Dangerous Hypoglycemic Episodes

Want to learn one of the basics of heart attack & stroke prevention... for free? Get free access to the CV inflammation course by completing this form: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/FreeOn.... Learn how to predict & prevent heart attack & stroke: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/How-To.... Learn how to reduce & reverse arterial plaque: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/How-To.... -- ABOUT THIS VIDEO: You don't have to be on insulin or sulfonylureas or DPP4s/Victoza to have a hypoglycemic episode. Such an episode can happen at significant, even dangerous levels. And they are dangerous, causing arguments, wrecks, and even seizures. I'm on metformin. Metformin doesn't cause hypoglycemia. Insulin, sulfonylureas, and other meds do that. But metformin makes it difficult for your liver to raise your glucose if it does go low. Alcohol does the same thing. Does that give you some perspective on your experience if you've ever had a "hangover" that improved from eating or drinking calories? Because of the adrenaline/epinephrine and the fact that I've been on low-carb diets, I couldn't eat carbs. But I was able to eat cheese and then later an omelet. This is a critical warning for baby boomers. I was born with a weight of 10.5 pounds. My family thought I was just a fat, happy baby. Since then we've found that babies weighing over 8.5 pounds at birth are at a greatly increased risk of diabetes. There is a common belief that prediabetic patients are at increased risk for diabetes. Read more about metformin here: https://prevmedhealth.com/can-metform.... -- ABOUT DR. BREWER Dr. Brewer started as an Emergency Doctor. After seeing too many preventable heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. While there, he went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His later role in this area was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has close to 1,000 primary care/prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. More recently, he founded PrevMed, a heart attack, and stroke prevention clinic. At PrevMed, we focus on heart attack, stroke, and cognitive decline. We serve patients who have already experienced an event as well as those who have not developed a diagnosis or event. Dr. Brewer provides services via telemedicine or in person if you're in the Lexington, KY area. We find a lot of undiagnosed prediabetes or insulin resistance. Treating unrecognized risk factors like prediabetes allows reduction of risk and prevention of disease. If you are interested in becoming a patient, please visit our website: https://prevmedhealth.com. -- Blog articles: https://prevmedhealth.com/blog Webinars: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/Webinars Subscription program: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/Member... Online courses (CVI Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Plaque Evaluation, and Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Courses): https://care.prevmedhealth.com/Online... Support us through PayPal (http://care.prevmedhealth.com/PayPal) or Patreon (  / prevmed  . -- You can also follow us on different social media sites: Facebook: https://bit.ly/PrevMedFB Twitter: https://bit.ly/PrevMedDocFordTwitter LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/PrevMedLinkedIn Supplements/Health Shop: http://bit.ly/PrevMedStore -- Get a High-Quality CIMT in a city near you! Register at CardioRisk.US/Ford (http://bit.ly/CardioRisk_Ford). TRANSLATIONS *** Please help by providing a translation of video captions for those that speak your language. Not everyone understands English, especially with my Southern US drawl. Click this link to provide translation services - help save lives!! https://bit.ly/PrevMedTranslationServ...