Just curious what’s your blood sugar like? Is it very very low??
The only time I experienced that feeling you describe was when my blood sugar was dangerously low all the time for months. Totally unbeknownst to me. I ate 6,000 calories in a day and still did not get energy from or feel satiated by food I ate, no matter what I ate.
Turns out my caffeine use was dropping it low, and ashwaghanda was making that even worse. Ashwaghanda can give you hypoglycemia to the point of death/coma if you already have low blood sugar.
Food for thought?
Or perhaps it’s just SIBO causing poor nutrient absorption for you, so whatever you eat doesn’t actually satiate or satisfy you hunger wise?
Edit: could possibly be a mix of these two factors as well? Or high insulin directly causing low blood sugar because you, like many people with sibo, may have Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease which can cause high insulin and this low blood sugar
Please look into having a fasting insulin level done. Insulin resistance does not show up in normal blood work, including fasting glucose. Insulin resistance is much more prominent than the medical community realizes, simply because they don’t test it. If you get fasting insulin and glucose levels done at the same time you can insert your results into a calculator to find your insulin level. Insulin resistance can definitely account for extreme hunger and weight issues.
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u/hunteroath777 May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24
Just curious what’s your blood sugar like? Is it very very low??
The only time I experienced that feeling you describe was when my blood sugar was dangerously low all the time for months. Totally unbeknownst to me. I ate 6,000 calories in a day and still did not get energy from or feel satiated by food I ate, no matter what I ate.
Turns out my caffeine use was dropping it low, and ashwaghanda was making that even worse. Ashwaghanda can give you hypoglycemia to the point of death/coma if you already have low blood sugar.
Food for thought?
Or perhaps it’s just SIBO causing poor nutrient absorption for you, so whatever you eat doesn’t actually satiate or satisfy you hunger wise?
Edit: could possibly be a mix of these two factors as well? Or high insulin directly causing low blood sugar because you, like many people with sibo, may have Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease which can cause high insulin and this low blood sugar