Usually, when insulin ushers glucose to the “storage lockers” after a spike, the curve is smooth and bell-shaped and glucose is brought back down steadily to its fasting level. Sometimes, however, our pancreas releases too much insulin. As a result, too much glucose is stashed away. Instead of our glucose coming back down to fasting levels, it actually crashes and goes below normal for a little bit. This is called reactive hypoglycemia. When our glucose level dips and before our body brings it back up by releasing extra glucose into the blood, we can feel side effects: hunger, cravings,
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