I’ll pass on the honey bun and Coke
I saw a bunch of construction workers headed to their truck this morning each carrying a bottle of Coke and a honey bun. Who starts their day this way? Having been diagnosed in 1998 with hypoglycemia – the thought of starting my day with sugar is tantamount to a death sentence. Recently on a trip to NY when I was experiencing a system crash and trying to keep a good face around my traveling companion – L, man of mystery – he tried to give me a turkey wrap at the airport and I wouldn’t eat it because as I told him later – one of the symptoms of the crash is poor judgment.
**Hypoglycemia is a medical term referring to a pathologic state produced by a lower than normal amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. The term hypoglycemia literally means “under-sweet blood”. Hypoglycemia can produce a variety of symptoms and effects but the principal problems arise from an inadequate supply of glucose as fuel to the brain, resulting in impairment of function. Derangements of function can range from vaguely “feeling bad” to coma, and (rarely) permanent brain damage or death. Hypoglycemia can arise from many causes and can occur at any age.**
Sugar is a funny thing – I saw my great niece, Rylee, (2.5 yrs old) spinning out of control from too much sugar the other night at the baby naming. Her mother asked her if she had had cookies and she said, “I did, I did, I did, I did, I did, I did…” Like I said, sugar does nutty things to some people, the least of which is spinning out of control.