Blood Sugar Levels Normal

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This is an excerpt from a letter by Richard Moore, MD, PhD dated August 31, 2009. The treatment of diabetes is based upon the idea that the main role of insulin in the body is to lower blood sugar (glucose) levels. Indeed, blood sugar levels rise in diabetes and thus sugar spills over into the urine. Hence the name diabetes mellitus or sweet urine. But the idea that insulins main action is to lower blood glucose turns out to be a historical accident. Basic research done between 1958 and 1963 clearly demonstrates that the main action of insulin is to stimulate the sodium-potassium pump and to reduce the acid inside the bodys cells. A study by Dr. Ken Zierler at Johns Hopkins and also others by my group clearly demonstrated this. Work done by a basic scientist at the University of Illinois also indicated that the high blood glucose in diabetes is not the cause of the pathology. Recently, other investigators at Johns Hopkins have shown that potassium deficiency can cause diabetes. Both Dr. Zierler, the scientist at the University of Illinois, and myself made repeated attempts to inform the American Diabetes Association about this, but in every case, they refused to listen to us. But the glucose dogma was (and is) so strong that almost everyone just knew that tighter control of blood glucose levels would solve the remaining problems to which diabetics are prone. So the NIH conducted the ACCORD study in which the blood glucose in each of 10000 diabetics was lowered to normal …

Okay, so I’ve had really irregular blood glucose for a few years now (not diabetic, but my doctor calls it “pre-diabetes”). Fasting blood levels are usually normal, but it’s after I eat that they dip down.

The past few days, however, I’ve been feeling really strange. Lightheaded, dizzy, always hungry even just after I’ve eaten, headaches, fast heart rate, and not really being able to catch my breath are just a few of the symptoms I’ve had, all associated with low blood levels that I’ve dealt with before. What’s strange is that when I test, my levels the past few days that I’ve been like this are usually between 100-120, which is perfectly normal.

So, the question: what’s wrong? Why am I experiencing all these symptoms that I can’t get rid of if my blood sugar is normal?

(My diet, FYI, is very healthy — protein, healthy fats, few carbs but enough.)

Any help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Yes, I am on medication for my sugar. And some times I’ve tested without having eaten for several hours, other times – like today – was within 1-2 hours after eating. Today, about one hour after eating, it was 118.