"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> 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

White bread is.