those hours.
Been on the Keto diet for one month and for the first time in years my type 2 diabetes glucose numbers are near normal. I seriously doubt that my doctor is going to believe the numbers I’m going to show him. Thanks for you awesome videos.
Good tip about consuming some more protein - I've been having a lot of headaches lately, and I've been waking up hungry. Really hungry, like, with my stomach growling louder as time goes by, so any attempts to do IF are not pleasant at all. I've also been more irritable in general. It most likely has to do with the fact that I have been able to get in a lot more exercise now than I could a few months ago, because I finally seem to have gotten rid of a stubborn chronic injury. (It was piriformis syndrome, FYI - it would not let me do much of anything without making it feel like someone had stuck a knife in the back of my leg.)
I don't have those symptoms anymore. My blood test came out better compares to before (my blood sugar level was always in its minimum). Hope you all are getting better like me.
Good video this is something that isn't understood well. A couple things that have helped me are using different energy pathways. Be careful but personally actual fruit seems to be ok if eating in small quantities where fruit juice is always a no. More fructose gets converted directly to glycogen an intermediate energy storage molecule held in the liver/ muscles. For those who have issues when they exercise it is probably linked to glycogen and lactic acidosis. Milk and lactose as long as your not intolerant utilizes another energy pathway and I seem to do better when I have chocolate milk on hand. The other thing that is KEY for me are eggs. A few things to possibly look into :)
So then, with insulin resistance, eating a bedtime snack to keep the blood sugar up would be a bad idea? Or is there something that can be eaten/taken that will keep blood sugar from falling in the middle of the night?
I am not diabetic but I have had episodes of night time hypoglycemia, it doesn't occur often though so I guess that is good. I can not find the quiz you mentioned, still trying to get to the root cause of my hypoglycemia. Thanks for the videos.
That's what I have, headache every morning. I started kito around 10 days ago and I lost so much weight, I was already very skiny ☺hopefully this diet gonna help me. What should I eat before go to sleep?
Would you talk about long term (5+ days) fasting? Research seems to show that it is healthy, but everyone recommends talking with your doctor first, but our doctor is only good for getting a diagnosis and lab tests. Do you recommend for non-diabetics? And what are the dangers-- what symptoms would indicate that we should break our fast?
There are no benefits. Stop being a lazy pig and eat healthy. You can't hack your way into health. Fucking infuriating reading comments like this on a video that's primarily for t1s who can't prevent their diabetes with diet. Most t2s on insulin are usually lazy fat pigs who have a chance at a normal medication free life and waste it. No sympathy.
T2 Diabetic on insulin, with Hashimotos. 18 months on KETO IF. Labs greatly improved. But started having midnight glucose in the 40s and falling asleep after 20 - 30 carb dinner, but not after breakfast of zero carbs. Doctor says eat every 4 hours on the ADA diet of 30 carbs per 3 main meals and have a bedtime snack with milk. I'm staying 2 meals a day, adding a few more than the 20 carbs I've been doing, adding the night time snack and my morning glucose has gone from 90s to 130s. I suspect my A1c, which went from 7.5 to 6.0 will go back up.
I am looking for causes and answers to night sweats, not me, but my son. My guess is also insulin resistance. I hope Dr. Berg can talk about night sweats, would you?
Oh wow. I type in "what causes night sweating around collar" (because i wake up almost DAILY like this...and have also already been diagnosed with PCOS (insulin resistance) and then this guy says the same thing?! Yep...off to an endocrinologist I go...
I get low blood sugar every night at 9pm, an hour and 15 minutes after I eat dinner and it usually drops after the first reading. Last night my sugar was 81 and took it again 7 minutes later and it was 66. Is this Reactivehypoglycemia? I then take glucose tablets to get it back up. I mostly eat fish for dinner with spinach and green beans and have an Extend Bar and some plain Greek Yogurt for a snack. Has anyone else experience this and how can it be fixed?
I have been getting headache, and couldn't sleep. I am on intermittent fasting I am not diabetic. I get huge headaches during the afternoon and at night... Sometimes I am dizzy. Thanx for this video it just explained why to me. I am doing one meal a day... am I taking it to far? Been doing this for 7 months
Hello I have been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia since 2001. My question is, What do you think of premier protein drinks? They have 20 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. I'd love to be able to try them and have them hold me steady. Suggestions? Please and thank you for your time. Happy Easter.
The Angela Stanton migraine protocol addresses something similiar to this for migraineurs. For the migraine protocol, about 90 minutes before bed, the migraineur should have a glass of milk (if it does not spike bg) or else 50 - 70 g of red meat to prevent sugar crashes in the middle of the night in order to avoid waking up with a migraine. How do you fit the migraineur into this video?
