<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello All: Thank you to everyone that responded to my questions. From the responces, weather documented by science or not, it seems a connection exists between celiac disease and blood sugar. Many wrote of an instability with blood sugar or mysterious symptoms that seem to mirror this. Some of the responses were so informative that I enclosed whole excerpts from them. Take what looks good, I hope this is helpful to other people too. *First, the general difference between hypo-glycemia and hyper(diabetes):<blood sugar levels are at the opposite ends of the range. A diabetic whose blood sugar drops too low will get hypoglycemic symptoms...shakes, light headed, slurring words....The diets for both hypo and hyper glycemia are the same...low carb, small meals, lots of water> *<The kind of diabetes that may have a hypoglycemic stage is Type 2. It has no connection with celiac disease, that is, 5% of celiacs, just as 5 % of the general population have Type 2 diabetes. 5% of celiacs have Type 1 diabetes, ten times more frequent than in the general population.> *One woman with celiac disease was also diagnosed with hypoglycemia. Because diabetes ran in her family, she was put on a diabetic diet and has had no further complications. *A few people noticed an emergence or heigtening of hypoglycemia or hypoglycemic like symptoms after going gluten-free. <Many celiacs with these conditions first notice them after the intestines heal. This is due to the better absorption of the carbs, hence faster and larger change in blood sugar. Amount of insulin made depends both on rate of rise of blood sugar and how much it finally changes.> Someone else sited that her dr. said her hypoglycemia was due to insufficent adrenal functioning from all the damage from the celiac disease. However, a couple said that after finally becoming gluten free their hypoglycemic symptoms disappeared. *Someone said that his "hypoglycemic" symptoms were actually caused by an overproduction of acid. After taking the prescription, Prevacid his symptoms trailed off. *I thought this was very informative and helpful:<It has long been known that there is some connection between insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and celiac disease. Studies have reported that 4.6% of diabetics also have celiac disease. This is mostly so called "silent celiac disease", i.e. those cases of gluten sensitive enteropathy with mild complaints or non-intestinal manifestations. Curiously, I've never seen a study that shows how many celiacs concurrently have diabetes. The traditional lab procedure to test for both hypoglycemia and diabetes is the "glucose tolerance test". The patient should be fasting before starting the test. Blood is taken to test for blood sugar content and the patient is given a measured amount of sugar to ingest, usually 75 grams in a commercially available product. One brand is called "Glucola". There are others. The stuff is sickening sweet! More blood is taken every 30 minutes for the duration of the test which is usually either 2, 4, or 6 hours. The blood glucose level is determined for each sample and the rate of change indicates how your body processes sugar. The diagnosis is positive for diabetes if, after the glucose load, both the 2 hour sample and another sample within the 2 hour period show a blood glucose level greater than 200mg/dL. Less than 55mg/dL is an indication of hypoglycemia. Normal fasting blood sugar is 70-110mg/dL. Values between the normal range and 200 indicate an impaired glucose tolerance.> *<One says to determine if you have hypoglycemia is to change the way you are eating. In the beginning you should be avoiding all sugars (including fruits and juices) and starchy foods( pasta, breads, rice, beans, potatoes, corn,etc.), caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. Fruits are high in natural sugars and the starchy foods convert to too much glucose for hypoglycemics to handle. Also you need to eat snacks between meals, as soon as you get up and just before going to bed. Plain yogurt is good for the night and morning snacks. Whenever you eat, you should always eat a combination of protein, carbs and fat. After you get stable, then you can try gradually adding a small quantity of avoided foods back into your diet to see which ones and how much you can tolerate. The above is just a thumbnail sketch of what you need to know and do to stabilize your blood sugar.>