Zero tolerance for low blood pressure

Just as we have zero tolerance for hypoglycemia in the Wheat Belly lifestyle, we also have zero tolerance for hypotension, or low blood pressure (BP). Follow the Wheat Belly lifestyle free of ciabattas, penne pasta, and tortellini, and blood sugars plummet. If you are injecting insulin or taking other diabetes drugs, hypoglycemia is a risk and can be dangerous, resulting in loss of consciousness and injury. We therefore urge everyone to talk to their doctor about discontinuing or reducing insulin and diabetes drugs immediately upon starting the Wheat Belly lifestyle. Unfortunately, the majority of doctors don’t understand this and are skeptical that a type 2 diabetic can become less or non-diabetic. After all, they are the ones who put you on these awful drugs in the first place. (And note that injectable insulin is a marvelous weight GAIN drug.) People often end up managing their own insulin and drugs. Thankfully, the majority of people do fine and end up on NO insulin or diabetes drugs over time, confidently no longer diabetic with none of the long-term implications of high blood sugar (provided they stay on the program). But I cannot stress enough how crucial it is to absolutely avoid hypoglycemia (especially below 90 mg/dl) as you transition. Likewise, we have zero tolerance for low BP in the Wheat Belly lifestyle. As with insulin, it is important to have your doctor reduce or eliminate one or more of your BP meds immediately upon starting the Wheat Belly lifestyle....
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