Bonking and liquid nourishment

Sometimes I get this bonking sensation early in practice: shakiness, a starved feeling, weakness, odd lights in the visual field (not migrainal here), dizziness--the kind of stuff I usually associate with low blood sugar. So I started eating a package of Lance ToastChee crackers before every practice, and I almost never get the bonking problem if I do so. Alas, now a new problem has emerged: just lost my final lower molar, which cracked down the middle like its three predecessor brethren. It's now hard to eat crackers (I can kind of hamster-chomp them with my incisors and other non-masticating teeth). It's actually hard to eat anything right now, given evacuated-tooth-related pain. My question: are there any forms of liquid nourishment that can take the place of solid food and provide enough of the right kinds of calories to let you swim without bonking? Note: William Faulkner was once advised that a diet of whiskey alone was not sufficient to sustain life. His retort: There's a lot of nourishment in an acre of corn. Alas, I have become a teetotaler and thus any recommended liquid nourishment must be of the non-spirited variety. Thanks in advance for your advice. BTW, diets that allow all you can eat of one specific food really don't work long term. I have been on the Ice Cream Diet for two days straight now, and I never believed how much I could grow to hate this foul cold substance.
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  • There are obviously lots of suggestions for foods to eat. I guess for us arm-chair clinicians it sounds like you've hit the nail on the head. You probably haven't eaten adequately for your workout to begin. Especially if you say having a snack eliminates the problem. I've definitely experienced this before blinky lights and all. I had that happen more in college when I didn't get proper nutrition at the right times. I haven't had this happen in a while though. Except it is the same as the feeling when you've been sick/napping all day then suddenly run to the front door for something. Or, if you tip your head upside down for a few minutes and then sit up really fast. If eating didn't cure this problem you would probably want to talk to your doctor.
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  • There are obviously lots of suggestions for foods to eat. I guess for us arm-chair clinicians it sounds like you've hit the nail on the head. You probably haven't eaten adequately for your workout to begin. Especially if you say having a snack eliminates the problem. I've definitely experienced this before blinky lights and all. I had that happen more in college when I didn't get proper nutrition at the right times. I haven't had this happen in a while though. Except it is the same as the feeling when you've been sick/napping all day then suddenly run to the front door for something. Or, if you tip your head upside down for a few minutes and then sit up really fast. If eating didn't cure this problem you would probably want to talk to your doctor.
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