Chiropractic Healthiness

Question:

> Hi! I have hypoglycemia and the only sweetner I use is Stevia(I can’t > tolerate sugars). Anyway,I just made a cup of Licorice root tea for > the first time,and it’s so sweet! Does anyone know if it will raise my > blood sugar level or is safe to eat like Stevia? I know that it will > raise my blood pressure,but that’s okay because I have low blood > pressure.

Why not get a blood glucose meter and find out?

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> Hi! I have hypoglycemia and the only sweetner I use is Stevia(I can’t > tolerate sugars). Anyway,I just made a cup of Licorice root tea for > the first time,and it’s so sweet! Does anyone know if it will raise my > blood sugar level or is safe to eat like Stevia? I know that it will > raise my blood pressure,but that’s okay because I have low blood > pressure. > Thanks!  Lynne

No, licorice shouldn’t raise your blood sugar. Check medline for more info on liccorice: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=&DB=PubMed But liccorice can cause potassium loss, so it is very important to montor your blood pressure if you are going to use it frequently and/or in large amounts. Also be sure to eat lots of potassium-rich foods (spinach and other leafy greens, celery, mushrooms, asparagus, tomatoes, bell peppers, apricots, strawberries, kiwis, and peaches) and avoid sodium-rich ones if you continue to use it. –Munchkin

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Yes a chiropractor can order the appropriate lab studies to diagnose hypoglycemia. My opinion is that the AK technique can no more accurately diagnose hypoglycemia than a complete patient history.  As soon as I made this statement there will be numerous DCs who will argue that the AK technique can accurately diagnose hypoglycemia. — Rollie Pollie

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>Hi! I have hypoglycemia and the only sweetner I use is Stevia(I can’t >>tolerate sugars). Anyway,I just made a cup of Licorice root tea for >>the first time,and it’s so sweet! Does anyone know if it will raise my >>blood sugar level or is safe to eat like Stevia? >Did you experience any adverse symptoms following ingestion of the >tea?? If not, then it probably does not cause an insulin spike which >would cause your blood sugar to drop. >How was your hypoglycemia diagnosed?? >Aloha, >Rich > Can such conditions be reliably diagnosed through applied kinesiology or other > chiropractic techniques?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi! I have hypoglycemia and the only sweetner I use is Stevia(I can’t >tolerate sugars). Anyway,I just made a cup of Licorice root tea for >the first time,and it’s so sweet! Does anyone know if it will raise my >blood sugar level or is safe to eat like Stevia? >Did you experience any adverse symptoms following ingestion of the >tea?? If not, then it probably does not cause an insulin spike which >would cause your blood sugar to drop. >How was your hypoglycemia diagnosed?? >Aloha, >Rich

Can such conditions be reliably diagnosed through applied kinesiology or other chiropractic techniques?

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Hi! I have hypoglycemia and the only sweetner I use is Stevia(I can’t tolerate sugars). Anyway,I just made a cup of Licorice root tea for the first time,and it’s so sweet! Does anyone know if it will raise my blood sugar level or is safe to eat like Stevia? I know that it will raise my blood pressure,but that’s okay because I have low blood pressure. Thanks!  Lynne

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