I deal with this everyday. I'm not on any medication. My a1c is 5.7 my sugar is always dropping under 80 daily. What's funny is I was just looking this up on google before I went to sleep
I have had Reactive hypoglicemia most of my life. Many years later I have now been dignosed type 2 diabetes. Yet I still wake up with night hypos of 2,5 very low.
I just want to bless you for your help!Life changing, no doctors or chiropatis I have gone never explained me why after eating pasta at dinner I had this sweating at night now I understand everything
I’ve had autoimmune hepatitis since I was a little girl. Don’t drink or smoke . I started Keto and exercising . My issue is now I have serious night sweats headache fever . To the point I have to change 2 a night . I’m taking from this up protein. Also I’m 57 and my estrogen is low. I can’t take estrogen because of my condition. I have Ben taken a all Natural .
My mother takes Metformin 1000mg Glipizide 10mg Pioglitazone 30mg….. should she stop taking all of that and eat clean right away? Or does she have to get off them little by little? 🤔
Oh thank you very much dr for this video My blood sugar always drop at night and my dr said nothing is rung with me my heart bite fast at night I have been on this for 2 years now but thanks for this video that educates me
I don't have diabetes but i am taking Fenugreek for weight loss and i am feeling fatigue waking up with headache and sleep alot so now i guess i must stop Fenugreek seed and also giloy that is ayurvedic herb for metabolism
Its 3-15-2023, I received a cortisone shot and it has put me is this state. Have all the symptoms. I just ate and hour ago and im hungry again. Drinking green tea and that helps. I dred waking up in the morning now...Made a appointment with my Doctor to get fixed. I don't want to go on insulin. I am for doint things natural. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thank you 🙋♀️❤🙏
@@mithidas4295 You know what Mith...your right ..this wasn't clear..reread it...I had taken a fall and it wasn't getting better,so I went to my doctor and he suggested the cortisone shot. Messed me up where I couldn't sleep and wasn't hungry...I'm better now and won't take another one.
@@kathleenwharton2139 avoid carbs....instead eat cheese...or the eggs when you get the low blood sugar....and don't get scared if u gt low blood sugar....
southerncalifornia I am scared when I get low blood sugar. I fainted from it one morning..hit my face on the kitchen counter as I went down and made mush out of the back of my head as I hit the concrete floor..I fell like a tree. When you fall unconscious you do not protect yourself. I have been very frightened ever since and the anxiety and fear aggravate my blood sugar. I have to have carbs..but I eat low sugar Starch carbs and I do indeed eat a good protein source with every meal. It took me awhile to figure this out..but I do much better. I have to eat meals On Time. Thank You for your help!
Hi Doc, thank you for this helping information. However l have a question, what cause low blood sugar if you used to have high blood sugar, is it that the insulinis becoming sensitive?
By eating protein to raise it back to normal level, how long should that take? I know they say 15 minutes with sugar... but how long with protein? I'm terrified of passing out.
YOU are fantastic, Dr. Berg! You explained SO much here.😢 I'm very low salt & sugar w pre·X of looow BP: postprandial unconsciousness still happens! ...but still eat veg-carbs. Pls do vid on salt & sugar lo BP🙏🏻) Told 6 sm meals but can't sneak up on food that often! midodrin👎helped way too much; saline👍 Glad you explain no to 6 sm meals. Will drop veg carbs too. THANK YOU ✨
Exercise reduces blood sugar.There is nothing to worry about it.If you experience nocturnal hypoglycemia go for HOMA IR test -a blood test for Insulin Resistance which can be corrected by dietary modifications.
That’s it...woke up and I was all sweaty,hungry and a little off...check my blood sugar...66..I do use metformin and insulin...will back of the insulin.
Hi dr berg I sent your assistant an email regarding this today but then came a cross this this video; I have nighttime hyperglycemia. I am not diabetic nor am I insulin resistant: well at least that what the blood test show. Happy to share my results if you would like to do a video on it
what about higher fiber fruits like apples or blueberries? my fasting blood test for about 10 hours showed 109 blood sugar level. i do have a problem of "grazing" all day. because weve been told that is better for a long time than bigger meals (from the mainstream medical community)
I have insulin resistance and I tried the keto diet and gained soooo much weight on it. 15 lbs on a few weeks. And I felt horrible even tho I ate according to the macros
I’ve been a vegan and eat a pretty restricted diet as it is. I try very hard to eat complex carbs if I’m going to eat any. Any suggestions to what I could try eating more of? I’ve had these symptoms for years. My doctor had me keep a journal for a month and test myself when I would feel sick or when waking and it was always in normal levels.
Hey, you may need to consider eating fish and meat, as well as eggs. I finally did it last year and realise that's where all my nutritional imbalance came from, being vegetarian and vegan. And wheat.
