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Fasting and Blood Sugar Levels

I’m guessing that at some point in your life you have heard someone say they

are ‘hypoglycemic’ or that they have ‘low blood sugar’. Typically, this is used as part of
the reason why this person needs to eat every couple hours to keep their ‘blood sugar
stable’.

The basic story is that if they don’t eat every three or four hours then they become
hypoglycemic and become irritable, moody, light-headed and shaky.

I find this an interesting phenomenon considering as little as 5-10% of the population
actually have a malfunction in their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels. Also,
there is no actual clinical consensus regarding the cut-off values for blood glucose

levels that truly define hypoglycemia for all people and purposes.

It’s important to note that I am not suggesting that hypoglycemia does not exist. I am
merely suggesting that the average person without an underlying medical condition
does not have to worry about getting ‘low blood sugar’ while they are fasting.

From reviewing the research it is evident that unless you have drug-treated diabetes,
hypoglycemia just isn’t that prevalent in healthy people. This is because your body is
amazingly effective at regulating the amount of sugar that is flowing around in your
blood.
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