In article <Gl5Zj.3738$H91.3480@trndny09>,
"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.

Yup. Starts being metabolized in the mouth.

Priscilla, T2