Blood Sugar Level Control

I usually eat a banana or some nuts to bring my blood sugar back up. If I'm really shaking I have some fruit juice first to give me a quick fix. I never eat sugar if I'm feeling low as this makes me feel even worse.

Here are some of the snacks that my diabetic husband likes to have: peanuts puffed wheat cereal (moderation) other nuts coffee with sweet and low cheese cubes hard boiled egg deli meat slices carrot sticks or baby carrots peanut butter on low carb bread peanut butter on celery Atkins bars that are very low carb

my mom has added a dash of cinnamon to her daily diet, and the latest result of her A1C has been amazing. but, of course, she still takes her medicines, does exercises, and reduces intake of carbohydrates. she doesn't eat sweets anymore, not even those with artificial sweeteners

I don't suffer from diabetes myself, but a friend of mine has recently been diagnosed as being at the early stages of the milder form of the illness, so this is an issue which is important to me. Firstly, ideally you need to be eating lots of carbohydrates to get a slow and regular release of blood sugar, and keep you going through the day, so you don't get so many highs and lows. Bread, flour-based products, rice and potatoes are all ideal for this. So bread-sticks, toasted sandwiches, jacket potatoes, potato salad, pasta and rice-cakes/rice salad are all good snacks and meals for throughout the day. As the previous response says, nuts and fruit are good for a pick-me-up, if you do start to flag, but you'll want to have some of those slow-burn carbs for when the instant sugar rush subsides from those. With things like potato salad and pasta/rice salad (tuna mayo pasta with sweetcorn and pineapple chunks (also canned peach chunks work well in that - don't ask me why, but somehow the flavours work!) would give you both a boost and a good amount of carbs and proteins), you could prepare in advance and snack on throughout the day. Also, you could try making your own soup (ie flavours you like, lots of carbs and no added sugar - most canned varieties are loaded with sugar). Here's a quick and easy recipe with carbs and lots of flavour: 2 leeks, washed trimmed and chopped finely 4 potatoes washed, peeled and diced 1 pint vegetable stock 1 bay leaf small knob of butter sea/rock salt & freshly milled pepper to taste 1. Melt the butter gently in a large saucepan. Add the bayleaf, leeks and potatoes (and I add a pinch of turmeric at this stage). Stir and pop on the lid. 2. When the veggies have sweated for about 10-15 minutes, they should be soft but not browning. Give them a stir, and pour over the chicken stock (any stock would do, but I use this as I make it myself, so we always have lots in the freezer). If the liquid doesn't reach the top of the veggies, add some water, until you've got enough to cover them, with about 1 cm of liquid at the top. 3. Bring to the boil, stir, replace the lid, and bring down the heat to simmer. Leave it all to simmer for about 20-30 minutes, until the veggies are all good and soft, and the stock has reduced by about half. 4. Take the pan off the heat, and let it cool down. When it's all cool, take out the bay leaf, and blitz it all together in a blender (do it in batches if there's too much. 5. Wash the pan before returning the liquidised (and very thick & hearty) soup to it. Reheat gently, then season to taste. You'll need plenty of salt, and enough pepper to give it a zing and make it as spicy as you like. This soup freezes well - you can substitute parsnip, carrot, swede or any other root veggie for the other veggies, to find your own personalised blend. Different veggies will make for different thicknesses of soup - no potato = thinner soup. But you can also pop some in a thermos, and sip it throughout the day to keep up your carbs. All the best, and I hope you find your diet regime which suits you. The mood swings will probably even out when you get a slower release of sugar (ie carbs), therefore no highs and lows.

I was diagnosed just last November and I was kinda surprised with teh results. I was confined in the hospital becuase of fever but I was found out to be having a very high blood glucose in my test. I was given medication after I was discharged at the hospital and my second FBS did show that my sugar levels have gone to normal again so they gave me half dose of the meidcation. Everytime I am having a test of my blood glucose it remained within the normal range I am confused if I still am a diabetic since my glucose level has remined in normal levels already.