diahorrea after sugar?

[beaniesq]

Hi All,

wonder if anyone can advise. Over the last few months I have started to get very jittery after eating sugary foods, which culminates usually in having the runs! The problem seems to be getting worse. I have been diagnosed with something called insulin resistance. Is this the reason why sugary foods make me anxious and shakey a few hours after eating them?
All advice appreciated.

Caroline

[Ethel]

What sugary foods are you eating?

Have you been properly counselled about the importance of diet as you are insulin resistant?

Many people get a 'sugar high' and the jitters as you describe, but not often the diarrhoea. Could it be something else in the sugary foods?

[beaniesq]

Hi there,

No, nobody has counselled me about my diet. I have something called PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), which has been caused by the insulin resistance. The doctors seem more focussed on treating the PCOS by putting me on the contraceptive pill, which I don't want, but they haven't discussed diet with me at all.

I haven't mentioned to my GP that I have started having attacks of the jitters after sugar, because I thought at first that I was having panic attacks. Then it occured to me that it only happens after I've eaten sugary foods like chocolate, biscuits or sugary cereals. It is a particular problem if I eat these things before bed - I will wake up a few hours later shaking and in a cold sweat, then I feel sick and panicky, and the next thing I'm rushing to the loo. It takes about half an hour to an hour to subside.

[foodluva]

My mum has just been diagnosed diabetic. Before she was diagnosed she had a problem with diarrhoea and was being referred for a colonoscopy. However, when she found out she was type II diabetic (insulin resistant) and changed her diet radically by cutting out foods with sugar, her bowel problems cleared up. You must seek dietary advice! Your shakey episodes are undoubtedly caused by your sugar consumption. Good luck!

[beaniesq]

Thank you foodluva, I am going to the Docs tomorrow, so I will be asking him for advice on diet. It's interesting your mum had the same problem with her diebetes. Makes me wonder if I should have the test.

Thanks for your advice!

[Ethel]

Being insulin resistant means you are not processing sugars properly, so do tell the GP all your current symptoms.

Although many people who are insulin resistant do not become diabetic, there is a chance that you may (really that applies to everyone!) so ask your GP for a diabetes test.

Your insulin resistance is certainly connected to your PCOS, and people with PCOS are at a risk (not a certainty) of developing Type II diabetes, so he should be very keen to get this done.

[beaniesq]

Hi Ethel,

I think I might have had a fasting glucose test a few years ago, which was fine. But this has just started happening in the last few months, so perhaps things are changing. I am seeing the doctor tomorrow so I will definitely be asking for a glucose test and/or an insulin test. It would be very interesting to see if my insulin levels were too high. My GP is quite good, so I am sure he won't have a problem ordering the tests.

Thanks again for your advice!. I will let you know what he says.

Caroline

[MiniN]

could it not be irritable bowel syndrome. IBS affects 1 in 3 people apparently and different peopel are affected differently. some people can't eat spicy/rich/sugary food. IBS is not just about stress, sometimes its just the food your eating doesnt 'agree' with you.

ask your doc about this?