Priscilla H. Ballou wrote:
> In article >,
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> Nick, please don't let a hypo be an excuse to eat extra carbs of any
>> kind. It is a medical condition and needs to be treated with the correct
>> medical approach. This does NOT include bagels or toast.
>
> *Some* bagel or toast would be fine. There's no need to avoid
> countering a hypo with a food that you love but you normally can't eat.
> I keep maple syrup in house for guests and rarely use more than a drop
> or two myself, but once I needed to counter a hypo and sipped a
> tablespoon of it (13 grams carb). It was glorious, and it brought me
> back up out of shaky territory. Why shouldn't I use something I like?
> Just watch the *amount*.
>
> Priscilla, T2

Maple syrup is a fast-acting carb. Bread is not

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Janet Wilder
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