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Why do i get dizzy after i eat sugar?

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Dr. Bennett Werner answered

?: Well, the sugar isn't doing it. You need a workup for dizziness. There are too numerous to count possibilities. Sugar isn't one of them, though.

Dr Koch agreed

Answered 10/2/2019

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