Whether you have diabetes or not, you've probably experienced a blood glucose (sugar) crash: feeling tired or low-energy after a carb-heavy meal. Metabolically healthy people naturally produce enough of the hormone insulin to manage blood sugar fluctuations. But the experience is different for people with diabetes.

We asked our chief medical officer, Sohaib Imtiaz, MD , to explain why blood sugar spikes and crashes differ for people with diabetes compared to those without the condition.

Q: The internet has been really into the idea of "blood sugar balancing" lately and suggesting different techniques to avoid blood sugar spikes, even for people who don't have diabetes. What do blood sugar spikes and crashes feel like for people with diabetes and those without? And should healthy people

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