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<blockquote data-quote="Mike_T" data-source="post: 2625659" data-attributes="member: 316198"><p>Chocolate bar, biscuits, milk and that type of thing are not quick acting solutions to a hypo.</p><p>Quick acting solutions are jelly babies, fruit pastiles and drinks such as coke or lucozade. I buy a 3 kg pack of jelly babies from Amazon’s d keep the pack in a 2.5 litre sealing plastic bag I get from IKEA, the bags are called</p><p></p><p>Chocolate bars, biscuits and milk and those sort of things contain fat which will slow down the absorption of glucose and are therefore not recommended for treating a hypo. Glucose tablets, jelly babies and fruit pastiles as well as lucozade and cola drinks are recommended. </p><p>I find that once you’ve opened them, a packet of glucose table become as hard as anything, so I steer clear of them. I buy a 3 kg of jelly babies from Amazon and keep them in a 2.5 litre resealable bag that I got from IKEA. They’re called ISTAD and they do them in various size. </p><p>I put a good handful in one of the smaller sized bags and providing you seal the bag, they never dry out and go hard, making it much easier to eat 3 or 4 if my glucose drops. I can keep a bag in my jacket or pocket and always have them on hand. Each jelly baby is 4g of carbs so it’s easy to calculate how many carbs you’ve taken.</p><p>If you’re stuck in a traffic jam as your mother was and likely to be there a while then after taking quick acting carbs, it’s recommended to take slow acting carbs once you glucose levels get back to normal to help maintain them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike_T, post: 2625659, member: 316198"] Chocolate bar, biscuits, milk and that type of thing are not quick acting solutions to a hypo. Quick acting solutions are jelly babies, fruit pastiles and drinks such as coke or lucozade. I buy a 3 kg pack of jelly babies from Amazon’s d keep the pack in a 2.5 litre sealing plastic bag I get from IKEA, the bags are called Chocolate bars, biscuits and milk and those sort of things contain fat which will slow down the absorption of glucose and are therefore not recommended for treating a hypo. Glucose tablets, jelly babies and fruit pastiles as well as lucozade and cola drinks are recommended. I find that once you’ve opened them, a packet of glucose table become as hard as anything, so I steer clear of them. I buy a 3 kg of jelly babies from Amazon and keep them in a 2.5 litre resealable bag that I got from IKEA. They’re called ISTAD and they do them in various size. I put a good handful in one of the smaller sized bags and providing you seal the bag, they never dry out and go hard, making it much easier to eat 3 or 4 if my glucose drops. I can keep a bag in my jacket or pocket and always have them on hand. Each jelly baby is 4g of carbs so it’s easy to calculate how many carbs you’ve taken. If you’re stuck in a traffic jam as your mother was and likely to be there a while then after taking quick acting carbs, it’s recommended to take slow acting carbs once you glucose levels get back to normal to help maintain them. [/QUOTE]
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