What is the disorder of carbohydrate metabolism? Why do I crave sugar and carbohydrates and why have I been diagnosed with bulimia that doesn respond to typical treatments?
Neurosomatic patients have the same problem with carbohydrate metabolism as do patients with Stein-Leventhal Syndrome. Glucose levels are not sensed correctly in the hypothalamus and they fluctu ate erratically (leading to the misdiagnosis of hypoglycemia). Sugar loads, or binges will perk up and calm the patient briefly but leads to a release of insulin which drops the glucose level and causes irritability and dysphoria and the cycle of overeating evolves. Secondarily this causes ever increasing insulin levels, obesity, problems with triglycerides, insulin resistance, etc. Dr. Goodman treats this successfully without anti-diabetic agents.
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