what to eat when sugars go low

Hi Rich,

You should always have a stock of dextrose or lucozade tablets handy. I always keep a packet in the car, a couple in the house and one in my coat pocket when I am out. In the house you need something that will raise your BS quickly, so a good alternative is breakfast orange, followed by a bit of carb for something longer lasting to keep the BS above hypo levels until the next meal. A couple of digestive biscuits will do this - or a small slice of that birthday cake!

i have gluco tabs for when i go low

When your sugar levels go low, forget about the amount of carbs that glucose tablets contain and HAVE SOME RIGHT AWAY! Special measures for special circumstances, there's no other safe way I'm afraid. 10 minutes later have a cereal bar or crisps (say with about 15g of carbs, mainly starch) to prevent a repeat hypo.

hi guys

I always keep some jelly babies handy - someone said 3 of these will do the trick.

I don't post much but am starting to see the value of diet-controls in the management of d.

Still trying to get my head round the pluses and minuses of it all.

BTW - best book I have read is titled 'Conquering Diabetes' by Anne Peters MD (pub April 2005.)

It was a chance find in a Vancouver bookstore - very easy to read, even though it's an American publication.

http://conqueringdiabetes.com/content/author.html

My diabetic nurse told me to have a slug of full sugar coke if I get low, she says it works quicker

I don't go low enough to need help. Metformin low dose and diet control. However, T1 husband has his moments and WILL NOT take glucotabs. Says they taste awful. So we keep lucozade for him.The Smaller Bottles in the kitchen, bedroom and both cars and he carries one to work in his back pack. works fast.