Word: hypoglycemia
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...feelings that can come to anyone's mind during the early morning hours from 4 to 6 a.m.? My own research has shown that these thoughts coincide with a fall in the blood sugar level to the lowest point of the day, an abnormal physiologic state known as hypoglycemia. During this state, the entire body suffers a reduced oxygen consumption, and the organ most vulnerable is the brain. It is caused by faulty diet, namely, eating too much sugar (and foods containing sugar) and starchy foods during the night and day preceding...
...Hypoglycemia may be chronic and may thus explain why some authors and philosophers have had consistently pessimistic outlooks...