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tara said:post 100232 I'd be interested in reading it, but have not seen it available.
Have you just read it? Any thoughts? Is it very detailed about the biochemical mechanisms, or more general for lay reader?
schultz said:post 100314 I have a copy and enjoyed it. Like others said, it's a simple read and quite short. The start of the book tells an interesting story of when Barnes was in medical school and they injected everyone in the class with insulin so that they could all experience what it's like to be a diabetic and therefore diagnose it. Here is a quote...
"One member of the small group developed severe mental changes. He became belligerent, irrational, unreasonable and at the end of the experiment, refused to take the antidote - orange juice. It was necessary to restrain him and inject a strong solution of glucose (blood sugar) intravenously. In a matter of seconds his sanity returned and he was the jovial, cooperative chap with the same pleasing personality exhibited prior to the hypoglycemia."
I thought it was interesting how having low blood sugar can literally change the way someone acts. That's an extreme example, but I wonder about a chronic and slight hypoglycemia. One could be grumpy, moody and anxious all the time and not even realize it's because their blood sugar is low. How many people walk around like this?
Another interesting thing in the book is regarding alcohol. He says alcohol can produce hypoglycemia in normal people but in people prone to hypoglycemia in the first place it may have exaggerated results. Think about people who become violent and won't listen. Part of this may be due simply to low blood sugar, almost like the story above.
Except that once someone has had the problem drawn to their attention to how irrational they behave when they drink, perhaps they can be held responsible for choosing to drink.haidut said:post 100325 And if alcohol is one substance that causes it, legally you can argue that alcohol is a true insanity-inducing substances in some people and these people cannnot be held responsible for their actions.
Yeah, people can completely change when blood sugar drops I have seen it. And I've seen a woman do something that would have landed a man in prison solely because of the male body being capable of killing with bare hands.
Amazon has some copies for less than $20 right now.