z z wrote:
>
> I have T2 diabetes and am overweight. An hour BEFORE lunchtime I feel
> great-high energy. I crash every afternoon an hour AFTER my high carb
> lunch-I can't keep my eyelids open and I can literally yawn 10 times in
> 5 minutes.
>
> Oddly enough, I then stuff a supposedly sugar-free stick of gum in my
> mouth and 1minute later all signs of the crash disappear.

It would be a very good idea for you to gradually taper down your total
carbs.

> My mother on the other hand is hypoglycemic and she is skinny. An hour
> BEFORE lunch she gets irritable hyperactive and shaky-if food is delayed
> she can literally go into a fugue state. An hour AFTER lunch she is
> ready to climb mountains. She was advised and does eat multiple times
> thruout the day to avoid her lows.

Same for her for much the same reason in spite of the different
situation.

> I recognize that healthy/young people do not need to watch carbs ...

Given the rate of diabetes I think this is wrong. Diabetes is a roken
ability to deal with dietary carbs. Eating a high carb diet can't help.
Eating a low carb diet might help prevent for numerous people.