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A long while back I began using mostly fruits and vegetables as my carb sources.
Over time I have dropped the small amounts of rice, potatoes, and other traditional carbs until I got to the point where I may only have one serving of such carbs per day.
So now my carbs have come ONLY from fruit and veggies. I drink a lot of 100% fruit juice too, not from concentrate.
My total carb intake is still way up there, but I am not getting processed carbs, breads, rice, etc..... just fruit and veg.
I have never felt better. Energy is up, I have made solid gains, I feel less bloated, and just overall healthier.
However, every once in a while I go severely hypo. It comes on fast, I'll notice my skin feels warm, but I get chills, and I start sweating and feeling like I want to pass out. it feels EXACTLY like taking too much slin or not enough carbs with a slin shot.
I take a good serving of Nestle Quick powder or eat a potato or something, and it will go away.
The last time I had it happen, I ate an apple and a banana. I didn't feel like I was going to faint anymore, but I still had a lot of hypo symptoms. I took some Nestle powder and felt normal again.
So my question is, even with the total amount of carbs being the same, am I getting far less of an insulin response from fruit? I've always known veggies don't do much as far as insulin goes, but I figured fruit would act very similarly to other carbs with regard to insulin response.
Bananas and white rice have the same GI, but only rice will take me out of a hypoglycemic episode.
Drinking a glass of OJ will keep me hypo, yet sugary Nestle Quick will make me feel normal in minutes.
This makes me think I can get away with eating a lot more carbs without gaining fat as long as they are fruits and veggies. Is this true?
Over time I have dropped the small amounts of rice, potatoes, and other traditional carbs until I got to the point where I may only have one serving of such carbs per day.
So now my carbs have come ONLY from fruit and veggies. I drink a lot of 100% fruit juice too, not from concentrate.
My total carb intake is still way up there, but I am not getting processed carbs, breads, rice, etc..... just fruit and veg.
I have never felt better. Energy is up, I have made solid gains, I feel less bloated, and just overall healthier.
However, every once in a while I go severely hypo. It comes on fast, I'll notice my skin feels warm, but I get chills, and I start sweating and feeling like I want to pass out. it feels EXACTLY like taking too much slin or not enough carbs with a slin shot.
I take a good serving of Nestle Quick powder or eat a potato or something, and it will go away.
The last time I had it happen, I ate an apple and a banana. I didn't feel like I was going to faint anymore, but I still had a lot of hypo symptoms. I took some Nestle powder and felt normal again.
So my question is, even with the total amount of carbs being the same, am I getting far less of an insulin response from fruit? I've always known veggies don't do much as far as insulin goes, but I figured fruit would act very similarly to other carbs with regard to insulin response.
Bananas and white rice have the same GI, but only rice will take me out of a hypoglycemic episode.
Drinking a glass of OJ will keep me hypo, yet sugary Nestle Quick will make me feel normal in minutes.
This makes me think I can get away with eating a lot more carbs without gaining fat as long as they are fruits and veggies. Is this true?