If you don’t know already, “GivingTuesday” is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day. Please join in celebrating #GivingTuesday! Your donation to the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation will allow us to continue our work. 

A strong focus of our expanding efforts in 2020 is to address the correlation between children and hypoglycemia…an area of grave concern since infants are now being diagnosed with serious blood sugar conditions. Hypoglycemia is strongly identified as a precursor to type 2 diabetes – which is increasing among children and teenagers at a rate of nearly 5 percent per year. 

We’ve been receiving heartbreaking messages from our community, such as from a terrified teenager… “Can I die from hypoglycemia?” … and from an anguished mother… “I can’t believe my three-year old was just diagnosed as having hypoglycemia. I can’t stop blaming myself.”

You can see our efforts already under way to address this situation on our website.

Any amount you donate will be matched by Facebook – but only in a first come, first serve basis. 

Please check out what the HSF has accomplished, and view our recent post sharing all of our accomplishments over the last year: “You are the hero in our equation.”

We thank you in advance for your consideration…together we can make a big difference in changing lives! You can donate here on the HSF website or on the HSF Facebook page dedicated to Giving Tuesday.

In this fourth HSF podcast, Founder and CEO of the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation focus on using “old school” and cutting-edge technology to control hypoglycemia. Opportunities to get involved to test and develop cutting edge solutions to improve blood sugar health, such as continuous glucose monitors, fitbits, and applications that can filter out harmful substances in the food supply.

References from Podcast

DIET

• Diet Symptom Diary – https://hypoglycemia.org/diet-symptom-diary
• Diet: https://hypoglycemia.org/diet
• Sweet Revenge – Turning the Tables on Processed Foods: https://hypoglycemia.org/sweet-revenge
• Dr. Robert Lustig’s Fructose restriction study (just one type of sugar prevalent in the food supply) resulted in:
  • improved glucose tolerance
  • lowered blood pressure
  • improved liver tests
  • decreased triglycerides
  • improved insulin sensitivity
  • lowered fasting insulin
  • decreased fasting glucose
  • decreased ldl cholesterol
  • virtually all aspects of metabolic health improved
• The Real Food Challenge – 10 days of real food: http://www.nutritionhub.org/toolbox/real-food-challenge

TESTING

• Testing: https://hypoglycemia.org/testing
• Glucose (GTT): https://hypoglycemia.org/testing

EDUCATION

Debunking Myths about Diet

• A calorie is not a calorie: https://hypoglycemia.org/calorie-is-not-a-calorie 
• The energy balance myth: https://hypoglycemia.org/energy-balance-debunk

How to Shop and Cook with Real Food: https://hypoglycemia.org/real-food-science-health

New School – Cutting edge

DIGITAL HEALTH TOOLS

• A report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that the benefits of digital health tools that are not regulated by the agency outweigh the risks…
• Two of the least helpful metrics are body weight (counting pounds) and (counting) calories
• The bio-impedance scale – Measure body fat, muscle mass, BMI (body mass index, etc.): In-Body Scan – available in bariatric (weight-loss) clinics https://www.inbody.com/global/intro/Technology.aspx

EXERCISE

• MyFitnessPal – AN APP – https://www.myfitnesspal.com/
• Fitbit – https://www.fitbit.com/home
• 10K steps a day – Research shows just 7500 steps a day is enough to make a difference: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/10000-steps-rule/590785/
• Purposeful Exercise: Purposeful exercise is overriding factor for promoting good health

THE GLUCOSE ZONE – A concept and an APP

A key idea that may help your health is to identify your ideal “Glucose Zone”

CONCEPT: Instead of targeting a specific level, the aim of managing blood sugar is to keep glucose levels within a healthy range or ZONE. The American Diabetes Association recommends target levels of 70–130 mg/dL before eating for a person with diabetes. Within 2 hours of eating a meal, blood glucose levels should be less than 180mg/dL

GLUCOSE ZONE – THE APP – DIATRIBE REVIEW

• Diatribe is a great source of information for diabetics: https://diatribe.org/glucosezone-exercise-app-people-diabetes
• Designed for all diabetes types and fitness levels, GlucoseZone provides workouts, education, and coaching for your diabetes and fitness goals: https://glucosezone.com/home

CGM – CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS – A GAME CHANGER

• CGM use for non-diabetics (Dr. Aaron Neinstein, UCSF) – The technology is becoming cheaper and more accessible than ever before,: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/31/blood-sugar-tracking-useful-for-more-than-diabetes-commentary.html
• Wolfram’s personal experience with Abbott Freestyle Libre
• Dr. Mark Cucuzzella Article on Continuous Glucose Monitor use – https://hypoglycemia.org/libre-liberation/
• Nutritional Psychiatry / Dr. Ann Childers – Psychiatrist whose practice connects mental & metabolic health: https://lifebalancenw.com/

RECOMMENDATION ENGINE

New technology to help us shop for healthier foods – the Perfact / HSF Filter: https://hypoglycemia.org/perfact-solution/

Leaving you with top take away messages…

1. DO a diet/symptom diary…a must!
2. Do know everything about the GTT before making a decision whether to have it or not
3. Do check out our Diet Suggestion and the importance of “individualization”
4. Review Wolfram’s suggested tools to help you…particularly the CGM.  
5. What is Perfact…check it out on our website…it’s the future of …. 
6. Take this information and share it with your health care practitioner… don’t be afraid to educate your doctor!

Welcome to 4 Your Health Radio w/ Marsha Thadison. This health show is designed to inform everyday people about the benefits of healthy food for our mind, body, and soul. On this show, people will learn how to prepare meals, to be for medicine and much more. This radio show will help put the power of good health back into the hands of the people.

Today on the Marsha Thadison will bring back and talked with Roberta Ruggiero Founder and President and CEO Wolfram Anderson of the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation.

https://hypoglycemia.org

To all my 4 Your Health Listeners this program/radio show advises all that the information presented here is for the purpose of information, and education only. It should not be construed as offering medical advice or the diagnosis and or treatment of any illness, injury, condition or prevention for any health problems the viewer should consult licensed physician or health care practitioner for proper diagnosis and or treatment.

This third Hypoglycemia 101 Podcast is a series focused on deepening your knowledge of hypoglycemia and improving your blood sugar health. Our third broadcast focuses on what to do AFTER you have seen your doctor and been diagnosed with hypoglycemia. Brought to you by hosts Wolfram Alderson, CEO, and Roberta Ruggiero, Founder and President, Hypoglycemia Support Foundation.

Some of the links referenced in this podcast:

• https://hypoglycemia.org/info
• https://hypoglycemia.org/book
• https://hypoglycemia.org/diet-symptom-diary
• https;//hypoglycemia.org/testing
• https://hypoglycemia.org/resources
• https://hypoglycemia.org/diet
• https://hypoglycemia.org/neurophysiology
• Dietary Guidelines 101 – Nutrition Coalition Website

Books on Hypoglycemia

• Hypoglycemia: The Classic Healthcare Handbook by Dr. Harvey Ross & Jeraldine Saunders
• Sugar Shock by Connie Bennett
• Suicide by Sugar by Dr. Nancy Appleton
• Sugar Blues by William Duffy
• The Low Blood Sugar Handbook by Patricia and Edward Krimmel
• Hypoglycemia for Dummies by Cheryl and James Chow
• Hypoglycemia: A Better Approach by Dr. Paavo  Airola
• New Low Blood Sugar and You by Dr Carlton Fredericks