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Which foods/drinks do you prefer to use to treat a low? Share your favorites in the comments!
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Generally it’s a gronala bar except when below 50 then it’s juice
Smoked salmon, crab, or crab cheddar dip
Chips
I use Bottle Caps, which are like miniature glucose tablets, one gram of carbs each, but if I need more than 3 pieces, I use a glucose tablet, which has 4 grams. Anything more than that will send my blood sugar skyrocketing an hour later.
I like glucose tabs, juicy juice the 15 grams of carbs, chocolate milk and dark chocolate reeses peanut butter cups!
Juice and glucose tabs are my favorite.
I keep glucose tabs and sugary candies such as jelly beans, by my bed. I keep glucose tabs in my purse or fanny pack to use when taking a walk or just when I am going to be out and about since they are so easy to carry. I do use juice when I am on my elliptical trainer in the basement as I will probably need something to drink anyway.
My preference is orange juice. I keep it in my refrigerator at all times. I also keep glucose tablets in my nightstand and in my purse.
My other is biscuits (US – cookies) or toast/bread after a couple of 4 gm glucose tabs.
Soda is the fastest for me after sugar tablets. If I am concerned about my BG staying stable and above 80, I make sure to add a slow to digest food like nuts and cheese along with the quick fix.
I wish I could inform the control iq to not treat my slightly elevated BG after these lows.
I use Gatorade/Powerade or Body Armor to treat lows most of the time.
All of the above
I may mix the use of my selected foods. If I’m on the road, I will always use Glucose Tabs. (I never leave home without them in my left pocket. They are always in the car and my wife has a tube with her.
York Mints & hard peppermint candy
Smarties (US product) is pure dextrose just like glucose tabs and easier to absorb in mouth, and honey.
We use juice, smarties, Skittles, and applesauce squeeze pouches most frequently.
2 sugar cubes gives 8 grams pure sugar. Sometimes I need 3. I keep them in empty pill bottles under pillow in bed, in pack back, and in zippered pockets of coats and vest. Also use empty One Touch strip container in pants pocket. It can hold 3 sugar cubes. If I need lots more calories to finish a period of exercise, a Luna Bar suffices. Sometimes I use 4 tablespoons of tomato sauce for 5 net grams carb. If I know I’m going to do prolonged moderate to heavy exercise, I try to discipline myself to lower the preceding meals bolus of fast acting lispro.
I started recently using marshmallows. I can eat a few while still lying in bed.
I have used all of them, with the exception of granola. I’ve also used cake icing. When I was young, my mother would bring a box of sugar cubes to the nurse at school for when I felt low. I didn’t know it then, but she thought I was faking lows while at school so she did this so that the nurse could give me just a small amount of sugar. I remember the nurse calling my mom and telling her, “Well, she still says she feel dizzy. Should I give her more?” To this day, sugar cubes are a favorite of mine!
After 67 years of this, my gut doesn’t always process very quickly, even liquids — so close-to-pure-glucose/dextrose that I can keep in my mouth and let its amylase work can be really helpful. Yes, the glucose gel will usually work, but cheaper is Karo Syrup, and it’s certainly not something that has ever tempted me to take too much. A little messy, though, so I don’t carry it around with me. Usually either sweettarts originals or smarties, both of which I find easier to just suck than the glucose tablets, and are cheaper. Or, lifesavers, if I’m walking and didn’t reduce my basal in time (it’s what I used as a child), or sugar cubes. Or, bolus and eat the sweet watermelon that was in my refrigerator when I was dipping a bit a little while ago, though I seldom get that exactly right, LOL.
Welch’s Fruit Snacks: 2g carb per gummy in several flavors. Work SUPER-fast, don’t melt in the heat and will quickly dissolve in your cheek if you are not able to chew.
I use Gummy candy or a fruit strip, because they are easy to carry, convenient to stuff in your mouth quickly under a mask and they have 12 to 15 carbs which is perfect for getting my sugar to a normal level. I don’t eat the Gummies until my sugar is 55 or lower so I don’t get a lot of rebound highs.
Juice and raisins first.
Add nuts the longer it lasts.
Add peanut butter and crackers
I’ve been using Gatorade since I was diagnosed in 1993, it has a super high glycemic index afaik so I only need a little.
babyfood is my favorite because its portable and normally exactly 15 carbs
It very much depends on the circumstances. I don’t have nearly as many lows as I did before Tandem/G6 and they aren’t nearly as terrible as pre-CGM. For a slow drop – the choices are many, especially at home. For a fast drop I want a fast solution like the squeezable apple sauce packs, a tiny juice box, or the dreaded chalky glucose tabs. When I’m on the go I have options with me including the nasty tabs and the long lasting salted nut roll. There’s a scarred bag of ancient Skittles in the center console of my car. Should probably put that in the garbage and select another durable option.