Earlier I used to have frequent hypo episodes in night and it was being very difficult and I was up whole night and kept checking my sugars. After I started using blucon things have been sorted out
This kinda does not make sense to me, if your body needs blood sugar, and you cut out complex carbs, how are you supposed to get the blood sugar? Complex carbs break down into sugars right? You're saying you should cut out sugars when you need blood sugars?
Hypoglycemia is caused by hyperinsulinemia.Insulin Index of protein is less compared to that of carbs.Hence addition of protein to dinner may help.Of course,during hypoglycemic episode you must take sugar to save you.
...........If apple cider vinegar lowers blood sugar, people may want to be careful about this as well..........This goes for people who may be using ACV for weight loss and/or other things, besides energy issues
The hardest part about this is knowing when you wake up with a gruesome headache out of nowhere a sugary snack or drink Coors the headache in 10 minutes but in the overall scheme of things it just prolongs the issues
Great video, but I am not clear on the time axis on the graph wasn’t made explicit. Are we talking about postprandial dips that occur a couple hours after eating and going to sleep, or are we talking about something like going to sleep 6-7 hours after eating with 110 mg/dL glucose, and then having it fall below 70 after a few hours? There’s quite some difference in these scenarios. I am experiencing hypoglycemia without a glucose peak preceding it.
I'm trying to help my friend. He's type 1 and he's having trouble maintaining his blood sugar. Right now he is low (around 60) and he's hysterical like he's trapped in a bad dream. He's thrashing around and keeps hurting himself
Dr Berg, I recently had my blood sugar checked at a local department store. They were having a health screening, my sugar was down to 46. I do practice IF. It was time to eat........I did not feel bad at all, just felt hungry and knew I deeded to eat. The nurse kept trying to make me eat a cookie, I refused and went on with my normal day. Is this reading dangerous? Thank you.
Janice Millican 46 is very low. The range is anywhere from 68-100. My fasting glucose just came back at 85 which is perfect. Anyways, please take care, 46 is WAY too low, it shouldn't be that low!
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This was so helpful to me. The sweats around the neck at night in bed cause me to use a cold, wet facecloth across my throat all night long. Also, I am up and down once every 45mins all night to use the bathroom. Once I get to sleep, I awaken within 20 mins shaking , vibrating all night long. Thank you for answering what no doctor, including my endocrinologist, could do .
what do you mean vibrating? I tremble with some palpitations when i wake up every night
You are so right. So many specialists (months) b4 a diagnosis, but not clear w details like THE Dr. Berg!
So many main stream Dr’s don’t help with a LOT of issues!! I know, I’ve run the gamut!! 😑
Very interesting, this guy should really win some kind of medical award for these videos on this stuff. Nobody and I've seen like three different doctors now have been able to explain any of this. They've just been like take this, take this, take this..... This is really helpful. I am now realizing that I don't have to have breakfast these days. I used to never be hungry in the morning but always ate anyways cause they said breakfast is the most important meal of the day...what a mistake. I should have listened to my body and not eat until I was hungry.
I don't have diabetes but I was on a serious calori deficit diet. I was eating anywhere 1200 to 1500 calories a day for the last 7 months. I was waking up in the middle of the night sweating and heart racing.Been to the doctors blood test normal. I finally found out what I was going through was nocturnal hypoglycemia from being on such a restricted diet everyday.
What have you done to correct it? I have the same issue.
I am prediabetic. I was doing well with intermittent fasting. I am going to try that again. It worked last time. Thank you for this. Once again, changing lives. Thank you.
Never stop
I am on a tight IF regime and and have 3 am slight lows that wake me up. It’s terrible
Not always great if extended fast with unstable blood sugar
I used to have this hypoglycemia symptons A LOT . When it happened I used to have black spots visions, super extremely hungry, couldnt think straight, all I wanted was strawberry jam, anything sweets!! But since I found out about IF thru Dr Berg, I never experience any more symptoms. I was worried before what happened if I do the fasting and I would get the attack.. surprise surprise I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT ANY MORE! I am on OMAD now for the last 3 weeks and I am feeling great! Lost tremendous weights, no more joint pains, and no more migren! I used to have hormonal acnes, now not anymore. Thank you Dr Berg 🙏🙏🙏
Could you message me. I want your advice on how you did this
Finally, found a video that basically answers my question.
I often have hyperinsulinemia symptoms. My a1c is 4.8. Lastonth I requested a fasting insulin test. It was 12.16. Glucose was 86.
Researching trying to find the answer I ran across insulinoma and a couple of things that made me concerned.
Hopefully all I need is to continue on with ketovore and hopefully eventually I can start fasting longer.
Dr Berg, this information is invaluable to me. If only I had this info when I found out about insulin resistance 22 years ago.
