[Diabetes-Talk] What do people eat to turn around a hypo

[Bernadette Jacobs]

Good afternoon everyone.


I have been a diabetic since 1985. Like Bridget, I have found glucose tablets for all practical purposes, and effective for me. If I find that I have dropped and I am continuing to drop quickly, are use Gatorade. I buy the small 8 ounce bottles and drink those. It takes about seven minutes to work out of the low blood sugar. Sometimes 10 minutes. But, it is far quicker than glucose which has really never worked for me.  Another thing that used to work when I was pregnant, haven’t tried it since, however. Is whole milk.  I tend to think that is the lactose that brings me out of the low more quickly.

Bern



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> On Jul 29, 2019, at 11:37 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've been diabetic for 33 years, and glucose tablets have never worked for
> me to turn a low blood sugar around. I always start with 6 to 8 ounces of
> juice, wait about 15 minutes or so then follow up with some kind of protein
> for a snack if necessary. The carbs in the juice raise BGs and the protein
> help stabilize.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Paul
> Magill via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 3:23 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Paul Magill <magills at bigpond.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] What do people eat to turn around a hypo
> 
> Hi all,
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> 
> Since I got my Dexcom G5 a couple of months ago, I have become more aware of
> my body's response to what I eat, and how long it takes to turn around a
> hypo.
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> When I get the first low alert, 4.4 in our system, about 80 in the American
> system, I take 3 or 4 glucose tabs, 6 grams in total, about 0.2 ounces, and
> have been surprised that it seems to take about half an hour to stop the
> blood glucose falling.  
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> Sometimes, even though I have taken the glucose tabs at the first alert, the
> urgent alarm at the lower level can go off before the glucose tabs cut in.
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> How much glucose, or something else, do people take to turn around a hypo?
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> All comments most welcome.
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> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Paul in Australia
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