Submitted by emremirrath t3_z3fxim in explainlikeimfive
I can understand why eating salty things makes us thirsty. But why do we get thirsty right after we eat things with high sugar content? Why does our body need water that quickly? What does that water do compensate for the sugar intake?
This is good advice. I have never experienced nor heard of getting thirsty after eating sweet food before this post so OP should look into that
Correct answer. Lock the thread. OP go see a doctor now.
Can confirm as a type-2 myself.
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I concur with everything aforementioned. I Would recommend having your blood sugar tested. What you are describing may be abnormal but not an emergency.
The other replies are exactly correct. I was diagnosed a few years ago, and this was my primary symptom.
I waited too long after that symptom on-set, though, and ended up in the ER with heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and flop-sweat.
...and lemme tell ya -- when an overweight, middle-aged white guy stumbles into the ER sweating and re-faced while complaining of chest pain, those nurses haul ass. I went from fully-dressed at the entry door to shirt off in a bed with an EEG hooked up in less than two minutes. There was an IV in within 4 minutes, and the first blood test was heading to the lab within 8 minutes.
Please don't let your symptoms go as far as I did. You are likely still at the stage where you could lose some weight and get rid of your symptoms. Though I lost 15 pounds very quickly after my diagnosis, and lowered my A1C from 7.9 to 6.2 in 3 months, I still have to check my blood sugar daily and be super careful of what I eat.
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I am very much not a diabetic nor pre-diabetic, and I get thirsty if I eat stuff that is too sweet. So although you may be right about OP, this is not an automatic conclusion at all. Sugar acts similarly on your cells as salt, is regard to sapping them of their water content. That is why sugar works as a preservative the way salt does.
No, this not at all an automatic diabetic conclusion... sugar pulls water out of your cells the same way salt does. Then your cells send the same signals to your brain to make you thirsty. The effect is probably stronger in a diabetic though.
If I wasn't checked a few months ago I would be worried right now but my blood sugar levels are normal and I have no family history with diabetes. But anyways I will take the advice seriously and will check again soon. Better safe than sorry.
I am also surprised to hear that some people do not get thirsty after eating very sweet things. I mean, dont you feel a need to drink water after eating a dessert or something like a chunk of chocolate or a bar, or maybe honey etc.?
Thank you 😊
Yes, this is probably the most reasonable answer l was looking. Sometimes sweet causes the hypersensitivity in teeth with the same reason behind
I wouldnt be worried. Not sure why they are jumping strait to diabetes. Sugar and salt both cause cells to lose water and make you thirsty. Unless you are becoming ridiculously thirsty and peeing a ton more, you shouldn't be concerned.
I think people who aren't getting thirsty just aren't noticing it in the same way that you notice it with salt. I think its probably because salt has a stronger effect on your mouth feel, which can make you feel thirsty, even before the salt really effects the water levels in your cells.. also we are much more accustom to eating sugar in ways that also include liquid, like soda and juice, where as salty liquids are pretty much only with soup broth or something.
But salt and sugar both have nearly the same effect on the water within cells, which is what will truly make your body thirsty, past the feeling of a salty mouth that needs to be quenched.
jaa101 t1_ixlix1v wrote
Thirstiness after consuming sugar is a symptom of diabetes. It also results in plenty of urinating. Your body is essentially trying to flush the excess sugar out of your system. Consider having your blood sugar tested.