I have had hypoglycemia my whole life. Studies in the 1930's reported by Adele Davis, PhD, in Let's Get Well, showed that eating 20g. of protein at breakfast would protect study subjects from hypoglycemia even after lunch (that 2pm slump). However, study subjects in the 1930s generally ate less overrefined food than we do now. Still, it's a start. As I got older, or the food supply changed, it was not enough.
Adele did also report that you lose 2g of potassium every time you have a low blood sugar attack, which is why you feel shit-like for days afterward. Not saying it is safe to supplement 2g of potassium...depends on your diet, drugs/supplements, and the state of your kidneys (if you have high blood pressure like me, not safe), but you can eat more potassium foods... like apricots and dates, which you can carry in a ziplock bag.
I read a book by a naturopath/nurse which stated that calcium can help you lower your insulin levels /(excrete the excess lactate caused in hypoglycemia?). I take calcium-magnesium-citrate (non-stone-forming) and it helps blunt the attack. I find this online: "Calcium has a vital role in the prevention of diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity and pancreatic Ī²ācell functions (Pittas et al.,
2007)." Link here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...=Moreover, about 40% of American,et al., 2007). Other studies say calcium and magnesium improve insulin sensitivity, for example: No association was found between dairy intake and insulin sensitivity (
p = 0.41); however, associations were positive for magnesium and calcium intake (
p = 0.016) after adjusting for demographic, nondietary lifestyle and dietary factors, and food groups.
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/164/5/449/83505 Also, this article entitled "
Calcium-mediated regulation of insulin production"
says: Research in the Evans-Molina Lab has shown that Ī² cell function and survival is strongly governed by ER and Golgi health, which is dependent on intact ER and Golgi calcium compartmentalization and the maintenance of a steep calcium gradient between these organelles and the cytosol
https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty-labs/evans-molina/insulin-regulation
Ok, so I cannot quickly find anything that says that insulin resistance causes lactic acidosis, but I CAN easily find that even mild lactic acidosis increases insultin resistance. So, it may be just me that gets lactic acid muscle pulls and cramps associated with low blood sugar (due to my many broken B vitamin genes...because a broken Kreb/TCA cycle obviously causes lactate production (just like over-exercising - it hurts!) and low energy production. In fact, may be of interest to others here, but if you do not have enough nutrition to run the Kreb/TCA cycle, such as active B vitamins, magnesium, malic acid (think apple), etc, you can only partially break down carbohydrates into lactate which produces 2 ATP (units of ENEREGY, vs. 50-some ATP (Units of ENERGY) if you have the cofactors needed to completely break down carbohydrates... thus you will have a serious deficit of energy. At any rate...getting the cal-mag and the B vitamins fixes all. I find the cal-mag makes me feel better. Any of you who are not providing the right nutrients to the KLreb/TCA cycle, either due to genetics or diet, will have an energy deficit, muscle pain from lactic acid (lactate), and rising insulin resistance.
I know active B's are on all your radar, but I wonder if you understand how it works and how important it is to get it right. If you have genetic problems, like me, it was impossible until the advent of ACTIVE B's. Nonetheless, the active B's don't fix you immediately... it takes 2-5 weeks (according to the vet for my DOG, who suffered from severe anxiety due to lack of B vitamins...dog foods no longer put adequate vitamins in their food and they are a SELF-regulated industry!). Th ecal-mag does start making you feel better pretty quick, but in MY lactic acidosis, I have to supplement it twice a day for a few days to keep feeling better.
I take Soloray cal-mag-citrate 1:1. The citrate because it's non-stone-forming. Also, I found other forms of calcium did NOT make me feel better. Calcium carbonate is only 5% absorbably and thus, worthless. It was being considered to be taken off the market. I think it should be illegal to pass that off as calcium. Calcium asporotate, which is more absorbable than the citrate, does not make me feel better. So it's not just about absorbability.
I don't know if any of this is of any help.
Thanks, 
