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- 6
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all,
Wondering if any of your more experienced diabetics have any advice for lil ol' me.
Although I don't experience hypos very often, as I try to be quite active as this helps with maintaining a healthy weight, and healthy blood sugars, I do find once I've had one hypo, I will have a couple of the next few days.
The problem with this, when it does occur is that I feel like I end up eating much more food than I normally would.
I treat my hypos with Jelly Babies, usually 5, as I prefer these to dextrose tablets, but the problem then comes with the 15g ish snack that has to come after. I want to ensure that I get my sugars back up and keep them there to try to avoid the hypos happening again, although I know some of this is about me slowing down a bit as it can take a while to fully recover from a hypo, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice around the post Jelly Baby snack?
I don't really want to be gobbling down biscuits or really unhealthy options, does anyone have any healthy(ish) suggestions for what I could eat afterwards that can also be easily accessible and carried around in a handbag or kept at work?
Perhaps I am asking too much but at the moment I end up eating cereal bars etc that are very high in sugar and usually saturated fats too. An obvious choice would probably be a banana but I already eat one every morning with my breakfast and another in the afternoon about 45 mins before I exercise, if working out that day.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Wondering if any of your more experienced diabetics have any advice for lil ol' me.
Although I don't experience hypos very often, as I try to be quite active as this helps with maintaining a healthy weight, and healthy blood sugars, I do find once I've had one hypo, I will have a couple of the next few days.
The problem with this, when it does occur is that I feel like I end up eating much more food than I normally would.
I treat my hypos with Jelly Babies, usually 5, as I prefer these to dextrose tablets, but the problem then comes with the 15g ish snack that has to come after. I want to ensure that I get my sugars back up and keep them there to try to avoid the hypos happening again, although I know some of this is about me slowing down a bit as it can take a while to fully recover from a hypo, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice around the post Jelly Baby snack?
I don't really want to be gobbling down biscuits or really unhealthy options, does anyone have any healthy(ish) suggestions for what I could eat afterwards that can also be easily accessible and carried around in a handbag or kept at work?
Perhaps I am asking too much but at the moment I end up eating cereal bars etc that are very high in sugar and usually saturated fats too. An obvious choice would probably be a banana but I already eat one every morning with my breakfast and another in the afternoon about 45 mins before I exercise, if working out that day.
Any suggestions would be welcome.