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I've had IBS for 47 years and on top of that I battle blood sugar problems. Diabetes is rampent in my family. I have been hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) for 22 years and am unable to tolerate sugar for about 20 years now. I get dizzy spells if I were to consume sugar so I gave it up probably about 10 years ago (except for a small quantity in the bagels and white bread I eat).

I totally sympathesize with the issue of the diverging diets -- Heather's diet (white flour, white rice, etc.) is not good if you have a blood sugar problem.

I guess the best thing to do is to speak to your doctor. Since I am not yet "officially" diabetic (I've been told I will eventually have Type II diabetes), I am not in the same immediate dire straits as you are.

I worry, though, about the day I am because Heather's diet has to come first for me ... I simply cannot function in pain and agony with my IBS. I just hope that there will be an effective IBS medication available on the market by the time I get diabetes so I can eat a diet better geared to controlling diabetes.

In the meantime, I try and keep fit and maintain a trim body weight (I'm battling a middle-aged tummy bulge right now!) to put off getting diabetes for as long as I can. Of course, part of the preventative measures for diabetes is to eat a diet with more whole foods (like whole wheat, brown rice, etc.) and stay away from refined foods that contain a lot of sugar like white flour, which I am unable to do because of my IBS.

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