Medicine:Postprandial dip
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In medicine and specifically endocrinology, postprandial dip is a term used to refer to mild hypoglycemia occurring after ingestion of a heavy meal.[1] The dip is thought to be caused by a drop in blood glucose resulting from the body's own normal insulin secretion, which in turn is a response to the glucose load represented by the meal. While postprandial dip is usually physiological after a generous meal, a very sharp or sustained drop in blood glucose may be associated with a disorder of glucose metabolism.[citation needed]
See also
- Postprandial somnolence
- Glucose metabolism
- Lateral hypothalamus
- Insulin resistance
- Hypoglycemia
- Oxyhyperglycemia
- Diabetes mellitus
References
- ↑ Wyatt, Patrick; Berry, Sarah E.; Finlayson, Graham; O’Driscoll, Ruairi; Hadjigeorgiou, George; Drew, David A.; Khatib, Haya Al; Nguyen, Long H. et al. (April 2021). "Postprandial glycaemic dips predict appetite and energy intake in healthy individuals". Nature Metabolism 3 (4): 523–529. doi:10.1038/s42255-021-00383-x. PMID 33846643.
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