Symptoms of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar include light-headedness, headaches, and anxiety. Hypoglycemia can even feel like panic attacks.
In this episode, Lara discusses:
- why young women are more prone to hypoglycemia,
- the importance of the autonomic nervous system and a "blunted glucagon response," and
- what you can do to feel better.
Links:
- Prevalence of self-reported symptoms attributed to hypoglycaemia within a general female population of the UK
- Hypoglycemic symptoms in the absence of diabetes: Pilot evidence of clinical hypoglycemia in young women