You are a blessing to me, my whole family and my friends.
So true ... I'm a type 1 diabetic and this surely works ... no more hypo at night or during the day ... and I intermittent fast with one meal per day
What time take meal at one time, and what's other to do
This was very informative. In recent years I've been waking up with headaches sweaty neck thinking that it's because I'm in my late 40s that I'm going through "Man-o-pause."
So, I've been doing a combination of a Paleo diet with intermittent fasting for about three weeks. I have removed all gluten, dairy, sugar from my dietL Last night I broke and had ice cream before bed. I didn't realize until this morning that I had not been waking up with those symptoms. This morning I feel like I'm hung over. Sweaty neck headache and even some body aches.
Hi. What are some fats that can help me with this issue? I have Hashimotos and yesterday after some blood results, my doctor told me I have hypoglycemia. I read bad alcohol habits can cause, hypoglycemia. Now this video makes sense. I may have a insulin resistance problem my body created from my high alcohol consumption. My body may have been protecting me, but now it’s causing this hypoglycemia problem. I don’t drink alcohol anymore and it’s been about a decade since I’ve abused alcohol. I think insulin resistance may be the root of my problems. Going to manage my meals and hopefully my body adapts and heals itself. Thank you for all of these great videos.
THIS IS HAPPENING TO MY BROTHER; SO I LOOK TO YOU FOR ANSWERS AND I THINK YOU SAVED HIS LIFE. HIS BLOOD TEST CAME BACK NORMAL. HE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR NEXT WEEK ARMED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU DR. BERG
I used to get this frequently before going Keto. It would cause migraines, sometimes for days. Thanks to these videos and Dr Bergs advice, I finally got my blood sugar stabilized.
Pls can you help me what you used to stabilize your sugar level
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Going on a low carb eating plan. Eat only whole foods.
Going on a low carb eating plan. Nothing but whole foods.
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Low carb
My husband and I did Keto for 5-6 years. It was great but I seriously cannot do low carb, it started to mess with me long term. I eat a healthy, well rounded diet and still having trouble sleeping. Think I may ask my pcp for a continuous blood glucose monitor or that fasting insulin test you talked about. I will call them today and see what they recommend.
Thank you Dr. Berg!! 🙌🏻❤️
Makes sense. The last time I had my dizzy spell it was the worse I ever had. It was at nighttime too. The worse part was my heart rate was up. It took awhile for me to get back to normal levels. I couldn't even get to the kitchen to eat something. This was months ago. I usually drink juice to help my low blood sugar. My blood sugar always seemed to be normal when I did take it yet my insulin came up to 5.8. I'm down 2 points and that was a year ago. I'm on metformin 500mg for 3 yrs now. My appointment is next week. I'm hoping I'm off the meds for good. IF and keto is a blessing for me. 2-3 meals a day and I'm good to go. It's been 3 months and I'm so close to a pant size down. I've lost 95lbs before going keto.
I have reactive hypoglycemia. My doctor told me to start tracking my blood sugar as a diabetic would and to also eat a diabetic diet (low carb). She said the pancreas eventually becomes exhausted over time from the hypoglycemia and could turn to full blown diabetes. I was not aware of that and no other doctor seem to know this.
This is what I think I have. I was diagnosed prediabetic but circumstantial evidence tells me it's reactive hypoglycemia. I've adjusted myself with diet as well. Whenever I go off, my body goes haywire.
Keto and IF has really been helping my post- parietal low blood sugar symptoms. Thanks again, Dr Berg!!
I have these symptoms but no hunger at night. However, I can't do IF. I've always been very skinny and am always trying to increase my weight and muscle mass, it's dropped even more during the pandemic due to lack of daily activity compared when I worked from an office, if I do IF I simply lose more weight. I work out 5-6x/week, I enjoy working out and lifting. IF is an awesome tool for weight loss but you should also talk about those of us trying to increase weight (in a healthy manner of course).
So I’ve followed dr berg for a while and tend to follow his advice, but only intermittently 😂. Joking aside I tend to feel better when following the low carb intermittent fasting, trouble is carbs are easy to get so I end up not sticking to it. In the last 48 hours I started using a continuous glucose monitor and ate how I would “normally”. Blood sugars went up and then came back down as you would expect giving me confidence all was well. What surprised me and the reason I’m watching this video was the nocturnal hypoglycaemia it picked up. I woke with a headache and feeling tired (not uncommon) to see I had for most of the night had blood sugar below 4mmol/l and at some points below 3 mmol/l.
You are a genius. By the way.. please make a video on how to gain weight the healthy way and then maintain it
Shalini Yes. It’s so hard to find good info to gain weight when I’m always underweight. No one seems to understand and thinks I’m lucky when it just feels like a curse.
