Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia is the condition of having low blood sugar. Symptoms of low blood sugar include shakiness, headaches, breaking out in a sweat, and possibly even lightheadedness or anxiousness when going too long without eating. Interestingly, these symptoms are also similar to those associated with low blood pressure. They can be resolved by eating less simple sugars and more proteins in an attempt to maintain more constant blood sugar levels. That these inappropriate symptoms are sometimes only controlled when the hypoglycemic diet is adhered to closely, supports the idea that the hypoglycemic diet often addresses the symptoms and not the problem. If the diet addressed the problem, then one would expect the inappropriate symptoms to remain improved even after more normal dietary patterns were resumed. One would expect that the patient would be able to be free of hypoglycemic symptoms similar to the way other people are free of these symptoms under similar conditions. Hypoglycemic symptoms have been seen to resolve even persistently through proper administration weaning of T3 therapy.

From the book — how this is usually treated

Hypoglycemic Diets

Since patients with Wilson's Temperature Syndrome frequently have hypoglycemia, they are frequently advised to eat six small meals per day (rather than three) that are a little higher in protein and a little lower in carbohydrates. Indeed, this is good advice since it does alleviate fairly well the symptoms of hypoglycemia and it does decrease the body's incentive to slow down further into conservation mode. The less time the stomach is empty, perhaps the less inclined the body is to perceive itself as starving. I remember one case in particular when a patient developed the symptoms of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome (including hypoglycemia) and a low body temperature pattern after a major stress. Upon discussing the pros and cons, risks, and benefits of the alternative treatments, it was decided that the patient should employ a hypoglycemic diet initially. Interestingly, she was able to bring herself out of the conservation mode and back into the productivity mode through the use of her hypoglycemic diet, which is possible in some cases. However, in the many cases that hypoglycemic dieting and proper exercise alone are unable to reverse the patient's tendency for hypoglycemia (due to Wilson's Temperature Syndrome), normalization of body temperature patterns through the use of proper thyroid hormone treatment frequently will.

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Where this comes from. A 2015 interview with Dr. Wilson on low body temperature and thyroid hormone expression is indexed on PubMed Central (Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal). Wilson's Temperature Syndrome is not accepted by every medical body — read the disagreement in full.