Daily Column

August 30th, 2008

DEAR DR. GOTT:
Please have your readers write in about home remedies for hypoglycemia.

DEAR READER:
Hypoglycemia is an abnormally low sugar level in the blood. The foods we eat, stress and tobacco play a role in the condition. Recommendations for control include eliminating sugar, white flour, caffeine and excessive alcohol from the diet. Plan to eat six small, healthful meals daily, and consume appropriate snacks between meals. This does not translate to over-eating, but to a normal diet consumed in smaller amounts throughout the day. Begin the day with a high protein breakfast, as protein is broken down more slowly than sugar is. Include nuts and sunflower and pumpkin seeds in your diet.

Supplements include calcium, vitamin B complex, garlic, Hawthorne, horseradish and juniper berries, alfalfa, cayenne, dandelion, and 200 mg chromium picolinate daily.

Be sure to inform your physician before starting any treatment regimen because hypoglycemia can be dangerous if the blood sugar drops too low. Readers, if you have a tried and true means of controlling hypoglycemia, please write in to let me know your remedy. I will pass the information on.

To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Hypoglycemia”. Other readers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed, stamped, number 10 envelope and $2 to Newsletter, P. O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.