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Originally Posted by HollyB  I don't know that much about hypoglycemia, but I'm a little surprised by what your boyfriend told you. I know hypoglycemics avoid sugar and fast carbs in their overall diet in order to prevent that spike and crash in their BG levels -- in other words to prevent a hypo episode. But I would have thought that once you are actually low and close to passing out, a SMALL amount of fast carbs like sugar, bread or juice would be needed to boost the BG up quickly, followed by a protein snack to stabilize the BG. I could be wrong though -- if the problem in the first place is that the body kicks out too much insulin in response to blood glucose, perhaps treating a low with sugar just exaggerates the initial response.
So maybe clarify with your boyfriend exactly what your instructions are if he loses consciousness. Meat and nuts are not exactly the easiest thing to manage when you're semi-with it -- perhaps you could get a list of recommended foods? Cheese? Cheese strings are fairly easy to pack along... |
Based on what he said his doctor said (although I am officially on the get-him-a-new-doctor bandwagon) I'm gonna go with a protein bar for now. Thanks for your advice.
