Suggestions on Snacks when Glucose Tabs Work Very Well

The glucose tabs work very well and I always carry those when I leave the house and have them all over the house. Check the numbers on the vial/box...to see how many carbs in each tablet. You can then take the number needed to get to the safer bg: if each tab is 4 gms...then 3 tabs will raise bg by 12 points. If starting at 68 you should go to 80. Check at 15 min. If not gluc tabs I have juice on hand: any kind..check the number of carbs per serving: eg: juice mb 16 carbs/8 oz. If you drink 4 oz it might be enough to raise bg to a safer number: 68+8=76 and buy time to get a good meal. Then eat a meal promptly. I find this works well for me, those times. In a *real* emergency put sugar in water and drink that! Live first and then worry about bgs!

The idea is to quickly prevent going lower and lower. Cookies and peanut butter, crackers etc...take too long to get through stomach. If you have time you can eat those...ie: a little low and need time to make a meal. You want to have a plan in place ahead of time so that it can quickly be put into action without much thinking. Mental process deteriorates as the bg drops and it's much more difficult to think clearly. Lows are not pleasant and are not good for the bod so good thing to treat quickly.