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If a woman has blood sugar issues, what do you recommend in pregnancy in terms of carbs?

Kelsey Marksteiner: Really what I try to do with pregnancy is simply to track the blood sugar, so have the...

On the subject of blood sugar, do you advise taking glucomannan for patients with type 2 diabetes? If so, how much and when?

Kelsey Marksteiner: I will tell you that I don’t use that all too often. I more so use anti-inflammatory types...

Do you have any specific recommendations to people with reactive hypoglycemia other than to try to balance out carbs with protein and fat?

Laura Schoenfeld: Reactive hypoglycemia tends to be an issue where the person is having either an over-response of insulin to...

Dean tells us that he has had low blood sugar problems his whole life, learned to manage it by eating frequent meals, snacks throughout the day. And says when he added more red meat, saturated fat, and did intermittent fasting, he found that after one week didn’t need eat frequent meals anymore and could get by with two to three meals per day. And then he asks, am I an anomaly? I wouldn’t hesitate to suggest a strategy to patients with low blood sugar problems. Yet you suggest they eat more frequently throughout the day. Does this really rely on individual experimentation then?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yes of course it does. I would say you’re not an anomaly. I would say that’s actually...

Do you have terrible blood sugar issues, because I can’t do what I want, when I want without food?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, again, I think I sort of answered that. You’re unique in that. I don’t know that...

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