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Can eating too much sweets and the heat cause me to feel dizzy and light headed?

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Dr. Carrie Cannon answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Lightheadedness: Heat exhaustion and dehydration can certainly lead to lightheadedness. Eating sweats may affect pre-diabetics and diabetics with compensatory hypoglycemia after ingestion which causes lightheadedness. Make sure your heartrate isn't irreglar or too fast. Count beats at carotid artery of neck for 6 seconds and multiply by 10. Should be less than 120, unless exercising. Hydrate well.

Answered 11/28/2017

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