My organic brewed coffee experiment on myself showed that I am hopelessly allergic to coffee. It was not the raw honey as I previously thought. It was the coffee, the caffeine in the coffee that was causing me hypoglycemic symptoms whenever I take some brewed coffee for socials.
Searching on the internet showed me some interesting pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia
and
http://www.livestrong.com/article/402727-hypoglycemia-caffeine/
and even a forum:
http://www.hypoglycemia.itgo.com/
and
http://www.zimbio.com/Low+Carb+Diet/articles/53/Understanding+Hypoglycemia+Blood+Sugar
and
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2007/04/is-hypoglycemia-hidden-low-carb-side.html
Very interesting. Of course this means a total cessation of coffee for me, even for socials. I’ll just need a good excuse.
I’ve known this for some time, just could not pin it down. I didn’t used to have this extreme reaction to coffee. 10 years ago I was gulping some 5 cups of coffee a day. Then there came a time a new product called called a Frape came along and that put me in the hospital with what I recognize now as extreme hypoglycemic symptoms, I don’t really remember what year that happened.
What is interesting though is that I have to be aware of hypoglycemia symptoms in other people in recognizing their disease, ailment. Must study more about hypoglycemia. Must know more.