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endocrine system
hypoglycemia
Nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
High complex carbohydrate diet with ample protein.
• Eat 4-5 small meals throughout the day. Increase the frequency of feedings. This is not always necessary but it is important that meals are not missed.
• Snack on nuts and sour apples
• Elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded

therapeutic foods:
Complex carbohydrates (whole grains), sweet rice, brown rice, yams, potatoes, walnuts, tofu, soybeans, corn, fish, chicken, vegetables, black beans, nuts (Ni, p. 139)
• Foods rich in Iodine, Silicon, Phosphorus: kelp, dulse, Swiss chard, turnip greens, egg yolks, wheat germ, cod roe, lecithin, sesame seed butter, seed and nuts, raw goat milk (Jensen, 61.)

fresh juices:
• Pineapple, egg yolk, wheat germ, and dulse (Jensen, 61.)
• Black cherry concentrate, egg yolk, and chlorophyll (Jensen, 61.)

avoid:
• Food intolerances
Alcohol. Increased hydrochloric acid via alcohol may cause excess release of gut secretagogues which augment ß-cell responsiveness to glucose changes, leading to excess insulin release.
• Sugars, honey, simple carbohydrates, white flour, fructose, syrups, sweet and dried fruits, coffee, fatty foods, fried foods, stimulating foods, juices, alcohol
(Christensen L, Somers S. Int J Eat Disord. 1996 Jul;20(1):105-109; Christensen L. J Applied Nutr 1988;40:44-50.)

supplements

Chromium 400 mcg three to four times per day (Marz, 1997)
• Vitamin C 3 g per day.
• Calcium 500 mg per day.
• Vitamin B3, niacinamide 1 g per day. (Marz, 1989)
• Vitamin B5 500 mg per day.
• Vitamin B6 150 mg per day. (Bastyr)
Pantothenic acid 500 mg per day (Marz, 1997)
• Liver extract or protomorphogens
• Adrenal protomorphogens
• Magnesia Muriaticum 3x (3 twice daily) - provides mineral for enzymatic cofactor to enhance gluconeogenesis with liver hypoglycemia (Easley)
• Niccolum Metallicum 3x (3 twice daily) - liver hypoglycemia with poor or no glycogen manufacture (Easley)
• Lithium Carbonicum 3x (3 twice daily) - liver hypoglycemia with inability to mobilize glycogen in absence of stress response (Easley)
• Cuprum Metallicum 3x (3 twice daily) - provides mineral for enzymatic cofactor with spleen hypoglycemia (Easley)


footnotes

Christensen L, Somers S. Comparison of nutrient intake among depressed and nondepressed individuals. Int J Eat Disord. 1996 Jul;20(1):105-109.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The study investigated the nutrient intake of depressed and nondepressed subjects. METHOD: Twenty-nine depressed subjects and a matched group of nondepressed subjects completed a 3-day food record. RESULTS: Results revealed that depressed and nondepressed groups consume similar amounts of all nutrients except protein and carbohydrates. Nondepressed subjects consume more protein and depressed subjects consume more carbohydrates. The increase in carbohydrate consumption comes primarily from an increase in sucrose consumption. DISCUSSION: The increased carbohydrate consumption is consistent with the carbohydrate cravings characteristic of the depressed and may relate to the development or maintenance of depression.

Christensen L, Bourgeois A, Cockroft R. Dietary alteration of somatic symptoms and regional brain electrical activity. Biol Psychiatry. 1991 Apr 1;29(7):679-682.

Christensen L. Psychological distress and diet-effects of sucrose and caffeine. J Applied Nutr 1988;40:44-50.