Clean your liver and fast for a bit. Water only. Until i did this when i was 26 i was a toothpick. Water fasting will stimulate HGH (human growth hormone) cleaning your liver will help your body make enough enzymes to break down your foods and have a healthy insulin response. When you are eating combine carbs and fats. But don’t eat all the time. That was the worst mistake. I was constantly overloading my body and I couldn’t break down my foods to absorb them. HCL is a great supplement to help with stomach acidity. Good luck
Katie •NOT good advice. Definitely dont want to combine fat and carbs. Carbs with fats immediatly ups your triglycerides and clogs arteries depositing artery clogging plaque AND ads the worst kind of fat ala white fat and usually in the form of visceral fat deposits around your organs. Instead combine lots of HEALTHY fats with moderate protein OR carbs with low fat vegetables but never fats with carbs. Always include atleast some sort of fiber with either option thought. But the absolute healthiest and best way to gain weight is to do some sort of resistance training. Good Luck.
Blue skyla, i wish i had your problem 😭
Very interesting. Am struggling with this right now and getting a blood test next week. Remember going through this years ago and i finally noticed hot flushes after eating white carbs. When i stopped eating white goods and sugar after lunch, my night sweats instantly stopped. Am sure it is also affected by stress but going to look into the advice given here. Thank you.
Late to the video but still applies. Thank you Dr Berg for an easy to understand explanation. My IF plan starts today!!
Great and brilliant explanation. Finally I understood what was causing my hypoglycemia. I am now changing my diet for the best and its working. Thanks!
Very educational statements. I love those videos. They are extremely helpful for me. All the recent years I felt exhausted and craved sweet so much. Now the crave is gone, I feel energetic for the first time since I can remember. Thank you! You are a real doctor who cares.
What about folks who are chronically almost-underweight, already eat quite healthy and the way you’re describing, and the doctor says…eat more and eat more often
Being in ketosis offsets this, providing your adapted to using the keytones. My fasting glucose has been as low as 50 dg/ml and after a long run(10 miles)...No hypo symptoms
That’s amazing!
I’ve gotten to the point where I just don’t trust doctors anymore. I get treated like I’m just a hypochondriac because the tests don’t tell me I’m hypo or that I have anything wrong at all. I even had a doctor tell me, “You just need to eat more.” And said, “I can’t help you then.” When I refused anxiety pills. No advice on how to do anything except just eat more. I have no apatite most of the time in general. I think I’ve come to realize my sensitivity to smells just might be part of that. I’ve seen multiple doctors in the past and I feel like they just won’t help me to this point.
This info is interesting, and I will need to try adjusting my diet. I don’t eat much but I definitely don’t eat right. Thanks for these videos. I’m tired of feeling terrible all the time.
same here but I found that eating too much does not solve the problem ...
drinking a lot of water would solve the problem or adding a spoon of vinaigrette to a cup of water after meals ...
They give people on chemo pot sometimes just for this very reason.
you can have normal blood sugars and still be reactive hypoglycemic cause the cells are not letting glucose in due to insulin resistance
Hi Berg I look forward to your video everyday I have leaned a Lot about our body how it works I am on keto diet I have lost weight never before keep up your good work God bless you I leaned things Dr don't tell you we spend lest then 5mins with a doctor We get more from you thanks again
Thank you.
You was talking directly to me, that how I felt.
You're truly excellent at what you do
I love your reaction when you're explaining something that counters what we've been taught in mainstream medicine that makes more common sense. Your disbelief with the mainstream way is evident! Haha.
Have started IF and Keto bc I started having blood sugar crashes. Still trying to get the balance. My blood sugar still gets low. Not sure why. I think I need to increase my protein. As a vegetarian it's been a challenge getting even 2 oz of protein a meal. I rarely eat 3 meals. Usually only 2, to keep my blood sugars level, fluctuating between and 8 or 12 hour eating window depending on when I need to eat and then fasting outside those hours.
Intracellular starvation with too much sugar in blood is paradox. Nicely explained.
I believe you just Blessed my life and I have been suffering for years now. This has been life threatening.
Been on the Keto diet for one month and for the first time in years my type 2 diabetes glucose numbers are near normal. I seriously doubt that my doctor is going to believe the numbers I’m going to show him. Thanks for you awesome videos.
What were the numbers b4 and after?
Good tip about consuming some more protein - I've been having a lot of headaches lately, and I've been waking up hungry. Really hungry, like, with my stomach growling louder as time goes by, so any attempts to do IF are not pleasant at all. I've also been more irritable in general. It most likely has to do with the fact that I have been able to get in a lot more exercise now than I could a few months ago, because I finally seem to have gotten rid of a stubborn chronic injury. (It was piriformis syndrome, FYI - it would not let me do much of anything without making it feel like someone had stuck a knife in the back of my leg.)
