Will skipping meals cause low blood sugar?

It is normal for everyone to have three meals a day, but some people can’t eat because they get up too early in the morning, and others can’t eat breakfast because of time constraints. So will skipping meals cause low blood sugar? Among the three meals a day, breakfast is very important and is related to the mental state of the day. Therefore, if you skip breakfast for a long time, it is easy to have hypoglycemia. Therefore, you must eat breakfast, even if you eat less, it is better than not eating.

Skipping breakfast can cause low blood sugar. After a night of sleep, the nutrients in the human body have been consumed and the blood sugar concentration is at a low level. If you skip breakfast or eat less breakfast, your blood sugar concentration cannot be fully replenished in time. In the morning, you will experience symptoms such as dizziness, palpitations, weakness in the limbs, lack of energy, and even hypoglycemia shock, which will affect your normal work.

Hypoglycemia is a syndrome caused by a variety of etiologies, characterized by low venous plasma glucose (blood sugar) concentration, and clinically by sympathetic nerve excitement and brain cell hypoxia. Symptoms of hypoglycemia usually include sweating, hunger, palpitations, tremors, pale complexion, etc. In severe cases, patients may also experience inattention, restlessness, irritability, and even coma.

People who are prone to hypoglycemia symptoms are more likely to develop diabetes when they get older because they cannot tolerate hunger. These people are generally thin. Some early symptoms of diabetes are low blood sugar.

Young people who experience repeated hypoglycemia need to go to the hospital for examination to rule out diseases such as diabetes and pancreatic islet cell tumors. If they do not have other diseases, they can avoid such symptoms by paying attention to rest, maintaining a regular work and rest schedule, increasing exercise, and eating on time.