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Dear Ernie, > > Actually, I have often found myself better AFTER eating. From time to time> I have become quite "shaky" before eating. I am well aware that this can be> caused by low blood sugar levels. I had a bad episode just before lunch> yesterday and tried taking two teaspoons of sugar even though I had just> started my lunch. The shaky feeling seemed to go within about 10 mins. I> had the routine diabetes tests when first diagnosed and had a free test by a> local charity last month which came >up OK so guess it can't be that. >You may indeed have neither diabetes nor true hypoglycemia; nevertheless, you could be experiencing a sudden drop in blood sugar for other reasons (physiological, meds, etc.). May I suggest you carry glucose tablets--they work somewhat faster than table sugar. I recommend this in case a more severe reaction should occur in future; sometimes there's no sugar handy. People with diabetes routinely carry tablets wherever they go, in case of emergency. Best regards, -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Editor-in-Chief, "Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538 http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar Contact Better Business Bureau of the Mountain States, < [log in to unmask]>