Yes my blood test always came normal, but i have these symptoms. If I do some sports, I’ll pass out.
Same thing.
Sweating during sleep. Got a blood sugar monitor, but I didn't dicvrr anything that seems like reactive hypoglycemia.
same here
Same here.
I don't have those symptoms anymore. My blood test came out better compares to before (my blood sugar level was always in its minimum). Hope you all are getting better like me.
@@VannaraLoch what did you do and eat?
Good video this is something that isn't understood well. A couple things that have helped me are using different energy pathways. Be careful but personally actual fruit seems to be ok if eating in small quantities where fruit juice is always a no. More fructose gets converted directly to glycogen an intermediate energy storage molecule held in the liver/ muscles. For those who have issues when they exercise it is probably linked to glycogen and lactic acidosis. Milk and lactose as long as your not intolerant utilizes another energy pathway and I seem to do better when I have chocolate milk on hand. The other thing that is KEY for me are eggs. A few things to possibly look into :)
This explains why I sometimes wake with a headache
Yes and my heart pounds too.
So then, with insulin resistance, eating a bedtime snack to keep the blood sugar up would be a bad idea?
Or is there something that can be eaten/taken that will keep blood sugar from falling in the middle of the night?
Dr. Berg please do video on ankylosing spondylitis ... which food to consume... and to prevent inflammation.....
Type 1 Brittle Diabetic. I had this last night due to night terrors, not due to my insulin.
I am not diabetic but I have had episodes of night time hypoglycemia, it doesn't occur often though so I guess that is good. I can not find the quiz you mentioned, still trying to get to the root cause of my hypoglycemia. Thanks for the videos.
This is great like all the other videos!
Thanks for this video!! It was very easy to follow and very helpful.
That's what I have, headache every morning. I started kito around 10 days ago and I lost so much weight, I was already very skiny ☺hopefully this diet gonna help me.
What should I eat before go to sleep?
Would you talk about long term (5+ days) fasting? Research seems to show that it is healthy, but everyone recommends talking with your doctor first, but our doctor is only good for getting a diagnosis and lab tests. Do you recommend for non-diabetics? And what are the dangers-- what symptoms would indicate that we should break our fast?
I usually fast one month a year for the past 20 years
@tahammf How has that benefited you? Any tips?
There are no benefits. Stop being a lazy pig and eat healthy. You can't hack your way into health. Fucking infuriating reading comments like this on a video that's primarily for t1s who can't prevent their diabetes with diet. Most t2s on insulin are usually lazy fat pigs who have a chance at a normal medication free life and waste it. No sympathy.
T2 Diabetic on insulin, with Hashimotos. 18 months on KETO IF. Labs greatly improved. But started having midnight glucose in the 40s and falling asleep after 20 - 30 carb dinner, but not after breakfast of zero carbs. Doctor says eat every 4 hours on the ADA diet of 30 carbs per 3 main meals and have a bedtime snack with milk. I'm staying 2 meals a day, adding a few more than the 20 carbs I've been doing, adding the night time snack and my morning glucose has gone from 90s to 130s. I suspect my A1c, which went from 7.5 to 6.0 will go back up.
I am looking for causes and answers to night sweats, not me, but my son. My guess is also insulin resistance. I hope Dr. Berg can talk about night sweats, would you?
Oh wow. I type in "what causes night sweating around collar" (because i wake up almost DAILY like this...and have also already been diagnosed with PCOS (insulin resistance) and then this guy says the same thing?!
Yep...off to an endocrinologist I go...
I have been thinking this is the reason for waking up with migraines . I am cutting out the carbs and I feel better.
This is helpful. Thank you!
Of course, no problem! Glad i could assist.
Intermitted fasting gave me hypoglycemia. I sleep for 3-4 hours then wake up and can't go back to sleep.
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@@jasonbourne5142what
Do you wake up to a racing heart?
I get low blood sugar every night at 9pm, an hour and 15 minutes after I eat dinner and it usually drops after the first reading. Last night my sugar was 81 and took it again 7 minutes later and it was 66. Is this Reactivehypoglycemia? I then take glucose tablets to get it back up. I mostly eat fish for dinner with spinach and green beans and have an Extend Bar and some plain Greek Yogurt for a snack. Has anyone else experience this and how can it be fixed?
Dr, says add more fat.
I have been getting headache, and couldn't sleep. I am on intermittent fasting I am not diabetic. I get huge headaches during the afternoon and at night... Sometimes I am dizzy. Thanx for this video it just explained why to me. I am doing one meal a day... am I taking it to far? Been doing this for 7 months
Same
Hello I have been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia since 2001. My question is, What do you think of premier protein drinks? They have 20 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. I'd love to be able to try them and have them hold me steady. Suggestions? Please and thank you for your time. Happy Easter.
