Patient's question:
Dad has developed hypoglycemia because he often skips breakfast. Sometimes he shows symptoms such as poor concentration, slow thinking and language, so I also hope that my father's condition can improve. Then, is it effective to eat sugar for hypoglycemia?Doctor's answer:
Eating sugar can lower blood sugar and can correct hypoglycemia, but it also depends on the type of sugar consumed. Glucose lowers blood sugar the fastest, while sucrose is slightly slower. Fructose generally requires more time to be converted into glucose and lower blood sugar. As long as the body's sugar decomposition and metabolism mechanisms are normal, even if a large amount of sugar is excreted, the body's self-regulating mechanisms such as glycogen formation, conversion, and fermentation maintain a dynamic balance, and it will never lead to diabetes. This is why people with normal sugar metabolism have no problem eating sugar, and it is also the difference between them and diabetics with disrupted sugar decomposition and metabolism mechanisms.