Following bariatric surgery, some patients experience reactive hypoglycemia due to rapid glucose absorption. Which mechanism explains why this effect occurs in this endocrine system adaptation?

💡 Explanation

Reactive hypoglycemia following bariatric surgery occurs because the rapid gastric emptying and glucose absorption triggers an exaggerated insulin secretion response from the pancreatic beta cells; therefore, the blood glucose levels plummet. This is a consequence of insulin oversecretion rather than altered incretin, glucagon, or somatostatin dynamics.

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