They spike insulin hard. Plus most are heated/cooked and dead food. Use real food
Thank you so much for this clear explanation!!
Pls mention the list of food to be given at night to solve this problem
The Angela Stanton migraine protocol addresses something similiar to this for migraineurs. For the migraine protocol, about 90 minutes before bed, the migraineur should have a glass of milk (if it does not spike bg) or else 50 - 70 g of red meat to prevent sugar crashes in the middle of the night in order to avoid waking up with a migraine. How do you fit the migraineur into this video?
I deal with this everyday. I'm not on any medication. My a1c is 5.7 my sugar is always dropping under 80 daily. What's funny is I was just looking this up on google before I went to sleep
Wisdom that's so elusive for some reason.❤
This is ME-doctors did not want to help me get off the meds! So, I'm doing it alone-keeping close watch and decreasing slowly.
But the protein does not raise it high enough, I tried. Still have to eat some carbs.
Everything can be fixed with changing this one simple thing.
I have had Reactive hypoglicemia most of my life. Many years later I have now been dignosed type 2 diabetes. Yet I still wake up with night hypos of 2,5 very low.
I just want to bless you for your help!Life changing, no doctors or chiropatis I have gone never explained me why after eating pasta at dinner I had this sweating at night now I understand everything
I’ve had autoimmune hepatitis since I was a little girl. Don’t drink or smoke . I started Keto and exercising . My issue is now I have serious night sweats headache fever . To the point I have to change 2 a night . I’m taking from this up protein. Also I’m 57 and my estrogen is low. I can’t take estrogen because of my condition. I have Ben taken a all Natural .
I am not taking insulin. I am just hypoglycemia. I just have to eat all the time but what should my sugar be before I go to sleep at night?
Now it all makes sense. I can't eat fruits for some reason, it just throws my body off.
Can’t hypoglycaemia be caused by poor gut health as well?
My mother takes Metformin 1000mg
Glipizide 10mg
Pioglitazone 30mg….. should she stop taking all of that and eat clean right away? Or does she have to get off them little by little? 🤔
Check fasting C PEPTIDE level.If it is high she can be reversed without any medicine by dietary modifications.Blessed be.
Oh thank you very much dr for this video My blood sugar always drop at night and my dr said nothing is rung with me my heart bite fast at night I have been on this for 2 years now but thanks for this video that educates me
I don't have diabetes but i am taking Fenugreek for weight loss and i am feeling fatigue waking up with headache and sleep alot so now i guess i must stop Fenugreek seed and also giloy that is ayurvedic herb for metabolism
My hypoglycemia is persistently crashing regardless as to what I eat. I’m now forced to eat some carbs because I started to have very serious crashes
Its 3-15-2023, I received a cortisone shot and it has put me is this state. Have all the symptoms. I just ate and hour ago and im hungry again. Drinking green tea and that helps. I dred waking up in the morning now...Made a appointment with my Doctor to get fixed. I don't want to go on insulin. I am for doint things natural. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thank you 🙋♀️❤🙏
Your problem is not clear.Why did you take cortisone shot? What is your blood sugar level? Have you been suffering from under active Adrenal?
@@mithidas4295
You know what Mith...your right ..this wasn't clear..reread it...I had taken a fall and it wasn't getting better,so I went to my doctor and he suggested the cortisone shot. Messed me up where I couldn't sleep and wasn't hungry...I'm better now and won't take another one.
What if you have night time hypoglycemia but you don't take any medication?
I Have This! It is so Frustrating! This was so Helpful! Thank you Dr. Berg! You are so Smart! I am doing the Wrong things.
kathleen Wharton hi did you fix this ?? I have this condition
@@kathleenwharton2139 avoid carbs....instead eat cheese...or the eggs when you get the low blood sugar....and don't get scared if u gt low blood sugar....
southerncalifornia
I am scared when I get low blood sugar. I fainted from it one morning..hit my face on the kitchen counter as I went down and made mush out of the back of my head as I hit the concrete floor..I fell like a tree. When you fall unconscious you do not protect yourself. I have been very frightened ever since and the anxiety and fear aggravate my blood sugar. I have to have carbs..but I eat low sugar Starch carbs and I do indeed eat a good protein source with every meal. It took me awhile to figure this out..but I do much better. I have to eat meals On Time. Thank You for your help!
This info = breakthrough for me. Thx u!!
Glad it helps!
Hi Doc, thank you for this helping information.
However l have a question, what cause low blood sugar if you used to have high blood sugar, is it that the insulinis becoming sensitive?
By eating protein to raise it back to normal level, how long should that take? I know they say 15 minutes with sugar... but how long with protein? I'm terrified of passing out.
