"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>
> All bread is for me. I like using the GI as a tool but it doesn't always
> work in my favour. Some things are better left uneaten.

I had to use whole wheat bread at my aunt's house. She's a health food nut
and had nothing sweet in the house.