Will Hypoglycemia Make You Lose Weight?

In people with diabetes, insufficient insulin prevents the body from getting glucose from the blood into the body's cells to use as energy. When this occurs, the body starts burning fat and muscle for energy, causing a reduction in overall body weight.

Will hyperglycemia make you lose weight?

If blood sugars are very high, patients with diabetes tend to urinate a lot, and this results in dehydration as a possible cause of weight loss. Also, muscle breakdown can occur if sugars are too high, causing an unhealthy weight loss.

Does your body burn calories when your blood sugar is low?

When we're not eating– if we're between meals, sleeping, or fasting–the lack of dietary glucose causes insulin levels to fall. This signals to our body that we should burn stored energy, starting with glycogen. Once the stores of glycogen run out, we start burning fat (see Figure 2).