Insulin resistance, insulinoma, or ?

[MUD]

I would greatly appreciate any help I can get. I have a problem of going hypo multiple times everyday. One day I went hypo seven times. I am not a diabetic and don't take insulin. I knew there was a problem when I started dieting for a bodybuilding show and weight loose was impossible. I was lifting weights, doing two hours of cardio, and eating very healthy, but I still couldn't loose the weight. When I mean eating healthy, I mean weighing out my chicken breasts and measurings out my carbs for every meal. It seems like after I ate, I am hungry again and my eyes feel heavy. A while after I eat, my blood sugar never goes above the 80s. Sometimes I will crash only 15 minutes after eating.

So, recently I went to the doctor and my fasting blood sugar was 108. This doesn't make sense because I go hypo so often. Most of the time my fasting blood sugar is in the low 70s. I believe she ran an A1C and thyroid blood test and they all came back normal. I still continue to go hypo and the other day it got as low as 42. The next set of blood tests will be for my insulin levels and to check for a tumor.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be going on? I think it might be insulin resistance syndrome or insulinoma. Right? My hypoglycemia gets worse with every year. Thanks for any help!

[ant hill]

I would get the doctor to look at your meter results and convince them that you do get lows. How often do you test?

[Cormac_Doyle]

An A1c is simply an average. Thus mathematically 11,1,11,1,11,1 is equivalent to 5,5,5,5,5,5 ...

You say you are experiencing hypoglycaemic events. this is more likely to be what is called "Reactive Hypoglycaemia" and can often be a precursor to the onset of full diabetes.

The hint here is in the title - "Reactive" ... your body is reacting to dietary carbohydrate and releasing insulin. Typically, a reactive low is caused because you have insufficient "phase1" insulin, so have to manufacture a lot of phse2 ... however, that is released more slowly, so you initially have a high glucose spike, followed by a reactive low (when the insulin finally hits)

Unfortunately, the best way to address a low is to eat more carbs, and so you get a yo-yo effect that prevents your phase1 insulin reserves from ever being regenerated.

While I am not as much a "low carber" as many on the forums; I would suggest you look at your diet and see if you can reduce/eliminate the faster-acting carbs from your diet if you are eating any ...

[MUD]

I test quite often. Now I just test when I am feeling bad.

I do very low Gi carbs like pearled barely, lentils, grapefruits, and etc. The other day I went hypo first thing in the morning in a fasted state. The diet that helped most with hypoglycemia is when I did the keto diet, but I was always in a bad mood. Plus, if I eat more carbs, I will get fat very quickly.