I’m sorry to hear that. It must be scary! Did you ever find the answer? 😊
Usually, when they don't know what it is, they say it's in your head... You know.. Put the blame on you... So it's off of them.
YOU are fantastic, Dr. Berg! You explained SO much here.😢 I'm very low salt & sugar w pre·X of looow BP: postprandial unconsciousness still happens! ...but still eat veg-carbs. Pls do vid on salt & sugar lo BP🙏🏻) Told 6 sm meals but can't sneak up on food that often! midodrin👎helped way too much; saline👍
Glad you explain no to 6 sm meals. Will drop veg carbs too. THANK YOU ✨
I started getting this when I started lifting weights. I am not a diabetic, not sure what's happening.
Exercise reduces blood sugar.There is nothing to worry about it.If you experience nocturnal hypoglycemia go for HOMA IR test -a blood test for Insulin Resistance which can be corrected by dietary modifications.
That’s it...woke up and I was all sweaty,hungry and a little off...check my blood sugar...66..I do use metformin and insulin...will back of the insulin.
Every night 12:30 I wake up with nightmares dry mouth, and the other symptoms. But I'm on keto for 18 months. Does it mean I'm diabetic?
Hi dr berg
I sent your assistant an email regarding this today but then came a cross this this video; I have nighttime hyperglycemia. I am not diabetic nor am I insulin resistant: well at least that what the blood test show. Happy to share my results if you would like to do a video on it
Thank you so much Doctor...:-)
I’m having this issue right now. I wish I could come see you for this issue. Wake up with sweat around my neck. 🥺😐😳.
what about higher fiber fruits like apples or blueberries?
my fasting blood test for about 10 hours showed 109 blood sugar level. i do have a problem of "grazing" all day. because weve been told that is better for a long time than bigger meals (from the mainstream medical community)
I have insulin resistance and I tried the keto diet and gained soooo much weight on it. 15 lbs on a few weeks. And I felt horrible even tho I ate according to the macros
I’ve been a vegan and eat a pretty restricted diet as it is. I try very hard to eat complex carbs if I’m going to eat any. Any suggestions to what I could try eating more of? I’ve had these symptoms for years. My doctor had me keep a journal for a month and test myself when I would feel sick or when waking and it was always in normal levels.
Hey, you may need to consider eating fish and meat, as well as eggs. I finally did it last year and realise that's where all my nutritional imbalance came from, being vegetarian and vegan. And wheat.
Earlier I used to have frequent hypo episodes in night and it was being very difficult and I was up whole night and kept checking my sugars. After I started using blucon things have been sorted out
@5:48 Diabetics: Ketogenic Diet with Intermittent Fasting
Thanx muchos Dr.Berg... U r the best!!...
This kinda does not make sense to me, if your body needs blood sugar, and you cut out complex carbs, how are you supposed to get the blood sugar? Complex carbs break down into sugars right? You're saying you should cut out sugars when you need blood sugars?
Hypoglycemia is caused by hyperinsulinemia.Insulin Index of protein is less compared to that of carbs.Hence addition of protein to dinner may help.Of course,during hypoglycemic episode you must take sugar to save you.
...........If apple cider vinegar lowers blood sugar, people may want to be careful about this as well..........This goes for people who may be using ACV for weight loss and/or other things, besides energy issues
The hardest part about this is knowing when you wake up with a gruesome headache out of nowhere a sugary snack or drink Coors the headache in 10 minutes but in the overall scheme of things it just prolongs the issues
Thank you Dr.
It was helpful! Thank you!
I am always happy to help!
How on earth did you get soooooo smart dammmm😱😱😱😱😱😱🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱you are a genius !!!
Great video, but I am not clear on the time axis on the graph wasn’t made explicit. Are we talking about postprandial dips that occur a couple hours after eating and going to sleep, or are we talking about something like going to sleep 6-7 hours after eating with 110 mg/dL glucose, and then having it fall below 70 after a few hours? There’s quite some difference in these scenarios. I am experiencing hypoglycemia without a glucose peak preceding it.
I'm trying to help my friend. He's type 1 and he's having trouble maintaining his blood sugar. Right now he is low (around 60) and he's hysterical like he's trapped in a bad dream. He's thrashing around and keeps hurting himself
dear ... good work... thanks
Dr Berg, I recently had my blood sugar checked at a local department store. They were having a health screening, my sugar was down to 46. I do practice IF. It was time to eat........I did not feel bad at all, just felt hungry and knew I deeded to eat. The nurse kept trying to make me eat a cookie, I refused and went on with my normal day. Is this reading dangerous? Thank you.
Janice Millican 46 is very low. The range is anywhere from 68-100. My fasting glucose just came back at 85 which is perfect. Anyways, please take care, 46 is WAY too low, it shouldn't be that low!